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Subject: [Leica] Of dogs and bokeh balls
From: photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com (Philippe)
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 10:31:46 +0100
References: <4c6cc606-8b28-0ccb-4d5b-98473ca64b6b@gmail.com>

The second one is better Peter. Just adjust the WB so that the light doesn?t 
look so ? cold ? in the foregrHound.

OTT: I would have liked you to post a photo of self lying on the carpet when 
you took these - didn?t your wife have her phone with her then?

;-)


Amities

Philippe



> Le 16 d?c. 2020 ? 09:28, Peter Klein via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a 
> ?crit :
> 
> The other night I noticed that if I knelt on my living room floor, I could 
> line up my neighbor's Christmas lights just above the sofa where my dog 
> Tilly often lounges.  A long shooting session followed.  There were many 
> variables.  The size of the out-of-focus lights in the image varied 
> drastically depending on both aperture and how closely the lens was 
> focused. I ended up with this:
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at 
> N04/50725536431/in/dateposted-public/>
> 
> This picture is actually a composite of two images, one where my dog is 
> expressing herself nicely, and another where the Christmas lights appear 
> separated and recognizable.
> 
> Here's the original. The bokeh balls are bigger, and intersect like weird 
> Venn diagrams.
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/album170/L1000996.jpg.html>
> 
> I like it, too, but I don't think most non-photographers would recognize 
> the bokeh as Christmas lights. Which is why I chose to make the composite 
> for my final image.  What do you think?
> 
> Leica M10-P and Voigtlander 50/1.2 Nokton. Press F11 and click on image to 
> view the flickr image large. Enjoy!
> 
> --Peter
> 
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