Practicing bokeh

Bokeh sounds like it would be an easy thing to accomplish, no? Have a clear subject in the foreground and a nice, blurry but interesting background. Simple? Um. Not really.

I did get a new Tamron 28 - 75 f 2.8 lens recently and it does make bokeh a teeny tiny bit easier.

I've been practicing a lot lately on my Christmas tree.

I have a lot more practicing to do.