{"id":2312,"date":"2025-02-01T07:27:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T20:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/2312-bokeh-f-6-3.html"},"modified":"2025-02-01T07:27:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T20:57:00","slug":"bokeh-f-6-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/2312-bokeh-f-6-3.html","title":{"rendered":"Bokeh f\/6.3"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- s9ymdb:2981 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" src=\"\/serendipity\/uploads\/land_photos\/101-_G2A1149.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<br \/>\nFor a technical, pixel-peeping photographer, (like someone I know), there\u2019s a wonderful freedom in simply turning the focus ring until it just feels right.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nI\u2019d been carrying my camera unused for most of my walk. The light was fading, the last rays of sunlight filtering through the trees. What the heck, just take a photo, I told myself.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe golden light was beautiful, but through the viewfinder, the scene felt uninspiring. Then, for a brief moment, I lost focus, literally. The auto-focus hunted way off, and suddenly, something in that blurry image caught my eye. Wow, that\u2019s interesting.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nInspired by this serendipity, I switched to manual focus. Slowly, I turned the focus ring, watching the image change, until it just felt right. Click.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThis image was that moment.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>\n#bokeh #abstract #f\/6.3 #sunset #goldenhour #blurry #focus #focusblur<br \/>\n<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a technical, pixel-peeping photographer, (like someone I know), there\u2019s a wonderful freedom in simply turning the focus ring until it just feels right. I\u2019d been carrying my camera unused for most of my walk. The light was fading, the last rays of sunlight filtering through the trees. What the heck, just take a photo, &#8230; <a title=\"Bokeh f\/6.3\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/2312-bokeh-f-6-3.html\" aria-label=\"Read more about Bokeh f\/6.3\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2312\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}