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December 11, 2025 at 10:23 pm #543319
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Allows Edits? YesWith all the lights this time of year , it is the perfect season for this and yo can do it with any lens, here are a couple tutorials Light Stalking has shared in the past in the Creative Bokeh Guide.
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December 11, 2025 at 10:24 pm #543320
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December 16, 2025 at 1:25 am #543575
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Allows Edits? YesVery beautiful Robert 🙂
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December 16, 2025 at 8:09 am #543586
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Allows Edits? YesThanks Dahlia.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:09 am #543587
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Allows Edits? YesThanks Dahlia.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:57 pm #543621
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Allows Edits? YesEpic!
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December 17, 2025 at 9:53 pm #543680
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Allows Edits? YesThanks Rob
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April 2, 2026 at 8:20 pm #547937
Wow! Magnificent, Robert!
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April 3, 2026 at 11:35 am #547962
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Allows Edits? YesThanks Marty
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December 12, 2025 at 9:13 am #543342
Thanks for this Robert.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:54 pm #543681
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Allows Edits? YesYour welcome Stefanie.
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December 12, 2025 at 6:05 pm #543363
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December 12, 2025 at 11:45 pm #543387
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Allows Edits? YesVery nice color scheme Diane.
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December 16, 2025 at 1:25 am #543576
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Allows Edits? YesSweet photo Diane 🙂
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December 16, 2025 at 9:11 pm #543624
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Allows Edits? YesStunner @tersha
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December 12, 2025 at 11:55 pm #543388
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December 12, 2025 at 11:58 pm #543389
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Allows Edits? YesAnd one with a gear design provided by Diane @tersha, made by her partner, which produced a totally unexpected flower effect.
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December 13, 2025 at 2:14 pm #543411

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December 14, 2025 at 5:59 pm #543458
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Allows Edits? Yes`very nice Ceci.
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December 16, 2025 at 1:26 am #543577
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Allows Edits? YesBeautiful warm photo Ceci 🙂
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December 16, 2025 at 1:12 pm #543596
Thank you.
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December 13, 2025 at 10:30 pm #543420
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Allows Edits? YesNice Bokeh Ceci @imagesbyceci
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December 16, 2025 at 1:12 pm #543597
Thanks.
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December 13, 2025 at 11:06 pm #543422
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December 14, 2025 at 5:46 pm #543456
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Allows Edits? YesThis was my attempt at cutting a star in paper and taping it over my lens – I got birds instead!

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December 16, 2025 at 1:30 am #543579
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Allows Edits? YesThe bird bokeh looks cute Pat 🙂
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December 16, 2025 at 5:05 pm #543603
This is really cool. You have inspired me to try this challenge.
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December 14, 2025 at 5:47 pm #543457
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Allows Edits? YesI had a little better luck with a heart

