Bokeh -post your best pls

[JimAskew]

Jim you have a great copy of a great lens! :D

Mr. Clean,

Thanks. I agree...this is indeed a great lens :lol: I got it about 3 weeks ago and it has been on my silver dRebel 350D ever since.

It does it all: landscapes, portraits, closeups...great color & contrast...fast & quiet focus...and, sharp, sharp, sharp IQ :lol:

[MitsuJDM]

Here are a few of mine

http://static.flickr.com/107/264189389_4146ee76a6.jpg?v=0

http://static.flickr.com/121/264184582_e483f269df.jpg?v=0

http://static.flickr.com/80/264177806_512f8717d2.jpg?v=0

[Carzee]

That butterfly is a wall hanger!

[blackrhino12]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/blackrhino12/4Simplicity.jpg

[surfologist]

[IMG]

That is very nice.

What was your setup?

[morris_jay]

85 f/1.8 @ f/1.8
http://www.jbphotos.com.au/images/IMG_5945_1.jpg



18 - 50 f/2.8 EX @ f/3.2
http://www.jbphotos.com.au/images/IMG_4471_1.jpg


18 - 50 f/2.8 EX @ f/2.8
http://www.jbphotos.com.au/images/IMG_4489.jpg

[RgB]

Here's mine :)

http://homepage.mac.com/danielsperanza/desktop/_MG_2794.JPG

[Ospi]

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/8265/wattlebirdwr3.jpg

[RgB]

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/6808/mg9181zi0.jpg

This is just amazing, perfect timing these guys are quick.

The bokeh is amazing but is is natural

[GlennSter]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v455/GlennSter/misc/benzsmall100706.jpg
50mm 1.8

[kwsanders]

Get a load of this little guy!
http://i12.tinypic.com/2w7g1v6.jpg


Great shot of the squirrel, Joe.

[JuSlaughter]

Whats Bokeh?????

[In2Photos]

Whats Bokeh?????

Have a read (http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/bokeh.htm).

[busterboy]

Whats Bokeh?????

This...;)

http://www.timprocter.co.uk/photography/Candids/alice.jpg

[cali]

Whats Bokeh?????

Very simply, it is when the background of a photo is blurred and the forground is sharp

[tsaraleksi]

Wow. That is unreal. What was in the background to produce that?! :shock:

It's a track, grass, and bleachers. I was suposed to be shooting a football game :D.

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/1764/100example20copyfz6.jpg

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1853/yearsafternoonjazzmg6444fullqv3.jpg

[JuSlaughter]

How about this?

[Alejandro Sandoval]

20D and 50 f/1.8
http://static.flickr.com/103/266965715_23097f56ec.jpg

[In2Photos]

Very simply, it is when the background of a photo is blurred and the forground is sharp
WRONG!

Bokeh refers to the QUALITY of the out of focus points, not the fact that the background is out of focus.

From Ken Rockwell's site:

Bokeh describes the rendition of out-of-focus points of light.
Bokeh is different from sharpness. Sharpness is what happens at the point of best focus. Bokeh is what happens away from the point of best focus.
Bokeh describes the appearance or "feel" of out-of-focus backgrounds and foregrounds.

[In2Photos]

How about this?
Not quite. The bokeh on that shot is bad because the out of focus points still have hard edges. The transition from a blade of grass to another blade of grass should be smooth, and not defined.

[peatoire]

vegas

EDIT: shot with 350d & Canon ef50mm f1.4 @ 1.8

[In2Photos]

A lot of the recent posts make no mention of the equipment used. Please note the gear used.

[Dusty]

Well I hope it's not going to be my best, but it is one of the first I took with the 85mm L @ f/1.2 (wide open) on a 20D.

[Double Negative]

It should also be pointed out that a completely smooth, creamy (and obviously OOF) background doesn't illustrate bokeh. That's just OOF - something any lens can do.

