I am rather proud this week.  Adorama had put out a call for portraits for an article they were writing on portrait lenses for the Adorama Learning Center, and I submitted a photo.  They chose mine to represent the 85mm category!  YAY!  And they said about my photo:  
   
 "And when shooting at f/1.2, that out-of-focus part of the image takes on an ethereal quality, as you can see in the photo below."  
 
I am quite proud of myself!  Of course, the woman in the photo is so beautiful that it wasn't hard to capture a great image, but I am thrilled anyway.  And I confess that after they told me that they had chosen my image that I was a little afraid that they may put it under the category of "what not to do."  LOL.  I was also able to announce it to my photography club last week, which was fun for me, and they very kindly gave me a round of applause (though we do that for everyone's achievements).  But still, it was nice to have a moment in the sun.  Here is the link to the article so you can read it for yourself!  The image was taken at the Chinese New Year celebration that I previously wrote about here.