Prost!

🇬🇧 View from a dark terrace through a window into a warm indoor bar at night. A large, bright orange neon sign depicting a cartoon figure with a drink is central. The window is framed by fairy lights with colorful bulbs (blue, green, red, yellow). An outdoor umbrella is partially visible above.
🇩🇪 Blick von einer dunklen Terrasse durch ein Fenster in eine warme Innenbar bei Nacht. Ein großes, helles, orangefarbenes Neonschild, das eine Cartoon-Figur mit einem Getränk darstellt, ist zentral. Das Fenster ist von Lichterketten mit bunten Glühbirnen (blau, grün, rot, gelb) eingerahmt. Ein Sonnenschirm im Freien ist oben teilweise sichtbar.
🇸🇪 Utsikt från en mörk terrass genom ett fönster in i en varm inomhusbar på natten. En stor, ljus orange neonskylt som föreställer en tecknad figur med en drink är central. Fönstret ramas in av ljusslingor med färgglada glödlampor (blå, grön, röd, gul). Ett utomhusparasoll är delvis synligt ovanför.

#NightPhotography #FairyLights #NeonSign #CozyBar #UrbanLife
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8. Where to Look?

🧠 I sat at this window covered in fairy lights in the pub and knew I wanted to take some pics out of it. I tried having the fairy lights in focus and blurring the vehicles and people outside but I wasn't happy with any of those because the grime on the window showed up too much!

⭐ I like the accidental reflection of another patron adding to the layers of what's been captured.

➡️ More patience might have seen a better moving object blur. Maybe a cyclist would have been good!


#photography #mirrorless #bokeh #NewLook #window #fairylights #sales #glasgow

Merry Christmas everybody! I’ve marked it the only way a photographer can: photographing fairy lights at f/0.95.

Hope you have a good one.

#photography #christmas #bokeh #fairylights #abstract

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More Festive Bokeh

A little over a decade ago, I marked the hire of a 50mm f/1.4 lens by taking some lovely blurry shots of my Christmas tree to see the big aperture in action. Nine years later, I briefly repeated th…

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#FotoVorschlag: Weihnachtsbeleuchtung // Christmas lights

Wie versprochen noch ein bisschen Weihnachtsbeleuchtung aus Magdeburg, genauer aus der #BastionCleve (gehörte einst zur Festung Magdeburg) mit Blick auf den #MagdeburgerDom. Dieser kleine #Weihnachtsmarkt gehört zum diesjährigen #Wintergarten der #SchweizerMilchkuranstalt (im Sommer ein Biergarten).
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As promised, here are some #Christmas lights from #Magdeburg. This is a small #ChristmasMarket at Bastion Cleve (once part of the city's fortifications) with a view of #MagdeburgCathedral. It's part of the "Winter Garden", organized by the Schweizer Milchkuranstalt beer garden.


#fairyLights #stringLights #Lichterkette #Lichterketten #nightShot #nightPhotography #nightLights #cityLights #evening #night #Abend #Nacht #Nachtfotografie #urban #cityscape #streetPhotography #cityAtNight #Weihnachten #Advent
decorate yourself this xmas, its fun! 🎄
headshot for Matica, as a secret santa gift
#furry #furryart #christmas #flashinglights #fairylights