This photography session started out as an effort to paint, or at least sketch, these fancy tea roses; but the drawing wasn't going very well, so I took some reference pictures to try again later, and before long I switched from drawing the flowers to photographing them. The lensbaby's point focus coupled with aggressive bokeh makes for nicely romantic shots.

sony A7c, lensbaby sweet 35 (optic swap system) lens on 8oct22:13:49; f/2.5, ev +2.0, 1/160s, ISO: 100 WB: automatic; lightened, colour corrected, cropped, sharpened

It was an absolutely gorgeous day, with the sun shining through the leaves of the distant trees.

sony A7c, lensbaby sweet 35 (optic swap system) lens on 8oct22:17:15; f/2.5, ev 0, 1/125s, WB: automatic; lightened, colour corrected, cropped, possibly sharpened

The beautiful gold contrast in the background of this shot comes from the yellowing leaves of the redbuds in the backyard.

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