The adventure day 9 sent me on was bokeh. My first thought was, that’s great, but what about it? As I previously mentioned, I don’t want to just tick stuff off my list, and that is making this a challenge. I wanted an interesting subject, where bokeh could be incorporated, instead of simply just being the subject. I didn’t want to just shoot bokeh, for the sake of it.

The plan was to shoot something in downtown Ames or Des Moines last night but it was pouring rain, and I don’t have a rain sleeve for any of my gear. So, as boring and cliché as it was, I fell back on the old rain on the windowpane shot. On the upside, I’d never shot this before, and I realized that there might be plausible uses for an image with bokeh as the subject.

I will be doing this same 30-day challenge for each month for the rest of the year. I look forward to October, as I will be driving to Seattle. On the way to Seattle, I will be seeing Needles Highway (providing it’s open), Badlands, Custer State Park, and hitting up as many scenic overlooks as possible. In Washington, I plant on visiting Pike Place Market, and making a trip to the Pacific Coast. I have great expectations for that trip!