Commons:Photo challenge/2026 - June - Bokeh

2026 – June – Bokeh

The new challenge features Bokeh, through shallow depth of field, or "quality of blur".

Ideally, each submission should contain a summary description of the subject in the file information, including the location of the subject, and relevant categories should be added to the files to enable other Commons users to find them and use them. Please take care not to violate copyright in respect of non-free creative works, and observe our educational project scope and the personality rights of identifiable people, or your files may be subject to deletion.

The challenge will remain open for submissions throughout June AoE.

Checklist for this theme:

• Photographs must be the work of the nominator.
• Photographs must be newly uploaded to Commons during the challenge submission period i.e. June 2026 AoE (but may have been taken earlier).
• Submissions must be added to the top of the "Entries" section below.
• Please do not nominate lots of similar photos; instead choose just your best and most varied images.

Add your entry between the <gallery> tags as indicated. Gallery entries are placed each on a new line, and consist of the filename, a vertical bar |, and a description. For example:

Electric steam iron.jpg|An electric steam iron

For help on the syntax of entries in a gallery see Help:Gallery tag. Please do not add square brackets [[ ]] or include a thumb parameter or the full URL. The File: prefix is not required, but harmless.

• Restriction: A maximum of four entries can be submitted per photographer.

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  A pink flower bud illuminated against a soft natural bokeh background.
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  Pink cherry tree blossoms, on a tree in Sofia, Bulgaria
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  Lamium purpureum flowers with morning dew, on the outskirts of Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
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  A rock dove, perched on a statue in Sofia, Bulgaria
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  European green woodpecker in Sofia, Bulgaria
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  Love padlocks on the Hohenzollern Bridge in Cologne
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  Tree frog on a palm branch
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  A fountain at the San Mateo County History Museum at night
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  Dried thistle on the Black Sea coast; Aheloy, Bulgaria
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  Flower of Spathiphyllum wallisii
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  Male of Great spotted woodpecker foraging on an oaktree in May
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  Honeybee (Apis mellifera) collecting pollen from a cherry blossom
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  Berry of lily of the valley in september
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  Begonia masoniana leaf
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  Figur eines Wellensittichs mit Bokeh-Effekt fotografiert.
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  Ein selbstgebastelter Stern mit Glitzer, im Hintergrund ein beleuchteter Weihnschtsbaum.
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  On the other side
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  Domestic pigeon
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  Syrphoidea
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  Vibrant flowers in ChristChurch
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  Gray meerkats, Wroclaw Zoo, Poland
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  Rooted in soil in bodies of water
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  Companion forever
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  Beauty of is behind me
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  Près de la tour CN - Near the CN Tower - Toronto, Canada, April 2010
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  Depuis la tour CN - View from the CN Tower - Toronto, Canada, April 2010
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  Mouette sur un parapet - Seagull onto a wall - Toronto, Canada, April 2010
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  Neige sur un hublot d'avion - Snow on a plane window - Montréal, Canada, April 2010
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  Finnish MTV3 news anchor Shahin Doagu, June 2026.
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  A Rainy Evening in Howrah City
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  growing narcissus bulbs at home
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  pancake with bubble on top
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  club sandwich
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  flower blooming on a branch of tree
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  Bokeh with wooden chopsticks(waribashi).
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  Bokeh with wooden chopsticks(waribashi).
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  Robin Perched on Branch
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  Great Blue Heron near water
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  Female Cardinal Sitting on Branch
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  Adventuregolf, Kurpark Bad Bellingen, GER
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  The track at the Dwight Schar Athletic Complex: AU Track & Field
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  Damselfly on a leaf, Karnataka, India
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  A spider in a web spanned across the water of a river, Karnataka, India
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  Three yellow bottles in a shop window, with blurred foliage reflected in the glass, Worpswede, Germany
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  A street food vendor grilling pork liempo at night in Zamboanga City, Philippines
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  Road blocking barriers in Visby. The current modell, used in Visby (Gotland), was designed in 1993 by Swedish artist Anders Årfelt and portrays a Gute sheep, a landrace-based breed of domestic sheep native to the Swedish island of Gotland.
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  Viola × wittrockiana in Saint Petersburg
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  Viola × wittrockiana in Saint Petersburg
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  Fur seal in Antarctica
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  Gentoo penguin with a feather in its beak
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  Young kelp gull
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  Seed heads with a parachute-like structure
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  Bitter melon in a Kitchen Garden
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  Shooting Chevrolet cars wide open.
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  Mackerel tabby with feline viral rhinotracheitis
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  Flower of a cutleaf coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)
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  The flowers of a bellflower taken near Contra on Lake Maggiore
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  Have a rest!
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  The head of a bronze sculpture woman created by Malgorzata Chodakowska taken at an exhibition in the grounds of Pillnitz Palace
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  Gull at sunset
