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A few festive portraits taken at our local garden center yesterday.. couldn't resist dialing the bokeh waay up on these!


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Old 12-06-2009, 08:30 PM
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great bokeh adds alot to shots like this
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Cute shots.
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That's great - awesome bokeh!
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That bokeh is fabulous, and nice lighting too. TFS
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man good bokeh. great shots in general.
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Thanks for all the comments guys.. these were taken with the Canon 50mm at F/1.8, so bokeh is almost unavoidable :-)
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These are very good. Especially like the second. Reminds me of Gandalf. TFS.
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Indeed! The bokeh is quite fabulous
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How much fun is this? Bokeh adds to the magic of Santa's elves!
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