Last night on the way home from work, I had a bunch of errands to run, and I was pretty stressed out. I needed to calm myself a bit, so I decided to stop and take some pics, as holding my camera seems to smooth me out. There wasn’t really anything substantial to shoot, and I pulled off in the middle of nowhere (between Elgin and Manor, TX), so I tried to make due.

Usually, when there are flowers or small objects involved in my shots, it’s my style to make them a large, almost overpowering force in the capture. I wanted to do something a little different (for me), so I took a stepped-back approach to these. While some little aspect of shot still holds a main attention/focus point, I tried to let it blend in to the pic more, rather than stealing  all the attention. I have grown to be a HUGE fan of Bokeh, almost more-so than the in-focus area, so I went out of my way to let this lens do what it does well, and include a hefty amount of Bokeh.

This is what I came up with…

Al shots in this series: Canon 30D with Sigma 24/1.8, wide open @ F/1.8, ISO500, natural light…