When visiting the Royal Melbourne Show there were many tent stalls. This tent had the inside walls darkened and had strings of paper lanterns and fairy lights on display. I’d been on the lookout for an opportunity to create some nice bokeh with lights and this turned out well. Most of the brightly coloured lights were small fairy lights instead of the paper lanterns across the front.
Unusually for me this shot is straight out of camera. It’s often tempting to mess with the colours, getting the warmth and vibrancy just right. I usually like to get detail from all areas of the photo, though here the dark areas do well in hiding the walls of the tent, making it look like there is only darkness beyond the lights.
Strings of brightly coloured fairy lights and paper lanterns on display at the Royal Melbourne Show.
