Tom Ratchkauskas Photography: Seasons Greetings - Lit Up Evergreens and LED's

With the weather changing and the first snowfall of the season long gone, the holiday light displays throughout Pittsburgh turn on after a Tryptophan induced coma. Pittsburgh is home to many progressive and historic landmarks that allow for a wide variety of holiday displays. As Market Square enters a new era of development, it plays host to an ice skating rink, Christmas tree and other holiday fare among modern and progressive steel and glass structures. Unfortunately, Market Square is not shown in the following pictures, but they do show the tree at the City County Building, Point State Park and the light displays at Phipps Conservatory. More displays exist such as the PPG Wintergarden, Pittsburgh Zoo, Kennywood, Schenley Plaza. The quantity and placement of lights allows for use of shallow depth of field by using larger apertures and longer focal lengths.Shallow depth of field will create an effect known as bokeh - aesthetically pleasing out of focus elements as is exemplified in some of the following photographs.

Point State Park