Thanks, for the feedback, all. Bob, I don't think harsh bokeh is so much
a Leica thing as a modern lens design thing, or an aspherical thing, or
both. This has been discussed to death on the 'Net, but generally
speaking, "they" say that good bokeh is the result of some uncorrected
spherical aberration. So some of the modern designs that are highly
corrected and highly praised for sharpness are also blamed for bad
bokeh. It does appear that you *can* design a modern aspherical lens
that has good bokeh, because the current Leica 50/1.4 Summilux ASPH has
it. But that lens costs a gazillion dollers and is rumored to be made of
unobtanium.
The lens for the photo is a Voigtlander 50/1.5 Nokton (the older Leica
thread-mount version from the early 2000s). It is notorious for
hard-edged bokeh, but I've found that it does it mostly with things that
are quite a bit farther away from the subject, when the subject is close.
The carafe doesn't particularly bother me, though I'd be happier if it
weren't there. I didn't have time to remove it, which would have
distracted the subject anyway. One disadvantage to photographing your
friends is that if you start jumping on the table and rearranging
things, or sitting on people's laps, you might not get invited back. :-)
--Peter
re: <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/14102323336/in/photostream/>
Bob Whitmire (bwhitmireroadrunner.com) wrote:
> Need an “I Agree With Chuck” t-shirt. Is that backlit bokeh? I’ve
seen it
> before, and I don’t think it’s just a Leica thing.
>
> --Bob Whitmire
> Certified Neanderthal
>
> On May 6, 2014, at 7:25 PM, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt [at]
chucknorcutt.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Very nice overall but I find the very out-of-focus vase or carafe
in the
> > foreground very distracting.
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