I agree that the background in C.H. Ling's iris photo is less than ideal
from a bokeh fan's standpoint, but it is perfectly natural to the iris and
not unpleasing.
I thought C.H. made an interesting point in his other note about judging
bokeh by comparing similar rather than dissimilar backgrounds. He's got my
vote for bokeh guru.
Agree about the 135/4.5. I have to focus a little more carefully than with
the 90/2 because of the darker viewfinder, so I am not as consistent at
getting the focus exactly where I want it. But when it's good, it's very
very good.
Joel W.
At 08:53 PM 5/1/2003 -0700, you wrote:
Even with a less than ideal background, the very smooth bokeh makes it
rather unobtrusive.
I just took some shots of a very silmilar iris except the upper petals
curve up to form a sort of tent over the center. If I got the light right,
I hope to have some images of the interior. I've been playing with my new
135/4.5. First tests indicate a rather smooth bokeh.
Maybe you will become to bokeh what Gary Reese is to resolution and contrast.
Moose
C.H.Ling wrote:
Sharpening usually will NOT affect the bokeh, unless you do it
extremely too much but I never seen one. Below is a closer example of
better bokeh lens (Zuiko 75-150), I mean lens character not necessary
good choose of background as this one is not good at all:
http://www.accura.com.hk/OM/dc/IMG_1283.jpg
A poor bokeh lens will make the background details look like seeing
through an astigmatic eye, I have shown some examples of good bokeh
lens (35-70/3.6) and bad one (Zuiko 50/1.2) before. Now with the Canon
10D I can make a fast comparison of all Zuiko I have, I will do it for
the 50mm lens first (but unfortunately I have sold the 50/1.2), stay
tuned.
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