The Sunday Challenge - Shallow Depth of Field

Beautiful texture and detail!

Thanks so much Val!

Wonderful texture and photo! Love it!

Thank you Norm! :)

Great detail in the birch bark and beautiful smooth bokeh.

Thank you all so much Peter, Harriet, sassy and Lois. I really appreciate your kind words.

Birch trees are excellent for their texture, which you've captured here perfectly. I also love that deep bokeh - no discernible shapes and it's all a mystery as to what's back there.

That little white speck in the top right corner - is that a 'spot on' the sensor or lens?

Thanks for such nice compliments Kenny. The white speck isn't on any of my other pics so it must just be some unsuspecting insect or pollen trapped forever in the bokeh.

I guess you didn't notice, but somebody has said "spot on" to one of your photos twice now. Ha ha.

lol Kenny! Well, you might be noticing that attention to detail is not exactly my forte'. :D

great, I somehow see it as an elephant shedding it's skin, love the crinkly bark

It's funny, and nice, how much everyone likes the bark. I really enjoy watching the trees grow each year. Thanks stoker!