You need to have "some detail" in the background with which to demonstrate bokeh. Most obvious are specular highlights and point sources of light - they should be clean, round discs of light of varying softness without exhibiting rings or halos. The more aperture blades you have, the smoother the aperture and thus the smoother the bokeh is. You don't want to see pentagrams (like on cheap 5-blade lenses).

[Dusty]

It should also be pointed out that a completely smooth, creamy (and obviously OOF) background doesn't illustrate bokeh. That's just OOF - something any lens can do.

You need to have "some detail" in the background with which to demonstrate bokeh. Most obvious are specular highlights and point sources of light - they should be clean, round discs of light of varying softness without exhibiting rings or halos. The more aperture blades you have, the smoother the aperture and thus the smoother the bokeh is. You don't want to see pentagrams (like on cheap 5-blade lenses).
Ah yes of course, thanks for pointing that out, I'll have to give it another go.

Cheers.

[angryhampster]

Double Neg:

How about this?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/angryhampster/artistic/hydrant.jpg

Wide open with the nifty fifty.

[surfologist]

Double Neg:

How about this?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/angryhampster/artistic/hydrant.jpg

Wide open with the nifty fifty.

Very sweet shot- That is a cool... fire hydrant, correct? i like the chrome

[angryhampster]

Thanks. Yeah, it's a hydrant just outside the dorm. There's a series of three of them, one is out of focus in the foreground, and one is in the background somewher.e

[surfologist]

hmmm, i kinda see it now...
If you can now tell what it is, does it still count as bokeh?? jkjk
:lol: :lol: :lol:

[surfologist]

Thanks. Yeah, it's a hydrant just outside the dorm. There's a series of three of them, one is out of focus in the foreground, and one is in the background somewher.e

Nice site by the way, you did a good job
Hope all goes well with your degree

[angryhampster]

Nice site by the way, you did a good job
Hope all goes well with your degree


Thanks a bunch! Still got a LONG way to go :lol:

[Double Negative]

Double Neg:

How about this?

Wide open with the nifty fifty.

Bingo! :)

[sadyrose]

I'm very much an amature and noob (and this is my first post!) so I'm not totally sure, but I think this is decent bokeh.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/Sadyrose/teddy70-200c.jpg

1/80
f/4.5
ISO 100

[sando]

I'm very much an amature and noob (and this is my first post!) so I'm not totally sure, but I think this is decent bokeh.

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1/80
f/4.5
ISO 100

That'll be bokeh alright! Lovely picture, those eyes are wonderful! :)

[incendy]

I don't know if this is good bokeh or not, but I thought it was interesting bokeh for sure.. This is straight out of the camera, aren't the colors just amazing? I was actually trying to blur the entire thing just to get the colors, but this is what I got

http://www.incendy.com/strange.jpg

[sadyrose]

Lovely picture, those eyes are wonderful! :)

Thank you! We think he's a cutie too, and I'll claim the genes responsible for his eyes :D

[Banditloon]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/banditloon/IMG_2381.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/banditloon/IMG_2402.jpg

Both shot at
ISO 100
1/250
f2.8

With my old trusty EF 80-200mm L and 350D :D

[dputz]

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m172/dputz1/Thundering_Ethanol_by_dputz.jpg
I had fun with this image...a pan of a speeding train of loaded Ethanol cars.
1/30th @ f/4 & 17mm

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m172/dputz1/Purple_Thistle_by_dputz.jpg
and a flower... 1/400th @ f/5.6 & 40mm

[Pete-eos]

Maybe to much bokeh but done intentially...


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/BluePete85/DSLR/IMG_4050-PSSmall.jpg

[Monkeymicra]

i can see the pics but i cant work out what Bokeh means? am i being slow?

[Luckie8]

50 f/1.4 at f/2 ISO100 1/100sec

[ggw2000]

Yellow finch with lawn as backround 70-200 F4L. Gerry

http://photos.imageevent.com/crazycritter/testfolder/large/Yellowfinch.jpg

[NAisBEST]

Ill play along :)

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b341/onefivealive/_MG_4949.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b341/onefivealive/IMG_4753.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b341/onefivealive/_MG_4944.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b341/onefivealive/IMG_4807.jpg

[angryhampster]

There's hardly any bokeh in a lot of these shots...just out of focus backgrounds.


