Shaped Bokeh

Kai, Marga and I were playing with shaped bokeh last week. Shot these as a sort of assignment. I think I spent more time cutting out the shapes than actually shooting the pics (Clumsy me). :)

star-shaped bokeh 1, originally uploaded by arland.

heart-shaped bokeh 1, originally uploaded by arland.

star-shaped bokeh 2, originally uploaded by arland.

Taken on 29 November 2008. Canon 40D with Sigma 30mm f1.4. Snow globe and candles. I put the snow globe on top of a bed post; the candles on a side table a meter behind. The live view proved quite useful in the dark room--allowed me to manually focus on the snow globe. In order to get the snow globe to stand out a bit I placed a desk lamp below and to the left. (That's the lamp's reflection on the glass.)

Here's how to make your own: DIY - Create your own Bokeh, DPS - Shaped Bokeh!