Loving my tipsy-bokeh tree  by filsie65

Loving my tipsy-bokeh tree

Well, my get pushed challenge was to capture love at Christmas. I fancied making some heart-shaped bokeh with my dslr but the results were far from lovely...this was the best and funniest.
Any tips are much appreciated, I remember doing miles better with my little P&S and its miniscule lens, thought it would be simpler with the dslr so intend to try this again. Tried a high f-stop but the camera gave it a really long exposure too... I got this by pre-focusing on my finger in the foreground and switching off the lights on a delayed exposure... I think!

Hope you all had a super Christmas and are recovering! Thank you for your views and comments this week, mwah ! :)
Absolutly lovely
December 27th, 2013  
Lol!
December 27th, 2013  
Very pretty!
December 27th, 2013  
Luuuuurrve :)
December 27th, 2013  
Love all those colourful lights and shapes created by the ICM.
December 27th, 2013  
@palmilla I hoped to do better than this, but for now this is the only capture of 'love' at Christmas that I have managed. Saw lots of tender moments between family on Christmas Day but they seemed too personal to snap :) I love my tree though - I've had it since 1989 when then-husband refused to buy a real-live tree. My sisters and I swap little decorations each year and lots of the others were bought pre-divorce so they have sentimental memories too :)
When I figure out the shaped bokeh properly I'll tag you back in! =)
December 29th, 2013  
Fantastic pacman-bokeh and colors! Beautiful! ;)))) and I love its atmosphere.
December 29th, 2013  
Love your pac-man bokeh :o) No tips I'm afraid as I tried this myself and was more than pants at it! xx
December 29th, 2013  
Bev
Nice shot, Phil! The lights are pretty. And the bokeh is perfect. It definitely screams Christmas. Well done :) Hope you had a happy Christmas.
December 29th, 2013  
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