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Challenge: Heart II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX Aspherical DF for Nikon
Location: Milton Keynes, England
Date: Nov 15, 2008
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 1 EV under 200
Shutter: 3s
Galleries: Emotive
Date Uploaded: Nov 15, 2008

 Christmas lights set up behind bears. Heart shape bokeh created by creating a black paper lens hood with a 1cm heart cut out of the middle.

Never tried this before and had great fun trying to get the bears in focus and keep the heart shaped Bokeh on the lights.

Tweaked a little in NX capture. Although I freely admit to have no idea what I am doing with capture or photoshop, so played with the sliders a little until it looked OK to me.


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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 11/17/2008 07:00:03 PM
Cute set-up, I like the hearts behind it, I think a crisper lighting behind them and more crispness about the image might help.
Apple iPhone 6
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
 11/17/2008 01:00:19 PM
Nice lighting. I think it would be cool to see a version without so much of the bear on the right, just to frame it differently.
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