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What started out as a test to see how the 50mm f/1.8's depth of field created bokehs against a lit Christmas tree when the lights were out of focus ended up giving a result I was pretty impressed with. Upon checking groups on Flickr in which to add this picture, I soon realized I wasn't the only one to have thought about trying this out. So here's my take. Enjoy the holiday season!

(I question my sincerity)

Specs:
Lens: 50mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/25
ISO: 640 (relatively low-light environment)
Subject Distance (in focus): 60 cm
Subject Distance (out of focus): ~2.3 meters
Body: Nikon D300s
Post-Processing: Adobe's Camera Raw + Photoshop CS 5

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I crossed paths with this man this weekend in Longueuil, Qc, Canada. He spoke loudly and acted like someone who was drunk, but his breath (which I inadvertently had to smell) didn't smell like alcohol at all. He seemed in a manic episode, and was screaming "Klu Klux Klan", "White Power!", and such idiocracies out loud. He came to me and asked me to take a picture of him, which ended up being 11 shots. He wanted me to shoot him in front of a big truck that was just behind, and he kept repeating that he was a part of the Klu Klux Klan, was pleading me to join one day, and told me that Jesus loved me.

As I was taking pictures, he told me that I had to put this on the Internet. When I said I would, he became skeptical and told me: "Nah, you're just gonna walk off and never upload any of this", and I kept insisting that yes, I was actually going to ask him for his permission to upload it and that it was a pleasure for me. So I asked him: is there anything you want to share to the world? And he said: Just say that I'm part of the K.K.K., and that I love cats. I asked him his name and where he was from, and he told me Daniel Sanschagrin from Valleyfield. But he was more interested in the KKK part and the "loves cats" part.

So here's Daniel Sanschagrin from Valleyfield. He is a KKK fanatic and he loves cats.

Lens: 50mm at f/2.5
Shutter Speed: 1/3200
ISO: 200
Body: Nikon D300s

Clouds over Rawdon, Quebec

Caught this fella on his Harley bike while we passed him on the highway.

Hit the road Jack (Youtube)

Dead fish
Trois-Rivières, just underneath the Pont Laviolette (bridge).