Painter

This is a painter in the botanical garden in Kyoto. When I asked if I could take his picture, he responded only with a curt nod. I especially like the quality of the bokeh behind him, though.

Lensbaby Cosmos

More lensbaby fun. I hope you aren’t tired of them by now. The reason I post this one is mainly because I like (and do not fully understand) the ghostly texture of the bokeh. The flower itself is very pretty, and I like how not even it’s stem is in focus, but still the bokeh intrigues me.

Lensbaby Bloom

A third lensbaby shot. I should add, I performed no color correction on this one — the candy like translucence of the petals is completely natural.

Lensbaby or Bust

As promised more lensbaby goodness. I had a lot of fun with this lens, as you can see. Normally the lensbaby is pretty sharp, but to give this photo a little bit of a dreamier look (I haven’t bought the optics kit for the lensbaby yet, so I’m still using the double glass optic) I took the clarity down a little in LightRoom.

Someone brought to my attention that my photos were not watermarked, so from here out they all will be. If you have been using my photos commercially know that they are copyright Elliot Aughenbaugh — even the one that haven’t been watermarked.