Yes, I admit it. I’ve really neglected the “Photo of the Month” feature. Don’t know why really…just kind of forgot about it I guess. So here it is, yet again!

May’s photo of the month is really not in the style I have grown accustomed to. That said, it fits perfectly with my blog’s theme: out of focus. I have recently read Freeman Patterson’s “The Art of Seeing“, where he talks at length about opening your mind, expanding your vision and simply not taking anything for granted. As I was trying to photograph dew drops on a cool morning while camping last week, I noticed that when the pine needles were out of focus, the drops turned into nice specular highlights. Even better, I was lucky to get one drop that diffracted into a gorgeous little rainbow. The out of focus leaves emphasized the dreamy look.

On the  other business front, I want to make a few announcements:

In addition to the photo of the month feature which will appear on the last Monday of every month, the Friday Round-up will also become a steady fixture on this blog. Every Friday, I will post links to the blog posts I liked the most during that week and hope that you enjoy them too.

Given the large success of the twitter interview with Richard Wong last week, I have prepared another very exciting interview for tomorrow on the future of photography, but with a twist: tomorrow, I will air the first ever podcast on Out of Focus. My guest will be stock photo guru Jack Hollingsworth. So, stay tuned for a really exciting post.

Finally, yours truly will be featured in a couple of interviews on the triple dubya this week, more on that to come through the course of the week.

Have a great week everyone!