The Sunday Challenge - Shallow Depth of Field

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.