:)

[surfologist]

Cmon guys.....
Dont make the hamster angry-
Put your back into it. :D

[angryhampster]

Cmon guys.....
Dont make the hamster angry-
Put your back into it. :D




LOL

bokeh YAY

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/angryhampster/artistic/grouptable3_800x584.jpg

[tsaraleksi]

50/1.8 + close up filters.

http://static.flickr.com/41/84182038_3490e7bd67_o.jpg

[Double Negative]

LOL

bokeh YAY

What bokeh? That's a pile of cuties. ;)

[surfologist]

LOL

bokeh YAY

<image>

Hey..... uh.....
You are my friend now....
Yeah!!!!!!
:D

[JaGWiRE]

LOL

bokeh YAY

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/angryhampster/artistic/grouptable3_800x584.jpg

What's bokeh?

LOL.

[surfologist]

Hmmm, i cant find the bokeh....

[RgB]

What's bokeh?

LOL.

The trees in the background would classify as bokeh

[JaGWiRE]

The trees in the background would classify as bokeh

I was acting dumbfounded because of all the ladies :).

[surfologist]

I was acting dumbfounded because of all the ladies :).

Yes, and RgB was helping you out.
What do you say?
:lol:

[justisnmnz]

not excellent, but keep in mind that I'm ~3-4 feet from the background.

50 1.8

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/4388/10112008copy2nn2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[jediforce4ever]

135mmf2L....used to shoot a photo of a guy holding the bokeh king.
How ironic :P
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c12/Sports_shooter/send2.jpg

[jediforce4ever]

The bokeh-ed Bokeh King!!
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c12/Sports_shooter/_MG_5063.jpg


500f4 shot with the 85f1.2L
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c12/Sports_shooter/_MG_5067.jpg
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c12/Sports_shooter/_MG_5070.jpg

[JaGWiRE]

Yes, and RgB was helping you out.
What do you say?
:lol:


For the record when I look at that photo I see no trees.

[surfologist]

The bokeh-ed Bokeh King!!


500f4 shot with the 85f1.2L


I think id take that over the girls.
Hmmm tough choice...
No not really... id take the lens
:lol::lol::lol:

[JaGWiRE]

I think id take that over the girls.
Hmmm tough choice...
No not really... id take the lens
:lol::lol::lol:


Girls anyday for me.

A different one every night of the week sounds excellent :D.

[surfologist]

Well, as brought out in the singles post by others....
I dont have a problem getting the girls, i just choose not to, cuz i have other things right now on my plate...
But i do have problems getting lenses right now..:rolleyes:

So i think i will take the lens for now...
Girls, line up, and daddy will be back in a little while...:lol: :lol: :lol:

[justisnmnz]

not an incredible amount of bokeh, but the bit that is incorporated seems to work well, especially with the petals.
again, 50 1.8

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/6523/927129copycoloriy6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[surfologist]

not an incredible amount of bokeh, but the bit that is incorporated seems to work well, especially with the petals.
again, 50 1.8



Aw, how old is the baby?

[justisnmnz]

was 4 weeks at the time of shoot, not mine though :D

I'll probably be shooting her again in a week or so.

[surfologist]

Wow, a lil young one!!

A girl i take it cuz of the flowers?? and braclet?

[justisnmnz]

haha, yep, her name is Stephanie.

[bufferbure1]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mlmho1/214499370/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mingfrotto/257042875/

[surfologist]

shes a cutie!

[RgB]

For the record when I look at that photo I see no trees.

LOL

I didn't see your joke:o

[jediforce4ever]

135f2 wide open
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c12/Sports_shooter/_MG_7099.jpg

[In2Photos]

There's hardly any bokeh in a lot of these shots...just out of focus backgrounds.


:)
Is this better?

