Patriotic Picture Challenge

Share your Fourth of July in living pictures. If you’re celebrating with friends, family and food, it’s a great time to put your light field photography skills into practice.

Here’s some inspiration for composing pictures with a strong refocus effect:

1.) Fill the frame to capture a pattern like this field of flags. Check out our Inspiration Gallery for more details.

2.) If you’re heading to a parade, try switching to Creative Mode to use the 8X zoom to bring out more details and create the effect of being closer.

3.) Try taking pictures of some of the delicious food you’re served before it’s devoured. Get close, about 4 inches to set up a shot like this.

4.) Or, get even closer by switching into Creative Mode, to compose a picture likes this.

Experiment and share. Now you can embed your pictures directly in Google+ and Pinterest as well as Twitter and Facebook.