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  Common Goldeneye
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  Winter haze of Church Street Marketplace, Burlington, Vermont
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  Libelle der Art Plattbauch, Männchen, fotografiert in Blåvand, Dänemark
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  A female 𝘈𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘴 individual commonly called Scarlet marsh hawk perched on to a plant stem inside the State Botanical Garden, Odisha
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  Mauereidechse in der Paarungszeit und nimmt Kontakt zur Kamera auf. Kann Männchen oder Weibchen sein.
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  Side marker light on a 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle.
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  Wild-growing blue grape-hyacinth in Sweden
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  Bokeh of a sandal and a smartphone with the seascape sunset light on Shalun Beach
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  Bokeh of marine litter at Shalun Beach
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  Kettle manometer of a vintage fire pump
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  The moon as seen from Ueno, Tokyo, Japan
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  Langweerderwielen (Langwarder Wielen) in the mist. Trees and reed beds at the Langweerderwielen in the mist.
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  Two eurasian collared doves.
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  Magpie on tree.
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  Thumbergia grandiflora.
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  A balance between intimacy and universality.
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  An arrest of motion in Time.
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  Réal Madrid fan happy after a victory.
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  Lirio Blanco, Venezuela, enero 2023.
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  Capullo de una rosa roja, Venezuela, febrero 2023.
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  Rosa roja, Venezuela, enero 2023.
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  Rosa Rosada, Perú, marzo 2026.
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  The sun is hidden, casting a soft, even, and glare-free glow over the world.
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  Leica M camera model
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  A green plant in front of a car
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  Fly insect on the window pane
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  An iron fence in a rapeseed field
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  Handy Polish-German dictionary
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  Mushroom paradise. Polypore.
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  IMAGE OF THE VOICE
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  Parasitierte Raupe mit Kokons
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  ragopogon pratensis in RNR Dune Marchand.- Bray-Dunes (Fr)
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  Sunflower in Kuria East,Kenya
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  Das bunte Tulpenfeld in der Wilhelma, botanischer Garten, zeigt die Schärfe und Unschärfe des Bildes
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  Die Weinbergtulpen sind im Frühjahr im Killesberg die Königinnen. Wenn die Blüte noch nicht geöffnet ist, ist es besonders malerisch.
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  Dancing Igbo Mother
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  Beautiful Ichafu (headdress)
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  Two daisies
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  testing bokeh
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  That's my mixed-breed-dog (female) -- and a fake iPhone 17 Pro "bokeh"
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  Großer Brachvogel, Mai 2026 im NSG Dingdener Heide
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  Regional road 1635 in Askola, Finland.
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  Blue and pink hydrangeas in a New York apartment garden (seen from above)
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  Dahlia in Dendrological Garden in Průhonice, Czechia
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  Some branches are hanging from a Banyan tree
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  Colorful festive lights
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  A woman is staring at far away lights
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  A lit candle removing darkness
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  A white chess king on a checker board
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  Foxglove flower near sunset
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  Echium vulgare in Dordogne, France
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  A caterpillar on a piece of rose quartz, Kola Peninsula
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  Lots of dice
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  Javanese Edelweiss (Anaphalis Javanica)
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  Ball-flowered Allium, (Allium aflatunense), Nienburg (Weser), D.
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  Wolf’s monkshood in the Wolf Valley near Lauterach, Swabian Alb, D.
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  Late dinner is being cooked
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  Für gutes Wetter ist es nie zu spät
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  Durch unscharfe Wassertropfen
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  Trockenblumenstrauß in einer Glasvase
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  Bombus robustus posado sobre cirsium vulgare
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  Formicinae (рід Camponotus)
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  Bunga Merak
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  Autunno a Vallombrosa
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  A yellow tussock moth(Euproctis nigricauda) in the rain
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  Barberry berberis
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  Barberry berberis with spikes
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  Bee and foxtail lily eremurus robustus
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  Bee on canola flower
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  Red valerian valeriana rubra
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  Spiky branch with spider web
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  Woodland sage salvia nemorosa
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  Helsinki high-rises seen from Korkeasaari.
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  Mien Ruys Gardens. Trollius chinensis. 'Golden Queen'.
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  Nature's delicate white bouquet
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  squirrel with a little hazelnut
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  Fruits of geum urbanum
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  Home maker,Al Jubail,Saudi
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  Greater Flamingo in the evening golden hours of Pulicat,Tamil Nadu
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  Baya Weaver Building Nest to attract female,Tamil Nadu,India
