Greetings ASEAN Hivers, @justinparke here with a challenge to test your photography skills, because this one is all about the bokeh effect.

📷 Beautiful Bokeh 🤳

👨‍💻 Week #162 👩‍💻

^{June 23rd ➡️ June 30th, 2025}

     Apologies for the late challenge, but life is hectic as my stepdad is still in the hospital after a heart attack. Better late than never though, and the main focus here is the bokeh effect, where parts or all of the image are blurred and/or out of focus. Ideally this is done in an artful manner and not simply an out of focus image, but at the end of the day all art is subjective.

     If you have a traditional camera, you can achieve the bokeh effect with manual settings, and if you have a smartphone it can often be done with the portrait effect or other preloaded settings. The subject can be landscapes, cityscapes, a simple flower, animal, even a portrait of a person. With the right angle and lighting, bokeh often makes the subject of the image more eye-catching, and also adds some mystery and depth to the photos.

Week #161 ASEAN Hive Challenge Winners
🚒 The Red Thread 🧨

     There were a lot of reds for this challenge, from old churches in old towns to tiny little tubes of lip balm. You ASEAN Hivers certainly found plenty red things to capture and share with us, and I thank you all for your participation. Please take a look at these three winning entries and support anything of interest to you.

1st Prize 🏆 10% Beneficiary

Christ Church Melaka (1753 ) -The Red Thread ASEAN HIVE COMMUNITY CHALLENGE
by: @tommyl33

Christ Church Melaka holds a deep historical significance in Melaka, Malaysia. Built in 1753, it is one of the oldest Protestant churches in the country and stands as a well-preserved symbol of Dutch colonial architecture. According to history, the Dutch constructed the church to commemorate the 100th anniversary of their conquest of Melaka from the Portuguese.

2nd Prize 🥈 6% Beneficiary

ASEAN Hive Challenge: The Red Thread It's Not Just a Color with a Story Too
by: @leannwithdoublen

Hello, how are you? As I am writing this blog, I just thought, how I decided to choose "Red" is one of my favorite colors, as I remember my mom bought me this shirt, which is red with a word on it which I can't remember, but there's this one time I saw that red makes my skin look brighter. At that time color color analysis was not that famous, and as a kid, no one cared about that LOL.

3rd Prize 🥉 4% Beneficiary

ASEAN Hive Community Challenge #161 The Red Thread
by: @usagigallardo015

Second week of class, my kids have no classes today and tomorrow. It was already said in our meeting in my previous post. Today is the feast day of San Juan Bautista. Every year some parts of our city cancelled the class and they made it a non-working holiday. I have a big love for red roses, not because my husband often gave me that when he was still courting me. For me, roses are the most serene I've ever seen.

👨‍💻 Week #162 Challenge 👩‍💻

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@JustinParke

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🥈 2nd prize 6% Post Beneficiary
🥉 3rd prize - 4% Post Beneficiary

👨‍⚖️ Challenge Rules ⚖️

• post body must contain a minimum 250+ word count
• entry must be published in the ASEAN Hive Community
• first tag must be #aseanhive (optional tags like #photography welcome too)
• participants must share their post link in the comments section below
• mention the ASEAN Hive Challenge "Beautiful Bokeh" somewhere in your title or post body
• submit entries before this post countdown is finished

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