Best Bokeh

Anouilh · 22-06-2008 01:10PM

http://www.flickr.com/photos/anouilh/2599663327/

City-Exile · 22-06-2008 02:03PM

I almost forgot about doing something myself.
Bit of a rush job, but it's better than the pack of sausages I shot first!

mike65 · 22-06-2008 03:11PM

Mike.

AnCatDubh · 22-06-2008 10:33PM

A somewhat unsophisticated idea taken yesterday morning during a spot of rain - heck it didn't do anything much else this weekend :eek:

Fajitas! · 22-06-2008 10:57PM

SH*TE...

I left me camera in Elvens car, and my photo for this was on it. Bah.

This'll have to do for the moment;

Canon 50mm 1.4 @ 1.4.
Part of the old train line in Waterford.

(For the record - It's just going for the shallow depth of field, not bokeh

)

robinph · 22-06-2008 10:59PM

My best attempt at blurryness this weekend.

I'm clearly missing a trick somewhere.

Paulw · 22-06-2008 11:05PM

Fajitas! wrote: »

For the record - It's just going for the shallow depth of field, not bokeh

Ok, can anyone provide a definition (aside from their own), that has bokeh being anything other than part of the image out of focus, or shallow depth of field??

Wikipedia - Bokeh (from the Japanese boke, "blur") is a photographic term referring to the appearance of out-of-focus areas in an image produced by a camera lens.[1] Different lens bokeh produces different aesthetic qualities in out-of-focus backgrounds, which are often used to reduce distractions and emphasize the primary subject.

The Japanese word boke just means blur, nothing to do with lights.

Fajitas! · 22-06-2008 11:15PM

Lol, Paul.

Visually unpleasing bokeh shows the edges of the blur - seen in the grass in the background of my pic, and the crowd in yours.

Edit: The word means something along the lines of fuzzy, according to your own link, it also says in your link " In out-of-focus areas, each point of light becomes a disc." - It's essentially how your lens translates this point of light that makes 'good' or 'bad' bokeh. Blur showing lines can easily be seen as distracting, if you look at the same image with very smooth blur, you'll see why.

Chochese · 22-06-2008 11:47PM

Have to agree with Fajitas! here...

My understanding of Bokeh is that the blurred backgrounds have a somewhat soft edged gradient, so as you're almost not even meant to make out the general contents of the background. Kind of an OTT blurring.

City-Exile · 23-06-2008 12:05AM

I already said that shallow DoF was fine, since we couldn't agree on Bokeh.
(and also because I failed to get the reflections off my bottles right)

Anouilh · 23-06-2008 09:30AM

Some useful links.

http://fiveprime.org/hivemind/Tags/bokeh,ireland

http://lounge.techfocus.net/showthread.php?t=14832

I'll revive the thread at Techfocus, The Lounge and add some links
there over the next few days.

Thanks for such an interesting challenge.

Hugh_C · 23-06-2008 10:17AM

Just to throw in my 2c, my understanding of bokeh is the quality of the out-of-focus areas rather than mere out-of-focusness. Like an adjective, not a noun, or something ...

Anyway, here's a short DoF picture of Kate's viola, it's boketastic to me:

50mm f/1.8

City-Exile · 23-06-2008 10:29AM

Nice shot, Hugh.

digitally-yours · 23-06-2008 11:11AM

Hopefully i will be posting my masterpiece tonight

watch this space

City-Exile · 23-06-2008 11:14AM

Make sure you post after Fajitas, just so that you can steal his thunder!

Roen · 23-06-2008 11:48AM

I took one or two.....I have to get home and see em at 100% first though.
And yes, some of them were with the ƒ1.2 Elven

elven · 23-06-2008 01:09PM

Hugh_C wrote: »

it's boketastic to me

In glasgow, that would mean something entirely different...

I don't think i get much bokeh with the holga lens, and i barely used anything else all weekend. maybe have a token macro flower shot - have to take a look at the contents of the memory cards tonight.

Oh and if you look closer at a few definitions, it's definitely to do with the quality of the out of focus areas, not just the fact that they arent sharp.

melekalikimaka · 23-06-2008 02:27PM

Whoops missed this, balls.
But yes bokeh and dof are very different themes

City-Exile · 23-06-2008 02:36PM

I just didn't want to exclude anyone.
If we get good bokeh, brilliant.
If we just get people people taking the best shot they can & posting it here, even better.

Mellor · 23-06-2008 06:18PM

Paulw wrote: »

The Japanese word boke just means blur, nothing to do with lights.

Just to clear up what was meant my light,
Light was refering to actual reflected light, from all objects. Not to light sources like lamps etc.
A "blur" is a point reflecting light (even its a wall, plant what ever) out of focus.

digitally-yours · 23-06-2008 07:22PM

/waits for Fajitas post

Doing final touches to my master piece

Fajitas! · 23-06-2008 07:42PM

Well, I entered the one above, didn't think we could enter more than one!

YogiBear · 24-06-2008 01:33AM

Taken with a Sigma 70-300, ISO 320, 1/250 s at f/5.6, focal length 300 (Sigma Macro setting).
I'm going to keep entering until I'm told I've won!

Did I win yet? Did I? huh huh did I?

Hugh_C · 24-06-2008 08:11AM

elven wrote: »

In glasgow, that would mean something entirely different...

Is it repeatable here?

City-Exile · 24-06-2008 10:23AM

Nice shot, yogi.
I think it's fair to say that you're a clear winner!

Fajitas! wrote: »

Well, I entered the one above, didn't think we could enter more than one!

I've checked through the rules & sub rule 4.3 clearly states that any moderator who forgets their camera in the car of another moderator, shall not be penalised for late and/or multiple entries.

Fajitas! · 24-06-2008 11:35AM

PRAISE THE LORD!

Cheers City

And the camera thief herself;

sprinkles · 24-06-2008 12:06PM

EDIT: Will fix once I get home, really beginning to hate working on windows based machines now :mad:

digitally-yours · 24-06-2008 12:41PM

what do you guys think ?

melekalikimaka · 24-06-2008 01:28PM

digitally-yours wrote: »

what do you guys think ?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3265/2602118508_ced41306ff.jpg

didn't know you were such a softie digitally yours

digitally-yours · 24-06-2008 01:44PM

melekalikimaka wrote: »

didn't know you were such a softie digitally yours

I try not to be

Best Bokeh

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