Circular Bokeh Highlights
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Circular Bokeh Highlights

August 2023

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Entry 17356873
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Entry 17356960
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Thanks for entering my contest!! This photo is amazing. I love the robin, and the warm sunrise colors are so beautiful and compliment the photo very well. The post is situated perfectly in the photo, and the bokeh of course is beautiful. The watermark finishes off this masterpiece. I love a well-placed watermark!

Thanks for entering my contest. This photo is very beautiful. I love peppermint sticks, and the fact that they are arranged in hearts is lovely, on what looks like a bed of sugar. The second arrangement of peppermint sticks blurred in the background with the yellow bokeh makes a really pretty scene.

Entry 17358685
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Thanks for entering my contest. I LOVE this photo. It is amazing! Firstly, I love owls. This owl is very nicely placed at 1/3 of the frame, and the colors, light, and sharpness of the image are spectacular. The bokeh is wonderful and in so many different colors it is even better. Good job on this picture!!

Entry 17358850
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Entry 17358965
68th
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Thanks for entering my contest. This photo is very beautiful, the lighting superb, and I love the bokeh clumping behind the mushrooms. The ivy is a very vital centerpiece, the picture wouldn't be the same without it.

Thanks for entering my contest. This photo is beautiful! The backlighting of the fungi is really nice, makes for a nicely smoothly contrasting image. The bokeh is very nice, and the mushrooms are in great clarity and colors. I love the suns rays coming in from the right corner, that really adds to the image.

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Thanks for entering my contest!! This photo is absolutely STELLAR. In other words, it is stunning. The lighting is spectacular, the birds' reflection on the water is great, and the bokeh and water drops everywhere are absolutely great!! The colors compliment everything and the bird is very beautiful as well. GREAT JOB and keep up the good work!!

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Crowd
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Thank you for entering my contest. This photo is a very beautiful contrasting image. I love the yellow/orange sea bokeh in the background of a puffin over a lovely-lit field of white flowers. The fact that you got the puffin landing is amazing. The black and well-placed watermark is the finishing touch to this beautiful image.

Thanks for entering my contest. I love robins, and this photo of one sitting on a mossy branch is amazing. The lighting and colors are fantastic. The bokeh with some largely blurred what might be sticks is beautiful. The blue in the image is really stunning. I love how that happened in there. The watermark is beautiful as well.

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26,343 Ratings

Entry 17358684
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Entry 17365382
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Brief

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Show me your best photos of of any subject that includes circular bokeh highlights. Bokeh is the quality of the out of focus parts of an image, which will often mean highlights in the foreground or background show as blurred circles of light. You may enter photos in colour or black and white.

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Entry 17356600
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Entry 17356647
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Entry 17356958
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Entry 17356959
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Entry 17357081
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Entry 17357578
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Absolutely STUNNING image 😍 I would have put in top 10 but there wasn't quite enough bokeh for it. Great work on this masterpiece!!

Entry 17357931
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Entry 17358214
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Entry 17358217
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Entry 17359154
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Entry 17360633
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Entry 17368559
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Entry 17373557
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Entry 17374338
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Entry 17376981
62nd
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Thanks for entering my contest. This is an amazing image. I have tried on several occasions to photograph dragonflies, but they move so fast and you never know that they will stop and for how long, that it is very, very hard to photograph them, especially up close. The sharpness of the dragonfly is amazing, and the bokeh of ( water?) is beautiful!

Entry 17383768
424th
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Entry 17390859
269th
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Thanks for entering my contest. This photo is absolutely marvelous! The sunrise/set colors are so beautiful and warm for this bird sitting on a very photogenic hillock of what appears to be frosted over grasses. The bokeh with the colors of the sunrise/set is very beautiful as well! The sharpness and clarity of this photo is amazing as well. Good job!

Entry 17394168
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Entry 17394389
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