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Bokeh essence

Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 11:06 pm
by Hawk
Bokeh… Sometimes it is essence of macro photography.

Image

P.S. I think some persons may be surprised to see which lens I used for this image ;-)

Re: Bokeh essence

Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 11:40 pm
by sury
OK, I am curious. Which lens did you use?

Sury

Re: Bokeh essence

Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 3:42 am
by Javelin
kitlens? 18-70 ?

Re: Bokeh essence

Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 3:57 am
by pakodominguez
Lensbaby
I don't think bokeh is important in this picture -as important as it can be in different situations.

Re: Bokeh essence

Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 8:05 am
by Hawk
Well, it was Minolta 50/1.7 with one set of extension tubes :-)

Re: Bokeh essence

Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 5:55 pm
by Dr. Harout
pakodominguez wrote:Lensbaby
I don't think bokeh is important in this picture -as important as it can be in different situations.
But it sure is beautiful.

Re: Bokeh essence

Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 12:25 am
by pakodominguez
Dr. Harout wrote:
pakodominguez wrote:Lensbaby
I don't think bokeh is important in this picture -as important as it can be in different situations.
But it sure is beautiful.
I didn't mean the image was bad or ugly. What I meant to say is that in that picture, the lens that created the Bokeh is not that relevant because at that distance and F-stop, any lens will have a "decent" Bokeh.
In the West, Bokeh is a trend (same as f64 since Eduard Weston) and it is just an element that make a photograph beautiful.

In Hawk's picture, Bokeh is not a plus (as I told you before, at that distance you'll have it anyway) but composition is right and the light create the great mood that make it beautiful.

Regards

Re: Bokeh essence

Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 12:32 pm
by Dr. Harout
Agree

Re: Bokeh essence

Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 10:00 pm
by sury
Pako,

A very insightful and useful way of looking at closeups. I have deleted many a shot of similar nature, never paying attention to the mood aspect of it. Thank you.

Sury

Re: Bokeh essence

Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 11:29 pm
by pakodominguez
sury wrote:Pako,

A very insightful and useful way of looking at closeups. I have deleted many a shot of similar nature, never paying attention to the mood aspect of it. Thank you.

Sury
After many years "in the industry" the only thing that is 100% clear for me is that the difference between a "shot" and a good photograph is emotion.
:-)

Re: Bokeh essence

Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 10:05 pm
by Hawk
Thanks for your posts about bokeh Pako, and thanks for all other comment. I'm glad you liked it. I was about to post more, but... well, see my recent post here ;-)