XT, EF 70-210 f/3.5-4.5 USM



http://photography-on-the.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=116778&d=1160800519

[RgB]

Here's another few of mine. Shot with my 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III @ 300mm, it's not that bad of a lens. Exif is intact.
http://homepage.mac.com/danielsperanza/oscar/oscar_1.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/danielsperanza/birds/parrot-01.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/danielsperanza/birds/parrot.-02.jpg

[saravrose]

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b130/saravrose/Idaho%20City%20photos/CopyofIMG_5525.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b130/saravrose/the%20challenge/CopyofIMG_2963.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b130/saravrose/the%20challenge/CopyofIMG_1525-01.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b130/saravrose/the%20challenge/CopyofIMG_6006.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b130/saravrose/the%20challenge/CopyofIMG_5658.jpg

[GrendelZ]

A couple from my stash

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d81/GrendelZ/ButterflyBehind.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d81/GrendelZ/ButterflyClosecopy.jpg

[justisnmnz]

this one turned out pretty decent.

70-200 f/4

http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/8021/1015485copyzs1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[PetKal]

EF 300mm f/4.0L USM (non-IS).
Yellow bokeh, orange bokeh.

[PetKal]

Now for something very special: Goose Bokeh ! Green and blue.;)
Just in case you ask, these are the original JPG's out of my camera, no mucking with Photoshop, no flters, no tricks, just the old fashioned photography. .

[justisnmnz]

that's the exact same goose? and you didn't adjust those in photoshop?


i'm quite confused.

[PetKal]

that's the exact same goose? and you didn't adjust those in photoshop?


i'm quite confused.

Same goose, two distinct, succesive frames within 2-3 seconds of each other !:lol:

[JaGWiRE]

that's the exact same goose? and you didn't adjust those in photoshop?


i'm quite confused.


Me too. Hmm?

[PetKal]

Me too. Hmm?

Keep thinkin', boy, it's actually quite simple, I'll let you know tomorrow how it's done. ;)
I''l teach ya how to dial your own bokeh colour selection at will.

[surfologist]

I want to know too..

I know it is different shots. cuz the hole in his nose is a different shape in the two pics...

Give us a class tomoro Petkal... :razz:

[JaGWiRE]

Keep thinkin', boy, it's actually quite simple, I'll let you know tomorrow how it's done. ;)
I''l teach ya how to dial your own bokeh colour selection at will.


I was gonna say filters, but that's not it.

Hmm.. I'm curious, hehe. Man, like I said, I want to go shooting with you, you have so much wisdom to share with a young'n like me, about everything, women, photography, life in general, etc. I could probably spend a few days just learning about everything from you :).

[PetKal]

I was gonna say filters, but that's not it.

Hmm.. I'm curious, hehe. Man, like I said, I want to go shooting with you, you have so much wisdom to share with a young'n like me, about everything, women, photography, life in general, etc. I could probably spend a few days just learning about everything from you :).

Women?:shock: :shock: :oops: :oops:

[JaGWiRE]

Women?:shock: :shock: :oops: :oops:


I'm pretty clueless. Let's just say my dad isn't the best person to ask for women advice, LOL. (I'de say why out loud, but I'm not sure it'de be the best idea.)

[PetKal]

I'm pretty clueless. Let's just say my dad isn't the best person to ask for women advice, LOL. (I'de say why out loud, but I'm not sure it'de be the best idea.)

Hell, neither am I.:rolleyes:
All I can say then, talk to Permagrin. First, she is a woman . Second, she is the mother of a young man who at one time was a young lad your age.

[Woolburr]

EF 300mm f/4.0L USM (non-IS).
Yellow bokeh, orange bokeh.


Peter, that first shot is sublime!:p

[PetKal]

Peter, that first shot is sublime!:p

Thank you Woolburr, glad you like it.:D
Spent couple of hours today walking thru a river valley, looking for a good bokeh.

[puddlepirate44]

I'm pretty clueless. Let's just say my dad isn't the best person to ask for women advice, LOL. (I'de say why out loud, but I'm not sure it'de be the best idea.)

