Friday, February 8, 2013

Focus on Life~Week 6~Feel the Love

This weeks prompt from Sally is "feel the love".  Sally says to feel the love that the universe is trying to show us everyday.

When I first read the prompt, my mind filled with all kinds of ways I see love and how to portray it in a photograph.  The problem was narrowing it down to just one idea.  No matter what I decided on though, I kept going back to one idea in particular.  A cross.  It is to me, the symbol of perfect, unconditional, forgiving love.


You can visit Sally's blog, The Studio Sublime, to see how others feel the love.

Last week, several readers asked me how I did the shaped bokeh, or to write a tutorial.  There are many excellent tutorials out there that are better than I could write. Here are a few links.

How to make your own bokeh shapes from How About Orange
How to make shaped bokeh from I Heart Faces
Create your own bokeh from DIY Photography

I do hope you give it a try and let me know how it goes!

xo Annette xo


36 comments:

  1. I hope that everyone goes with their first thought. Feelings of love are very elemental. Beautiful picture of a beautiful cross.

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  2. Love is as hard to confine to a single image as just about anything.

    So I didn't....heh

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  3. Amen -- a brilliant, simple, beautiful post! So pleased to have discovered your lovely blog :)

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  4. Hi Annette,
    The cross is a beautiful universal symbol of unconditional love and forgiveness. Beautiful shot too.
    Therese

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  5. The Greatest Love of all time and for eternity!

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  6. Annette, you have captured the universal sign of unconditional love.
    Thank you for sharing the bokeh links. One day I'll have to play around with that technique - it always looks so cool!

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  7. LOVE your Pic :)

    Being raised Catholic, it has a multi - faceted aspect to me :)

    Have a lovely Weekend, Cheers, T. :)

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  8. i simply couldn't choose just one pic... well done you for succeeding :)
    happy saturday!
    no. 18

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  9. Beautiful photo.. and it is always good to go with your first instinct, I think.
    jenni

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  10. Beautiful! The first thing that came into my mind this week was 1 Corinthians 13...And the greatest of these is love. You have captured that perfectly.

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  11. A spectacular shot! The color and contrast. Love that. I am glad you went with your gut for the shot.

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  12. Gorgeous picture! Going with your first thought of love - perfect. That is what I did!

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  13. The cross against the bare trees looks amazing!
    Thanks for the tutorial links :)

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  14. Thanks for sharing. Oh yes, the unconditional love of Jesus. That is love. Have a great weekend! Michelle #20

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  15. Wonderful shot and choice Annette!

    (I'm afraid I'm 0 for 2 on the last 2 challenges. Between the flu hitting our house and a crazy work week - didn't get around to it - catch up planned this week!)

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  16. Such a spectacular photo. A perfect symbol of "feel the love."

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  17. Great choice and another beatiful photo!

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  18. A perfect choice - beautifully captured!

    Thanks for sharing the bokeh tutorials, I will have to try it :)

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  19. I love this shot today! Unconditional love really is the only true and genuine love. beautiful post Annette!

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  20. I am so glad you went with your first thought. I stopped when I caught mine, too. Love the shot.

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  21. Beautiful photo Annette! I'm so glad you went with your original idea.

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  22. Oh how beautiful and so well put! Thanks for the. Tip links too.

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  23. That's is a lovely picture, and wonderful thought!

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  24. Nice photo Annette like they a picture is worth a thousand words!

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  25. beautiful picture! So often our first instinct is bang on

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  26. It is interesting how everyone "feels the love" in their own unique way. I really like the color against a black and white background.

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  27. A very touching photo! Thank you for sharing.

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  28. Beautiful shot! "Love" the perspective :-)

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  29. How very inspired, Annette! And great shot too :)

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  30. So true and so well said! Thanks for the reminder. I know I need it sometimes.

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