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  Crimson Backed Sunbird looking for honey,Munnar,India
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  A detailed macro photograph showing the textured surface of a jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus).
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  Last day to buy local bus tickets in cash in Tampere, Finland
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  Grass snake doing gymnastics
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  Una fontanella circondata da fiori gialli selvatici
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  Blurry lights at a Christmas market
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  Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) against a blurred background at the Worms Zoo
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  Flower of a Magnolia against a blurred background
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  Candle on a dining table against a blurred background
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  Dolls in a washbowl, with the sea seen from Rishiri Island, Hokkaido, Japan
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  A doll carrying a handwritten Japanese sign, with La Princesse in the background at Yokohama Kaikoku Expo Y150, 2009.
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  Pitanga fruit in the greenhouse of Hachijo Botanical Park, Hachijojima, Tokyo, Japan.
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  Seed pod of Strelitzia reginae at Hachijo Botanical Park, Hachijojima, Tokyo, Japan.
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  Stage lights illuminate the singer from the hardcore band One Step Closer in blue and white light.
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  Water droplets of a mist at night illuminated by flashlight reveal various paths that many individual droplets that compose the mist take.
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  A tree with pink flowers blooms during a sunny day in early spring.
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  Halloween pennant (Celithemis eponina) grasping the end of a stick.
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  Volchok the treasurer from town of Vyshny Volochok ("volchok" is a diminutive of "wolf")
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  Ears of wheat
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  Pink cyclamen at sunset
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  Sea lily
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  Love locks on the Rednitz Bridge, Stein, Germany
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  Red tree blossoms, background with circular bokeh of a mirror lens, Orosi, Costa Rica (scanned slide)
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  Goose-billed duck, Glücksburg, Germany
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  Man with handkerchief in front of newsstand, Barcelona, Spain, 1984 (scanned slide)
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  Detail: Zwinger, Münster (Westphalia)
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  Penstemon digitalis blooming in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, demonstrating bokeh with a small-sensored bridge camera
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  Soft serve ice cream at Shirogane Blue Pond
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  Cattleya aclandiae
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  Tail end of a storm over the Langweerderwielen.
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  Brombeerblatt mit Raureif überzogen
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  Pfaffenhütchen (Euonymus europaeus)
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  Rainfarn (Tanacetum vulgare)
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  Vexiernelke (Lychnis coronaria)
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  Hiding in the grass
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  A North Island robin (Petroica longipes) perched on a table while hunting for insects
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  Immeasurable shopping carts
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  Multicolored iris (Iris versicolor)
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  Herde Hausschafe auf Nordseedeich bei Burhave
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  Hauslamm auf Deich bei Tettens
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  An uncomfortable seat with visibility limitations behind the column
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  A black and white cat on the sidewalk in Victoria, British Columbia
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  An Ipswich Savannah Sparrow on the jetty at Barnegat Light.
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  Herbst's bloodleaf (Iresine herbstii) with a bee in Grugapark, Essen, NRW, Germany
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  Fluffy long-haired Chihuahua ears
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  Dahlia flower in Grugapark, Essen, NRW, Germany
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  Seed pod of a rose mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) covered in hoarfrost
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  Dog ball
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  Ripe apricot
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  Cone of a Spanish Fir (Abies pinsabo)
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  Wheat field near Schwanau-Allmannsweier
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  Photinia in contre-jour
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  Rosmary twigs
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  De Kruidhof Buitenpost. Grape boskoop glory.
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  Cortinarius violaceus in the forest
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  A beautiful day with beautiful view.
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  Chasing horizons, finding peace
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  Where the sky meets soul.
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  Kainchi Dham Nainital.
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  Nainital Lake View.
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  A quiet moment above clouds.
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  Sangam View
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  Kanpur Central Front
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  Frauenhut. Aufgenommem bei einer Veranstaltung in Oelsnitz/Erzgebirge (Landesgartenschau 2015).
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  Der Einlappenkasuar (Casuarius unappendiculatus) im Weltvogelpark Walsrode. Deutschland.
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  Inkaseeschwalbe (Larosterna inca) im Vogelpark Walsrode, Deutschland.
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  Dewdrop on a leaf in the garden of Giverny
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  Domestic Shorthair Siamese-Mixed Breed cat
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  A Red-Winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) calling from the Boardwalk at John Heinz NWF
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  Coleophora lutipennella on the Friesener Warte
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  Flowers and seashore in Vlora, Albania
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  Mohnblute auf dem Purpur-Kleefeld, Sachsen.
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  Clinging on to savor
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  Focusing on tiny miracle