Hey Jag, here's a little advice... a quote some have attributed to Groucho Marx, "The best way to keep a relationship with a woman is to keep your mouth shut, and your checkbook open."

[PetKal]

Hey Jag, here's a little advice... a quote some have attributed to Groucho Marx, "The best way to keep a relationship with a woman is to keep your mouth shut, and your checkbook open."
:lol:

[TLovern]

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l34/tlovern/burrowingbokeh.jpg

[PetKal]

OK, regarding colour selection for "Goose Bokeh", this is how you do it:
(1) Find a place where geese congregate, typically a lawn, which borders a roadway/street travelled by cars and other vehicles.
(2) Place yourself as close as possible to the geese in a sitting or kneeling position, so that the road is preferrably perpendicular to your shooting line.
(3) Now, you gotta be fast with your camera:. focus on one goose...as soon as a vehicle enters the frame in the background, fire !
(4) Red vehicle, red bokeh. Blue van, blue bokeh. Yellow truck, yellow bokeh....etc.

[JaGWiRE]

OK, regarding colour selection for "Goose Bokeh", this is how you do it:
(1) Find a place where geese congregate, typically a lawn, which borders a roadway/street travelled by cars and other vehicles.
(2) Place yourself as close as possible to the geese in a sitting or kneeling position, so that the road is preferrably perpendicular to your shooting line.
(3) Now, you gotta be fast with your camera:. focus on one goose...as soon as a vehicle enters the frame in the background, fire !
(4) Red vehicle, red bokeh. Blue van, blue bokeh. Yellow truck, yellow bokeh....etc.

Hehe. Your right, no trick. Just patience.

Speaking of which I jsut got back from waiting over 10 hours to get a pre-order for the PS3. Can't wait to do it all over with some of the friends I made on nov 17th (we want a couple more.) The profit I'm making off these babies is definitley paying for the two lenses I just ordered and maybe a super telephoto and ultra wide + flash :D.

[PetKal]

Hehe. Your right, no trick. Just patience.

Speaking of which I jsut got back from waiting over 10 hours to get a pre-order for the PS3. Can't wait to do it all over with some of the friends I made on nov 17th (we want a couple more.) The profit I'm making off these babies is definitley paying for the two lenses I just ordered and maybe a super telephoto and ultra wide + flash :D.

Good for you Jaggy.:D

[PetKal]

After "goose bokeh" there is only one place left to go to.....the "Duck Bokeh";)

[surfologist]

I say we switch from ducks to swans... yea?

[PetKal]

I say we switch from ducks to swans... yea?
Swans are poor bokeh generators.

[kwsanders]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mlmho1/214499370/



Beautiful shot. I marked it as a fave.

[JaGWiRE]

Isn't a swan a duck? :D. (Here we go..)

[surfologist]

Isn't a swan a duck? :D. (Here we go..)

No. Swans are more like a moose.

Duck is more like a goose.

:razz::razz:

[Double Negative]

No. Swans are more like a moose.

I had a chance at moose bokeh Saturday afternoon in VT. Naturally, the camera was back in the cabin... Just as well, even if I had the camera in-hand, that sucker was movin' when he heard me creeping up the trail.

[surfologist]

Im sorry, that would have been a good shot....
Moose bokeh.. :lol:

[Permagrin]

How about a moose, non-bokeh? (I suppose I could pp some bokeh but really, I prefer it natural...anyway on our vacation this little, okay large, girl was just calmly waiting for her photo so I had to strike fast...before I upset her)

http://static.flickr.com/99/271642489_1e546f2fdc.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/98/271642486_9dd126f482.jpg




and in keeping with the best bokeh part of the thread, this I think is one of mine...
http://static.flickr.com/35/271642480_b97f14e86b_b.jpg

[surfologist]

Beautiful, permagrin.. those butterflies are amazing..
What were your settings for that?

[Permagrin]

Beautiful, permagrin.. those butterflies are amazing..
What were your settings for that?

