{"id":1649,"date":"2017-03-15T16:07:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T20:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/?p=1649"},"modified":"2017-07-23T09:25:03","modified_gmt":"2017-07-23T13:25:03","slug":"mickey-mouse-bokeh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/?p=1649","title":{"rendered":"Mickey Mouse Bokeh"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mickey Mouse Bokeh (click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A while back I saw a blog post<\/a> about Mickey Mouse shaped bokeh<\/a>. \u00a0I made a cut-out for my lens and used this technique during a trip to Disneyworld. \u00a0When I got home I put the cut-out away and forgot about it.<\/p>\n

Looking for a weekend garage photography project, I noticed one of my wife’s Disney christmas ornaments. \u00a0I took a few images with a string of Christmas lights in the background. \u00a0The image looked okay, but the blue light bokeh in the background did not add much to the image. \u00a0I then remembered my Mickey Mouse bokeh cut-out and put that over my lens.<\/p>\n

I used the set up shown in this blog post<\/a> to capture this image. \u00a0In that post you can see the blue Christmas lights on a black background. \u00a0I used a focal length of 200mm which compressed the distance between the ornament and the Christmas lights in the image above. \u00a0I used two Pringles can snoots<\/a> to light the ornament, one on each side above and behind the camera shining down on the ornament.<\/p>\n

I spent some time trying to arrange the Christmas lights between images to get rid of blank spots. \u00a0I could never get the background lights quite right so I solved my problem during post-processing. \u00a0The image contains several bokeh mouse ears surrounded by black. \u00a0It was easy to use Photoshop’s Magic Wand Tool<\/a> to select one mouse ear bokeh, copy it, then paste it into a blank spot. \u00a0I copied several different colors of mouse ear bokeh and solved my problem.<\/p>\n

This was just a photography lighting exercise project, but I did learn some things. \u00a0One lesson I should have taken from flower macro photography is to always pick a perfect flower<\/em>. \u00a0The same goes for Christmas ornaments. \u00a0Notice that the stars on the right ear are pretty crisp. \u00a0The stars on the left\u00a0ear are not as crisp. \u00a0I spent some time trying to perfect my focus and just could not get the left ear sharp. \u00a0I looked very closely at the left ear and noticed the blur was a production issue and not a focus issue.<\/p>\n

Next time we go to Disneyworld I will make sure everything my wife buys is macro-photography ready. \u00a0Just in case…<\/p>\n

Disney Christmas Ornament Bokeh: \u00a0My Garage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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