Reader photo: Bougainvillea

Photographer Chris Jackson captured this brightly colored bougainvillea bush in the Los Angeles Arts District. The contrast of the sharply focused flower with a soft-focus, bokeh-like background, creates a nice image of nature in downtown.

Jackson took this photo with a Nikon and 50mm lens.

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