Photographing your Bokeh

[Michiel Schierbeek]

Hi Keith,
Wow! It's a great bokehgraph! I love the colors and beautiful bokeh. "Three Chairs" and Three Cheers! :thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:

+ 1 for this typical Spanish bokehgraph! Three thumbs from me too, :thumbup::thumbs:

@ Thanks OlliL! Loved the first blue flower with Your Canon FD 50/1.4
Isn't it a fine lens!

Michiel

 

[Michiel Schierbeek]

Sorry for being so absent from this topic the last days, both in commenting and in posting. I have a few other things on my mind

Here's one that I shot a few weeks ago, with the G1 and the 45-200 @ 200mm, handheld.

No flowers in this one

C U,
Rafael
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Hope all is fine RAF!

Nice toys and nice bokeh.

I have had three of those grey Deux cheveaux's in my younger days. They were so steady on the road that you could take a roundebout at top speed which was only 90 km an hour

Cheers, Michiel

 

[woodmancy]

Sorry for being so absent from this topic the last days, both in commenting and in posting. I have a few other things on my mind

Here's one that I shot a few weeks ago, with the G1 and the 45-200 @ 200mm, handheld.

No flowers in this one

C U,
Rafael
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Lovely saturated colors, Raf, as in Leica's "Globe Take" at the top of this page.

Keith

 

[woodmancy]

Thanks Leica, Dan and Michiel for a vote on the "Three Chairs" image

Dan, your colors are wonderful these days :thumbs:

Here is another one from Cadiz (one of my trees in squares series )

Same old tilt +Pentax 50/1.4

Keith

 

[OlliL]

Isn't it a fine lens!

Michiel

Hard to beat for the price! :thumbup:

 

[Leica 77]

. . . . . thank you Rafael, Leica, and Michiel for your greetings and kind workds!
Still in a very nice relaxed space after returning from vacation last week!
Ava

GF1 with Leica Summicron - M Aspherical 35mm f/2 -- ISO 100 -- f2 -- 1/1300
Life is Grand!
Dan
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Hi Dan,
One of the versions of the Leica M Summicron 35mm f/2 lens has been regarded as "the King of Bokeh" by some photographers. This one is my favorite! The bokeh is stellar! :thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:

 

[seakayaker]

. . . . . Leica, thank you for your kind words!

I enjoy the shot with the light, color and bokeh quite a bit myself. . . . .

Echinacea ~ Coneflowers

GF1 with Voigtlander Nokton Classic SC 40mm f1.4 -- ISO 100 -- f1.4 -- 1/200


Begonia Grandis with Anemones & Echinacea

GF1 with Voigtlander Nokton Classic SC 40mm f1.4 -- ISO 100 -- f1.4 -- 1/160


Anemones with Begonia Grandis

GF1 with Voigtlander Nokton Classic SC 40mm f1.4 -- ISO 100 -- f1.4 -- 1/200


Life is Grand!

Dan
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[seakayaker]

Michiel, that first one looks great.
That "Gulf" logo is well positioned!

Kind regards

++1! Lovely color (love the shades of Blue) and the bokeh is wonderful!

Please no more testikel shots! Scary stuff . . . . . at my age, I have no need to have a glimpse of the future!

Life is Grand!

Dan
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[seakayaker]

Lovely saturated colors, Raf, as in Leica's "Globe Take" at the top of this page.

Keith

+++2! Love the colors, rich and vibrant! . . . . . and the sharp edges fading to the soft blur and then circular bokeh! Very Nice!

Life is Grand!

Dan
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[seakayaker]

Thanks Leica, Dan and Michiel for a vote on the "Three Chairs" image

Dan, your colors are wonderful these days :thumbs:

Here is another one from Cadiz (one of my trees in squares series )

Same old tilt +Pentax 50/1.4

Keith

Keith, your trees from your series last year are among my favorites that you have posted in this thread! Perhaps one of my all time favorites was the one titled "Square in Cadiz!" (see post 2553)


Life is Grand!

Dan
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[woodmancy]

Thanks Dan

This is taken with my Sigma Mirror lens, 400mm, f5.6. Handleld at 1/2500s at ISO 400

Keith

 

[woodmancy]

Another one with the Sigma Mirror lens - 1/800s, f5.6, ISO 400

Keith

 

[seakayaker]

Another one with the Sigma Mirror lens - 1/800s, f5.6, ISO 400

Keith

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Keith love the Circular Bokeh in this shot! Great detail and bokeh! Outstanding!



. . . . . now with the other shot, where you using a sun deflection screen as background? I like the foreground blur bokeh moving to the sharp edges on the leaves in the background. Something new?


Life is Grand!

Dan
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[Michiel Schierbeek]

Two with a Seimar lens with ext. tube. (A rather unknown Japanese lens for Exakta)

G1 + Seimar 135/2.8 + ext. tube

G1 + Seimar 135/2.8 + ext. tube​

 

[Michiel Schierbeek]

Two with an Accura lens. ( Another vaque Japanese lens for Exakta)

G1 + Accura 35/2.8

G1 + Accura 35/2.​

 

[woodmancy]

Keith love the Circular Bokeh in this shot! Great detail and bokeh! Outstanding!



. . . . . now with the other shot, where you using a sun deflection screen as background? I like the foreground blur bokeh moving to the sharp edges on the leaves in the background. Something new?


Life is Grand!

Dan
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Dan

The Mirror lens has such a small depth of field that if there is not much subject behind it, it shows up like this (there is in fact a road there, but not enough detail to image)


Keith

 

[seakayaker]

. . . . . some heavy rain in Seattle at times today . . . . . a visit to the Conservatory in Volunteer Park for some indoor shots . . . . .

Volunteer Park Conservatory

GF1 with Carl Zeiss Planar T* 45mm f2 -- ISO 100 -- f2 -- 1/500


Volunteer Park Conservatory

GF1 with Carl Zeiss Planar T* 45mm f2 -- ISO 100 -- f2 -- 1/320



Life is Grand!

Dan
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[radatax]

Lovely lovely pix from the Summicron 35/2 and the Zeiss Planar 45/2, the IGW 50 also makes striking images. Autumn's here, the last rays of summer are gone, and it'll be winter soon. I just wish I had a drawer full of lenses to try out

 

[seakayaker]

Lovely lovely pix from the Summicron 35/2 and the Zeiss Planar 45/2, the IGW 50 also makes striking images. Autumn's here, the last rays of summer are gone, and it'll be winter soon. I just wish I had a drawer full of lenses to try out

. . . . . I didn't have a drawer full of lens until I started following this bokeh thread!

Picked up some on ebay, some at camera shops, some from on-line stores in their used photography sections . . . . .

It has been fun along the way.

Shoot with what you have and share with the rest of us!

Life is Grand!

Dan
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[seakayaker]

. . . . . out for a walk in the neighborhood this morning in a light rain . . . . . Autumn is here.

Tree with Leaves Held with Spider Web Threads

GF1 with Carl Zeiss Planar T* 45mm f2 -- ISO 100 -- f2 -- 1/40



Life is Grand!

Dan
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