I belong to a Flickr group called "Bokeh Wednesday."
Every Wednesday, we can post up to 2 photos with bokeh to the group pool to show off our best bokeh shots from the week.
What is bokeh? (From Wikipedia) Bokeh is a photographic term referring to the appearance of out-of-focus areas in an image produced by a camera lens using a shallow depth of field.[1] Different lens bokeh produces different aesthetic qualities in out-of-focus backgrounds, which are often used to reduce distractions and emphasize the primary subject.
Here is an example of a photo with Bokeh--
The blurry backgroud with all the preeeeetty cirles? That's bokeh
I'll admit that I freak the eff out every Wednesday because I love posting my bokeh shots and going through the group pool to see what everyone else came up with. Every Wednesday when PigHunter comes home I'm all "OH MY GOD LOOK AT MY SUBMISSION TO BOKEH WEDNESDAY!!!111!" and he's all rolling his eyes and pretends to be interested in A FLICKR GROUP because he knows how much I love it and how happy it makes me. And I know how stupid that sounds, but we all have those little things in our life that we geek out about that are kind of lame to everyone else, right?
Anyway.
Most of the pictures that I post there don't get much attention (i.e. make it to explore or get lots of comments) because the quality of my pictures don't even begin to compare to those posted in that group.
(No, you're not imaging it. I really just typed that sentence and I really am writing an entire post about a group on Flickr.)
But yesterday, I posted a shot that made it to the front page of explore. That is like, THE ULTIMATE for a Flickr dork like me. (a Flork?) And so, I had to post it here. No, really...I HAD TO.
Maybe if I were this excited about, let's say, decorating my house, I wouldn't have to call Lena and ask her to help me "make my house pretty for under $200 for my party on Saturday."
You are obsessed (or is it obssesed?) - get some help! ;-) Love this, and HOPE you give instructions as how to do it, but then maybe it is not possible with a point and shoot :-(
CONGRATS!