That's just beautiful, Jim. However, there is some banding of unknown
origin in the bottom part of the image. Applying Neat Image reduces the
grain and totally eliminates the banding. A touch of sharpening
afterwards really makes it pop.
Chuck Norcutt
Jim Nichols wrote:
> Joel,
>
> Following the extender discussion, here is an image made using a Takumar
> 50/1.4 and a 2x extender. I liked the bokeh.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Fuchsia_Blooms_sm.jpg.html
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 1:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] More managed bokeh
>
>
>> Joel,
>>
>> That is bokeh carried to the limit. OOF objects simply disappear. Very
>> nice
>> image.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Joel Wilcox" <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 12:43 PM
>> Subject: [OM] More managed bokeh
>>
>>
>>> Here is a photo I took several weeks ago.
>>>
>>> http://flickr.com/photos/99378213@N00/3174633142/
>>>
>>> I shot these flowers in several different ways, changing what was in
>>> the background. In this case I included a railing to see whether it
>>> would be distracting and/or jittery or whether it would provide a
>>> little bit of contrast in the background that might provide more
>>> interest to the flowers, a sense of scale, and that sort of thing.
>>> While I don't get a "bokeh rush" from the image, I don't find it
>>> displeasing. But is it bokeh? Does it matter?
>>>
>>> Joel W.
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