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Big Willie Style! Lenny sort of cheats by using his tail…
I absolutely love the bokeh results I get with the Minolta Rokkor 55mm! It is a bit soft wide open at f1.7 but its worth the shallow depth of field. This particular shot was taken in the morning on my way to our rock quarry near St. George, UT. I pulled off the highway and up a dirt road and stopped near a boulder that had a bush in the background. The morning glow came in through the bush sticks and created this fantastic bokeh. I hadn’t set up Lenny doing a wheelie until now because it is quite tricky to get him to balance just right upright. The angle of the slope on the rock made this shot possible. Lenny’s foot is actually propping him up on the rock side and then his tail helped stabilize him. It was still a balancing act. Luckily there usually is no wind in the early morning calm.
I like getting up before the sun. I don’t always do it but when I do I feel like I get so much more done in the day. I beleive it was Benjamin Franklin that stated that “an ounce of prevention, is worth a pound of cure”. I have heard it changed to “an ounce of morning, is worth a pound of afternoon” and I tend to agree with this statement. I feel when I am up early I am alert and ready to get things done. By late afternoon I feel sluggish and ready to relax and wind down for the evening.