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December 14, 2025 at 6:05 pm #543460
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Allows Edits? YesThese are both really good Pat, little birds are sweet and the hearts look perfect!
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December 14, 2025 at 8:43 pm #543486
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Allows Edits? YesI like them both Pat
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December 15, 2025 at 11:34 pm #543566
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Allows Edits? YesThank, Robert and Diane.
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December 14, 2025 at 6:07 pm #543461
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December 14, 2025 at 8:44 pm #543487
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Allows Edits? YesThat’s Inspirational Diane, I’m going to have to try that one.
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December 15, 2025 at 11:35 pm #543567
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Allows Edits? YesThat pretty cool.
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December 16, 2025 at 1:31 am #543580
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Allows Edits? YesWow! This one is really beautiful Diane 🙂
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December 16, 2025 at 10:14 pm #543632
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Allows Edits? YesWonderful image, Diane. I’ll have to read about a petzval lens and the effects others are using.
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December 14, 2025 at 10:46 pm #543499
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December 15, 2025 at 6:03 pm #543557
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Allows Edits? YesAn angel tree!
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December 16, 2025 at 1:31 am #543581
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Allows Edits? YesLooks beautiful Robert 🙂
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December 16, 2025 at 8:11 am #543588
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Allows Edits? YesThanks Dahlia.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:06 pm #543604
Love this!
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December 17, 2025 at 9:55 pm #543682
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Allows Edits? YesThanks Stefanie
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December 16, 2025 at 5:55 pm #543605
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December 17, 2025 at 9:57 pm #543683
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Allows Edits? YesCool Diane, I’ve used the bird aperture to do some funky wild flower Photography.
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December 18, 2025 at 6:20 pm #543754
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December 23, 2025 at 11:03 pm #543894
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Allows Edits? YesI remember this, an oldie, but a goodie
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December 23, 2025 at 11:05 pm #543895
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December 23, 2025 at 11:09 pm #543896
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December 23, 2025 at 11:11 pm #543897
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December 29, 2025 at 6:10 pm #544021
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December 30, 2025 at 1:23 am #544028
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Allows Edits? YesThats a creative Idea to be sure Diane, I like it.
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December 30, 2025 at 1:52 am #544029
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Allows Edits? YesThis is a creative shot Diane. Looks beautiful 🙂
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December 30, 2025 at 6:31 pm #544055
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December 30, 2025 at 10:19 pm #544072
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Allows Edits? YesNow that’s funky, the 3G is a cool lens body set up, I have a couple control freaks which was the next version up, I wish they still made it. Good used ones are hard to come by.
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April 2, 2026 at 12:58 pm #547925
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April 2, 2026 at 5:57 pm #547933
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April 3, 2026 at 11:40 am #547965
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Allows Edits? YesThey Both look great Diane , and makes me feel a bit warmer, we are in the midst of a fairly serious blizzard, the green and the blooms help off set it.
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April 6, 2026 at 6:10 pm #548080
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April 6, 2026 at 11:47 pm #548084
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Allows Edits? YesPretty cool use of that one Diane.
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April 7, 2026 at 2:00 am #548087
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Allows Edits? YesLooks very dreamy Diane 🙂
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April 7, 2026 at 6:10 pm #548106
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April 7, 2026 at 11:16 pm #548126
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Allows Edits? YesLove that Background. That’s really cool Diane.
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April 9, 2026 at 6:01 am #548187
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Allows Edits? YesStunning leaf bokeh Diane. Love the colours too 🙂
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April 9, 2026 at 2:51 pm #548203
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Allows Edits? YesI’m going to be adding to this more posts shot with this aperture as I get through the photos, all titled Hauling Azz based on the Aperture used and mounted in a lensbaby 3G, the first photo as an example, the thing about these apertures goes beyond just being able to see the particular design but how it affects the diffused bokeh where a pattern isn’t evident.

that white is a snow drift, the dandelions cant even wait for all that to melt.


the pair tree is threatening to bloom.

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April 10, 2026 at 12:12 pm #548221
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April 10, 2026 at 12:18 pm #548222
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April 10, 2026 at 6:23 pm #548229
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Allows Edits? YesGreat series Robert, I agree about the different effects depending on light. dof etc. They are really interesting to experiment with. Loving the leaf and the concrete creation. Molly Bee is sweet, she looks so curious.
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April 11, 2026 at 10:52 am #548240
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Allows Edits? YesThanks Diane
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April 10, 2026 at 6:24 pm #548230
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April 11, 2026 at 11:04 am #548241
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Allows Edits? YesThat’s interesting, I like that. Have you tried shooting multiple exposure with the camera fixed and turning the aperture at different angles to get the moth going different directions and doing masked stacking to isolate them, kind of like I did with the manger scene. Which give just gave me the idea of swapping apertures to add multiple bugs
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April 14, 2026 at 6:08 pm #548400
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April 14, 2026 at 8:05 pm #548404
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Allows Edits? YesIt does suit it well Diane.
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