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  Blossom in progress
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  Just holding on
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  a burrowing owl flying
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  Rosa 'Pink Knock Out'. Flower. (Rosarium in the city park of Winschoten).
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  When focus fades, magic appears.
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  Golden whispers against a velvet backdrop.
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  Swan at Hyde Park
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  Veronica Austriaca, home for small lives
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  Stolperstein Sabine Schelhasse
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  Ein Treppengeländer an der Kreuzkirche Münster
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  草丛里的野花
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  炫光下的狗尾草
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  Squirrel hiding behind a tree branch.
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  Árbitro de futebol no Brasil visto de costas, apontando para cima durante uma partida. Ele veste uniforme preto com o patch contra o racismo, com a torcida desfocada ao fundo.
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  Retrato em close da cabeça de uma arara-canindé (Ara ararauna) em foco nítido, contrastando com um fundo escuro propositalmente desfocado (efeito bokeh).
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  Retrato Indigena Close-up com Pintura Facial
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  Arbitro Anderson Daronco sorteio moeda
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  Corylus avellana L. - Common hazel, male catkins
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  Close-up of dandelion fruit
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  Taraxacum F.H. Wigg.- dandelion, fruit close-up
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  Taraxacum F.H. Wigg. - close-up of fruit
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  Incandescent light bulbs
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  Watermill part in Musée des moulins de Villeneuve-d'Ascq, (Fr)
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  Put van Nederhorst in the mist. Reed collar on the shore of the lake in the mist.
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  Laubblätter der Taglilien (Hemerocallis)
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  Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula)
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  A bee on an Echinacea purpurea flower
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  Drosophila on Iris pseudacorus, green blurred background
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  What is the man looking at?
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  Roe deer in the forest
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  Jarzębina (Sorbus aucuparia)
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  Close-up of Ptecticus aurifer
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  Fiori di Fritillaria in un bicchiere rosa
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  Inflorescence of guelder rose (Viburnum opulus) in backlight from the setting Sun, Ukrainka village, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine.
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  Peony flower (Paeonia) with raindrops, Ukrainka village, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine.
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  Blossoms of sour cherry (Prunus cerasus) in backlight from the setting Sun, Ukrainka village, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine.
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  Hof der Engel / Court of Angels
  Schwäbisch Gmünd, GER
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  Golden Gate impression. Steel pylon and grass panicles.
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  A locomotive approaching.
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  Gewürze auf dem Markt in Pézenas, Südfrankreich
  Spices at the market in Pézenas, Southern France
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  Bokeh 20240530
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  Sumpf-Schwertlilie am Herrenmühlestausee bei Adelberg, GER
  Siberian Iris at the Herrenmühle Reservoir near Adelberg, GER
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  Almond tree blossoms
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  Samurai lamp closeup
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  Statue head bokeh
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  Long exposure of boats leaving Independence Day fireworks show. Hartford, CT USA.
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  Water taps in Mizumoto Park, Tokyo, Japan
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  Christmas Tree on Main Street in 2023
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  These oystercatchers are walking along the photographers beach in Fjellskålnes on Osterøy in Norway.
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  Rhododendron flower in the botanical garden in Munich
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  Rhododendron flower in the botanical garden in Munich
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  Passengers waiting for train at Dongdan Station, Beijing, China
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  Bicycles along Han River, Seoul, South Korea
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  Gruppo di funghi della specie Mycena renati su un ceppo di faggio, in un bosco misto nell'area di Sorano (Toscana)
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  Akelei - Aquilegia vulgaris - green blurred background
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  White bud against dark blurred background
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  Tiny leaves tangled in green fence with jungle blurred background
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  Tiny jungle against grey blurred background
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  Tiny red fruit against green blurred background
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  Two small mushrooms in the grass
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  Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
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  Banana Slug (Ariolimax columbianus) on Graham Island, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia
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  Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis) found near Nakusp, British Columbia
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  Deteriorating steel framework and scaffolding at the former Cape Explosives Works, Somerset West, South Africa, originally established in 1899.
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  Zantedeschia aethiopica (flowers)
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  Plantago lanceolata
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  Roadside plants with blur
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  Balls showing, shallow depth of field
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  Cangrejo oculto en caparazón de caracol en Ballenita, Ecuador
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  Portrait of the user Bellatrovata from 1986
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  Regio2N at Viroflay Rive Gauche Train Station, France
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