Agreed - and the color example is a sweet one.
But I like Tom in the that third shot all the same :-)
Amities
Philippe
Le 20 août 2014 à 23:23, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
> While you call the 35/2.0 the king of bokeh the third image of Tom drinking
> coffee certainly doesn't illustrate it. It's a great picture of Tom but the
> tree in the background illustrates what I would call very busy bokeh.
> <http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/157064826>
> The highlights (those that aren't blown) image as distinct balls while some
> branches image like squiggly worms. Most of the background visual elements
> are visible as distinct objects.
>
> Good bokeh is very smooth and nearly featureless like the image that Mike
> sent <http://tinyurl.com/o6ho3ze> that makes it difficult to find an edge
> anywhere in the background. But bokeh is a nebulous thing. If the 35/2.0 is
> considered the bokeh king I would suspect that it probably is so when wide
> open or nearly so and with a background much closer than the tree behind Tom.
> Many lenses exhibit exemplary bokeh at a particular distance range from
> subject to background but not others. Generally, lenses with many aperture
> blades which tend to form a circular aperture will show good bokeh. But
> that's not always true. Some lens designs using aspherical elements just
> don't seem to be able to make good bokeh ever.
>
> If it was your intent to display good bokeh I think you also need 2 other
> images to go along with the good bokeh image. You need one showing greater
> depth of field to be able to differentiate the effect of depth of field and
> also one with shallow depth of field but with bad bokeh. You already have
> one with mediocre bokeh here.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 8/20/2014 4:40 PM, Mike Gordon via olympus wrote:
>> I like your shots and the bokeh is good. Might be very easy to get
>> concept across with a simple smooth example. The Tokina variant of
>> this lens is known as the "Bokina" though this is the Vivitar S1 version
>> with the same optics.
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/o6ho3ze
>>
>>
>> Almost No Monarchs again this year, Mike
>>
>>
>> PESO:
>>
>> I took 3 photos this morning to try to illustrate what bokeh is, in answer
>> to a question from a beginning photographer. I used the 35/2.0 (king of
>> bokeh) Summicron.
>>
>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/157064814
>>
>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/157064816
>>
>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/157064826
>>
>> Hit Original to view them larger.
>>
>> What do you think? Do these illustrate bokeh? What else would you suggest
>> to help her understand bokeh?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Tina
>>
>>
>>
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