Bokeh around buds of a tree

Bokeh – the big spots in the background.  Yesterday I was at my folk’s place, playing around with my SLR and the big 18-200mm lens.  Noticed when I tried to pull off a macro shot that the bokeh was wild.

I’m not normally one for doing bokeh – it can be beautiful in the hands of a master, but I’ve seen a lot of gimicky things.  Thinks that I’d doubtlessly love to play with, mind you – but don’t feel honest to me.

This pic is different.  I noticed the effect and worked with it until I got what I wanted.  Then the wind blew & spoiled the composition.  Three times in a row.

A more patient photographer would have waited, but I was without tripod.  So consider this good enough: a sample of boken, and a reminder: just a week ago, this tree just barely had leaves on it.  Pretty amazing how quickly the flowers came out.