Candle with Bokeh by nickspicsnz

Candle with Bokeh

This is my first attempt to get bokeh intentionally. I quite like the way it forms an arch over the flame.
Lovely. Really sweet effect and nice colours. Fav for me.
May 7th, 2015  
Beautiful. Love all the blue tones here.
May 7th, 2015  
Love the colour
May 7th, 2015  
This is a lovely shot. Very simple yet affective!!!
May 7th, 2015  
Wow, also have a look on black - it is stunning!
May 7th, 2015  
Good job. How did you do that?
May 7th, 2015  
Very cool Nick. If you send Debbie something, please copy me on there also. Thanks,
May 8th, 2015  
@alextheseal @kymmisue @jillibean @alinz @alinz Thanks very much. I had to take about 100 shots to get about half a dozen that I was reasonably happy with.
May 8th, 2015  
@deborah63 @rickster549 Thanks very much. To get the bokeh I used upside down crystal wine glasses and held a torch at various angles shining on them. I use a piece of blue card behind the wine glasses to get the blue colour to match the candle. I didn't have much light on so it was quite dark. It was then a case of taking lots (and lots) of shots on a variety of settings until I got the focus and light right. I also found I had to move the candle different distances away from the glasses to get the focus right and that was just trial and error. This shot is cropped on the left and right to get rid of some dead space.
May 8th, 2015  
This is just super - love that blue bokeh. Must give this a try. fav.
May 8th, 2015  
Looks great on black.
May 8th, 2015  
@nickspicsnz thanks for sharing the how. , Not sure when I'll have the time over the next few months, but this is deginitely going on my list.
May 8th, 2015  
Gorgeous and so cleverly done - fav.
May 8th, 2015  
Simply beautiful!!
May 9th, 2015  
great shot (and thanks for the explanation)
May 9th, 2015  
@snaphappi @deliad @dide @photographycrazy @rob24 Thank you very much for your lovely comments.
May 10th, 2015  
@deborah63 I've probably made it sound more complicated that it actually was. It didn't take too long to do :)
May 10th, 2015  
A good result after all the hard work. I like the clarity of the candle flame too.
May 15th, 2015  
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