It seems like spring has MAYBE finally sprung here in the (supposedly) sunny, warm, Okanagan... so in the spirit of all that is warm, soft, and green, I thought I'd post a new photo.

And as fate would have it, Chica posted an entry at her Photo Projectz blog about something called the Orton Effect. (The Orton Effect is named after Michael Orton who first used the technique is a sandwich of two images, one in focus the other out of focus.)

It's something initially, and normally, done with slide film. But the digital age makes it easy to do when postprocessing digital images.

The end result is a soft, "glowing" image that can improve the look of certain photos.

Whatchoo folks think?

(Thanks, Chica, for the inspiration to dig out this photo from last year and play with it. :) )

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