Please vote for your favorite image from the "Bokeh" assignment for the "People's Choice" award. The guidelines for this assignment were to strive to compose an image with aesthetically pleasing bokeh (out of focus areas in the image) where the soft colors and shapes contribute to the overall composition of the image. There were many wonderful images submitted for this assignment, so thank you to all that participated.
I encourage viewers to use a color managed browser such as Safari to view the images, since viewing in a browser such as Internet Explorer will not do justice to the images.
To vote for an image, simply select the image title in the "poll" attached at the top of this thread, and click "submit vote." NOTE: You need to be logged in to see the voting options. Voting will end at midnight, Mountain Time (GMT-07:00) on Sunday, 30 August 2009.
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10162/DSCN0624.JPG)
Strawberry
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10001/20090818_172257_resized_copy.jpg)
Botanica 2
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10001/20090818_164904_resized_copy.jpg)
Red Rose
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10153/thebuzz.jpg)
The Buzz
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10065/newww_271.jpg)
Dicentra Bokeh
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10153/martiniglass2.jpg)
Cheers!
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10153/martiniglass4_a.jpg)
Circles
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10179/humming_bird_020.JPG)
A very still moment
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10179/Crested_photo_workshop_2009_342.JPG)
Wildflower in Crested Butte after the storm
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10179/Crested_photo_workshop_2009_135.JPG)
Wildflower at crested butte workshop
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10182/3840696446_3ff28d4f08_b.jpg)
Spirals
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10058/bee_bokeh.jpg)
bee bokeh
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10058/axe_bokeh.jpg)
Axe Bokeh
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10058/lamps.jpg)
Lamps Bokeh
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10079/DSC_4967_Black_Eyed_Susan.jpg)
Black Eyed Susan
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10079/DSC_3960_Colorado_Columbine.jpg)
Colorado Columbine
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10147/IMG_5260.JPG)
Baseball Bokeh
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10003/2007-04-20_085353_web.jpg)
Portrait Bokeh
(http://spiritofphotography.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10056/Shredded_Tulip__DSE4938_55_.jpg)
Shredded Tulip
Viewers are encouraged to respond to this thread describing why you like a particular image, or think it was particularly successful at meeting the guidelines of the assignment.
Thank you to everyone that participated in the "Bokeh" assignment.
Keith