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Photographing your Bokeh

kds315

Active member
Is this the Kinoptik society, or what?
Gentlemen, these lenses are stunning! Well done. :thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:

But I am not gonne buy one for the prices I see them passing by :cool:
There is a matter of fact I am not going to buy any lens at all. ( for a while :eek:)

Michiel
You found some great lenses at a really cheap price!! It doesn't need
a Kinoptik lens to take a great shot (it just helps...), I have seen many great
ones here ...
 

seakayaker

Active member
You seem to get vignetting Dan - did you take the sunshade off (it needs to be shortened!)?
Klaus, for all of my previous shots I did have the sunshade on the lens. On some shots there did appear to be vignetting, then on others it appeared clean to all four conners.

When you say it needs to be shortened, are you recommending cutting the sunshade in half?

I went out this afternoon and shot without the sunshade.

Cosmos


GF1 with Kinoptik Paris Apochromat 25mm f2 -- ISO 100 -- f2 -- 1/800



Life is Grand!

Dan
~ ;)




 

woodmancy

Subscriber Member
Dan - this Cosmos flower always looks good in your images (always makes me think of Kramer, but I guess that would be Kosmos :rolleyes:)

The birthday celebration reminded of the abstracts that were done in the early part of the thread. These are 100% out of focus images. So, I tested the Kinoptik this morning on a fir tree.

It's important to forget all the rules when you process these. This one was done in Topaz (single bokehgraph with no textures or blending - I always feel it's important to say that, as I am amazed at the detail lurking in these OOF images)

Keith

 

seakayaker

Active member
Keith, it is a beautiful shot and does demonstrate the sharp detail contained in a bokehgraph. Also the shades of color work well for me in this shot, they are wonderful and pleasing to the eye. Love the lines, curves and circles seen this photo, including the little circular bokeh!


Life is Grand!

Dan
~ ;)
 

woodmancy

Subscriber Member
Keith, it is a beautiful shot and does demonstrate the sharp detail contained in a bokehgraph. Also the shades of color work well for me in this shot, they are wonderful and pleasing to the eye. Love the lines, curves and circles seen this photo, including the little circular bokeh!


Life is Grand!

Dan
~ ;)
Thanks Dan:

I had forgotton how much fun these abstracts are - it's tough to predict how they will turn out

Keith
 

kds315

Active member
Now sth very different, a 100 year old Meyer Goerlitz Schnellarbeiter (= quick worker) Atelier uncoated brass lens f3 135mm (Petzval type) and a still life shot fully open.

"Roses wilting" ... Autum is approaching...

 
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woodmancy

Subscriber Member
Great shots guys; Keith: that structured grass shot is amazing! Overlays?
It is a single image, Klaus, with no overlays. I used the "small details" preset in Topaz, but could have got the same result in LightRoom, I think.

The thing to do in these totally out of focus bokehgraphs is to process for the bokeh only. For instance, in Dan's "Anemones" just above you can see the same structure in the bokeh - but if he had used the same processing as I did in mine, his flower would have been a blob

Keith
 

seakayaker

Active member
Now sth very different, a 100 year old Meyer Goerlitz Schnellarbeiter (= quick worker) Atelier uncoated brass lens f3 135mm (Petzval type) and a still life shot fully open.

"Roses wilting" ... Autum is approaching...

. . . . . lovely shot . . . . .

I thought the old Leitz glass (1951, 1954, 1960/ I was using was pretty old.

They are young puppies next to the Meyer Goerlitz Schnellarbeiter!

Life is Grand!

Dan
~ ;)
 

seakayaker

Active member
Thank you Louis, Michiel, Klaus, & Keith for you ongoing kind comments.

Autumn is fast approaching, and the flowers will soon be gone, for now I'll stick with them, soon it will be fall, then winter bokeh . . . . .


Malva ~ Mallow


GF1 with Kinoptik Paris Apochromat 25mm f2 -- ISO 100 -- f2.8 -- 1/125



Life is Grand!

Dan
~ ;)


 
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