As it’s less than a couple of weeks till Xmas Day I thought I would take the opportunity to wish you all a “Merry Christmas and a Phabulously Photographic New Year”. It’s been an interesting year for me, with lots of in-person and Zoom talks and well-received Macro workshops.  I’ve already got talk bookings for 2026! This is a macro bokeh shot of an Xmas tree bauble.  Not only is there foreground bokeh but there’s also wider background bokeh.  It’s like differential focus, but it’s all actually out of focus! Our neighbour over the road has a log-burning stove.  One quite windy day it was smoking quite a lot, and…