Dan Perovich's Cyberfront Property

Photo365-20091229 – Peek-a-boo Bird, originally uploaded by HokiePerogi.
1/15 sec @ f/4.0, ISO 1600, 200 mm (EF70-200mm f/4L IS USM)

I have been finding it more and more difficult to dedicate the time I need every day to take a quality, well thought out photograph.  It is also getting more difficult to process and post the photographs on a daily basis.  As a result, I am about two weeks behind in posting my daily photograph.  Do not worry though, I have not missed a single day yet in taking the pictures.  They are all stored and backed up in multiple places.  Over the next several days, I plan to work diligently to get caught up and start to make a push to the finish line.

With today’s photograph I wanted to play around with a strong bokeh element in the frame.  My subject is a Christmas Advent calendar near our front door.  When I framed one of the birds correctly, I was able to get the Christmas tree lights from across the room into the frame.  Because of the wide aperture ( f/4) the depth of field was shallow enough to only allow the bird to be in focus and throw the Christmas tree lights deeply out of focus.  While the photograph certainly is not a masterpiece worthy work of art, it is a stepping stone for me.  The concept and techniques I learned while taking this photograph will be useful in future photos I will make.