Thank you surfologist. I took it on my 5D with the tamron 90mm macro.
f/8
shutter spd. 1/50
ISO 160
and I'm not sure about the WB...

[EOSAddict]

Have not been monitoring this thread for a few days but I see PetKal has managed to successfully hijack this one too ;)

[PetKal]

Have not been monitoring this thread for a few days but I see PetKal has managed to successfully hijack this one too ;)

Homie, I just wanted to show Connie lad what a good piece of glass can do for him.:lol:

[blackrhino12]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/blackrhino12/4Simplicity.jpg

[blackrhino12]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/blackrhino12/IMG_1475.jpg

[Eoghan]

Heres my contribution to this thread... don't know if they count though...



#1

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j245/BIG_EOG/Skye2006/rockflower.jpg

#2

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j245/BIG_EOG/Skye2006/dougieandsillybilly.jpg

#3
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j245/BIG_EOG/Skye2006/reddwarf.jpg




Eog

[sirsloop]

couple abstract uses of bokeh... a 8 or 9 blade aperture, or a wide open aperture makes or breaks these...

street lights shot at night through a screen window :)
http://tmp.smugmug.com/photos/100398469-L.jpg


string of xmas lights hanging from a railing
http://tmp.smugmug.com/photos/59131860-L-4.jpg


certianly not the best, but a more common use
http://tmp.smugmug.com/photos/96587205-L.jpg

[angryhampster]

Sirsloop: I love the one with the white and blue lights. What lens/camera were you using?

[sirsloop]

believe it or not, that was actually done with my Rebel XT and 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS lens. That was before I got my 35mm f/2 or 50mm f/1.8mk1.

[Double Negative]

believe it or not, that was actually done with my Rebel XT and 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS lens. That was before I got my 35mm f/2 or 50mm f/1.8mk1.

I like that shot as well... Pretty neat. :)

[Lani Kai]

I like the second one as well. The first one has that optical illusion effect that you get when you take pictures of screens (I've done it before too). If you take a picture of a screen such that the screen is close to parallel with the imaging plane and there is enough contrast with the background, you can see little red dots flashing...

[kwsanders]

This is a new addition to our family. Does this count as good bokeh with the chair and all?

Using 50mm f/1.4
Exif: f/1.4, 1/60 sec, ISO 400

[surfologist]

datch a cute widdle dooggie!!
What is he/she and whats the name??
I wanna hold em first!!! :D

[Rhinotherunt]

Here is my contribution...
300D / Sigma 30mm 1.4 (WIDE OPEN)

[kwsanders]

datch a cute widdle dooggie!!
What is he/she and whats the name??

That is Max. He is a miniature, long-haired Dachshund. He is 4 pounds right now and will just barely double that during his lifetime. He is eight weeks old.


Here is my contribution...
300D / Sigma 30mm 1.4 (WIDE OPEN)

Nice shot, Ryan. I need to look into that Sigma 30mm lens.

[deepen]

my african grey
using a 50mm 1.4

[gooble]

This is with an EF 85 1.8.

I also included the in focus version.

[gooble]

Also EF 85 1.8

[Ron1004]

Here's mine taken with the 350D and 70-200 f2.8 IS USM
My son at the Billabong surfing competion in Jeffrys Bay.

[Rhinotherunt]

Nice shot, Ryan. I need to look into that Sigma 30mm lens.
Thanks! I like mine! It helps when my model looks great too! ;)

[dputz]

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m172/dputz1/CRW_5748.jpg

NO filters/photoshopping used...just a 10D with a 400mm f/4 DO IS lens. The water ripples + the Diffractive Elements in the lens...just very kewl.

[gooble]

dputz, how long was the exposure on that shot? If it was pretty long I'm surprised that the bird is so sharp. I really like the water BTW. It looks like feathers.

[surfologist]

NO filters/photoshopping used...just a 10D with a 400mm f/4 DO IS lens. The water ripples + the Diffractive Elements in the lens...just very kewl.

