Photographing your Bokeh

[woodmancy]

Wonderful colors, bokeh and composition. How would you compare the Helios to your Hexanon and Canon FD?

Paul

+1 Michiel

Like what you are doing with the tilt adapter, Paul :thumbup:

This one is called "Leaf in a Box"
Minolta 45mm/f2.0

Keith

 

[PSon]

GH2 + LEICA MACRO

 

[kds315]

Great shots guys!!

Here one from a recent field trip to Hungarian Puszta...

 

[PSon]

SA 2.8/300 @ f5.6

 

[m3photo]

Burt Kwouk

Had to look twice, it must be Burt Kwouk's* older brother.

*(Kato - Inspector Clouseau's butler)

 

[Michiel Schierbeek]

Keith :thumbup:
Pham Minh Son :thumbup:
Klaus :thumbup:

@Paul
Don't know yet, but it is softer as the others wide open, but it has certainly its own very special character in drawing backgrounds.
It feels like worldwar II (heavy steel and glass instead of light plastic and electronics)
Didn't get to the swirl department of it yet.

Michiel

 

[woodmancy]

Thanks Michiel

Reviving a previous title, this is "At Last"

G1 with Minolta 50mm/1.4

Keith

 

[turbines]

@ Michiel: Thanks for that and any future info on the 85s you can furnish

@ Pham Minh Son, Klaus and Keith: very very nice!

Here are a few with the new 35-70. It's not much of a bokeh maker and doesn't focus very close.

Paul

Comments & suggestions are always appreciated​

 

[kds315]

From my balcony, the first Rudbeckia flower starts to unfold this year (in UV):

I see great shots guys! Esp. the tilted ones are really encouraging!

 

[rparmar]

Some garden bokeh courtesy the Cosina 55mm f/1.2 K-mount.

 

[WGM]

Very nice images all around everyone--and such a variety of approaches!
My contribution from yesterday morning:

Poppies E-P2, OM 50mm @1.8

 

[hakkalo]

Hugo Meyer & Co.Gorlitz Kino Plasmat 12.5mm F1.5 D-Mount

 

[woodmancy]

Hakkalu:

I love this dramatic rendition of the rose - full of pent up motion

Keith

 

[woodmancy]

Very nice images all around everyone--and such a variety of approaches!
My contribution from yesterday morning:

Poppies E-P2, OM 50mm @1.8

WGM:

A fine bokehgraph of one of my favorite subjects - nice delicate color. I like the "in motion" series on your website (remind me of Mike Regnier's car window shots over in the Blends thread)

Keith

 

[mregnier]

I was getting into my car today, when I noticed the reflections thru the open door. I picked the foreground flowers to focus on and then composed the image around the reflections of the flowers.
50mm f 1.5 Voightlander and EP-2

Mike

 

[woodmancy]

These are really nice, Mike - movement without movement, emphasized by the focused flower in the foreground

Keith

 

[m3photo]

Looking and Seeing

I was getting into my car today, when I noticed the reflections thru the open door. I picked the foreground flowers to focus on and then composed the image around the reflections of the flowers.

Nice one Mike - difference between looking and seeing ...

 

[woodmancy]

"Soft Rose"

G1 with Sima 100mm f2 soft focus lens

Keith

 

[woodmancy]

I couldn't get any detail of "Soft Rose" in Lightroom so I processed it a single image in HDR Express, which provides more contrast and also a bit more noise

Keith

 

[Vreeke]

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GH1 Nikon 24mm non-ai 2.8