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Festive

            Macro Mondays' theme for this week, "Holiday lights", while seemingly simple, presented many challenges for me. The first one was the subject I chose, this vintage bubbling light that was passed down to me from my parents. The base is lit by an incandescent bulb, making it much brighter than the liquid-filled part. It took a lot of attempts with different angles to get the liquid sufficiently bright without having the base completely blown out. Then, there was the matter of the bubbles; I wanted distinct individual bubbles, not blurry trails, so I had to shoot at high speeds and ISO, as you can see with the exifs. Finally, when I got everything as I wanted it, I found the composition uninteresting. That's when I remembered reading an article about bokeh filters, which led to the star-shaped bokeh lights you can see in the background. Even then, I had difficulties, because the LED lights that created them emit on a cycle imperceptible to the eye, so that they would be there on one shot and gone on the next. Phew! 
So, at last, here is the final result, my entry for #HolidayLights, Macro Mondays' theme for December 21, 2020. 
   

Taken on: December 19, 2020

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Holiday lights

Macro Mondays

Christmas

Holidays

Festive

Bubbles

vintage

stars

bokeh

filter

colors

Canon

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Sets appears in: • G's macro shots

Groups appears in: • canon photography • Macro Photography more » • CHRISTMAS WORLDWIDE Flickr's #1 Xmas Group • Macros Group • MACRO MONDAYS « less

Camera: Canon EOS 90D, f/3.5, 1/400 sec, 60mm, ISO 12800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 90D
Lens:	EF-S60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Aperture:	f/3.5
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	60mm
ISO:	12800
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 10.1 (Windows)
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