Amazing...
Great job, you really had a good moment there.:)

[RandyMays]

O.K. This thread is kinda cool. I'm Game.

http://www.huntel.net/randymays/pics/IMG_1439.jpg

[Carzee]

"Kinda cool". Going strong since Aug 20th 2005. My longest thread so far.


7cm-20cm f2.8 L

http://www.mygraphix.com/index/u/9/195/1968.jpg

[unix04]

here's one i took earlier today

[JaGWiRE]

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m172/dputz1/CRW_5748.jpg

NO filters/photoshopping used...just a 10D with a 400mm f/4 DO IS lens. The water ripples + the Diffractive Elements in the lens...just very kewl.

I love the framing of that shot. I have a shot that is quite similiar, and with some cropping would be sort of similiar except for bokeh and all, unforteuntly it was with a not so sharp 70-300 APO macro lens, so I am not inclined to do a lot of cropping. If your curious, http://JaGWiRE.smugmug.com/photos/101262618-L.jpg

[Carzee]

anudda. I like unix' pic too.

http://www.mygraphix.com/index/u/9/195/1969.jpg

[dputz]

dputz, how long was the exposure on that shot? If it was pretty long I'm surprised that the bird is so sharp. I really like the water BTW. It looks like feathers.

1/250th @ f/4, using a monopod (and thank god for IS)

[jtsull]

Some berries with a 24-105L at f/4.5

http://home.comcast.net/~jtsull02/Berries-800.jpg

[surfologist]

I took these today, and not too sure if they qualify completely, but thought they came out, rather interesting. I really didnt get any other good bokeh shots today, this was about as close as i got... If someone thinks they are too poor of an example i can delete them :p
At a wedding,I grabbed these with my 70-200 2.8L.. shot at about 5-5.6.
No PP done


http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/3656/img6595gs2.jpg

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/233/img6597gj8.jpg

[Lotto]

One older dude shooting in the local zoo.

[Az2Africa]

Botswana last week.

118892

[condyk]

Nice Terry, because you gave enough DOF to get the hairy little guy in nice focus but also grabbed some great Bloke-eh there in the background?

[surfologist]

One older dude shooting in the local zoo.

Thats a 100-400 correct?
what manf tripod is that? it looks serious
Im in the market for some new legs

[gcogger]

Here's a recent one with the 100mm f/2 (at f/2) on a 400D:

http://www.gcogger.dsl.pipex.com/stuff/100_2_a.jpg

[JaGWiRE]

Thats a 100-400 correct?
what manf tripod is that? it looks serious
Im in the market for some new legs
Yeah, those legs caught my attention too, they do look serious.

[surfologist]

Yeah, those legs caught my attention too, they do look serious.

I want that tripod!
that is one serious 'older dude' ;)

[Jon]

Thats a 100-400 correct?
what manf tripod is that? it looks serious
Im in the market for some new legs
I'd guess Manfrotto 3001 or 3021 with the 3028 head. Not the current model year, though.

[240dreams]

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h27/KhmerSoul/General%20Photography/IMG_1632.jpg

[surfologist]

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h27/KhmerSoul/General%20Photography/IMG_1632.jpg

Awesome awesome.......

Now give us some "wheelie bokeh...."
;) ;) ;)

[leemik]

my contribution :)

http://static.flickr.com/115/264052960_ca3a7c4fe2_o.jpg

[Marlin523]

I understand Bokeh, just don't know how to pronounce it. Can anyone submit a phonetic spelling?

[JaGWiRE]

my contribution :)

http://static.flickr.com/115/264052960_ca3a7c4fe2_o.jpg


You post on head-fi or something?

[Pastafarian]

Here are a few that i could quickly dig up.
http://www.unfukwitable.com/Pictures/SuperTape%20copy.jpg

http://www.unfukwitable.com/Pictures/UnknownFlower1.jpg

[whiskaz]

You post on head-fi or something?

Not to get OT but I used to post on head-fi, infrequently, and now not at all. That place helped convince me to buy some Panasonic Dolby Headphones. One kick a$$ set of cans.

Not back to your regularly scheduled bokeh.