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At the North Meadow's Butterfly Garden in Central Park of New York City.
Have a nice, relaxing Sunday. Take care and stay safe!
I was lucky to catch a glimpse of the deer along this path, who seemed happy just to stare at me. 10 seconds later and the shot was ruined by cyclists!
I am gradually getting familiar with my new camera. I took it out the other night, ( just noticed the date is wrong, will have to fix that ), and I couldn't figure out how to focus and various other issues which I will stop talking about now because its embarrassing to be so dumb, lets just say its different than my other cameras and I will persevere, but so far I like what it sees, I think we will be great pals once my brain grasps its intricacies. I took this down on the dyke at Centennial Beach where it seems half of Tsawwassenites come to walk their dogs, jog, take an after dinner stroll, meet their friends and enjoy the fresh air and sunset view of Mount Baker. I just clicked away and hoped for the best and this isn't sharp but then neither am I anymore :)
Soft focus shot using a Soft filter.
I strive for a soft, dreamlike aesthetic in my photography. It's a style I know isn't for everyone, and I respect that. I was taught to prioritize sharp, clear images, and that's usually my approach. But sometimes, a subject seems to whisper for a gentler, more diffused look.
If you look closely you can see her tube-like tongue (proboseis) inside the water droplet. This classy gal likes her drinks on the sweet side.
A simple trick to soft focus photography, Vaseline. Years ago when Catherine and I were shooting film a little trick we learned, and had fun with was to add {smear} some vaseline on a spare UV or clear filter. DO NOT do this on your lens!! You smear the petroleum jelly around the outer edges of the glass and try to leave the center of the filter clean and without the vaseline on it. A little alcohol on a paper towel can be used to clean the center should you get some of the jelly where you don't want it. Two other tricks to try that will give you a soft focus look is hair spray sprayed around the out perimeter of the filter, and you also can try shooting through a nylon stocking (with your wife's leg out of it) :) I haven't done this in years and I just thought about it again, found myself an unused filter, smeared the vaseline on it, and had some fun shooting the above images. Now you can buy soft focus filters, or for a much higher cost a LensBaby, and both will yield similar, but not quite the same results. But save yourself some money, smear 15 cents worth of vaseline on that filter and have some fun with it!