Bokeh essence

[Hawk]

Bokeh… Sometimes it is essence of macro photography.



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

[sury]

OK, I am curious. Which lens did you use?

Sury

[Javelin]

kitlens? 18-70 ?

[pakodominguez]

Lensbaby
I don't think bokeh is important in this picture -as important as it can be in different situations.

[Hawk]

Well, it was Minolta 50/1.7 with one set of extension tubes

[Dr. Harout]

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.

[pakodominguez]

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

[Dr. Harout]

Agree

[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

[pakodominguez]

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.

[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