Bokeh -post your best pls

[Sathi]

I could be wrong. I have seen references to both good bokeh and bad bokeh, so I assumed the word concerned anything out of focus, regardless of the quality.

[davidfig]

could someone define "bokeh" for me? I'm Japanese and i'm sure this word derived from our language, but it literally means "out of focus".

and I'm still a DSLR noob, but I'll give it a try.

Ah, but how is it pronounced in japan?

[britt777]

Here is my newest. Fits right into the discription of Best Bokeh.

[dodger]

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a30/nfbds/concorde038.jpg
not exactly bokey,more heat haze I think!

[kawter2]

some crazy ass bokeh




That is the best Ass Bokeh i have EVER seen!!

[rdenney]

Bokeh is the appearance of out-of-focus highlights. Good bokeh is when that appearance is good, such as the attached image (too small to see it--sorry). Bad bokeh, is the picture below of irises.

The picture of my wife was made with a 180mm Zeiss Jena Sonnar on a medium format camera. The irises were photographed with a 120mm Arsenal Vega on a medium format camera. The Vega has done well at times in terms of bokeh, but not this time. The Sonnar is always good, and that's what makes a Sonnar a Sonnar.

http://www.rickdenney.com/scratch/irises_in_side_yard.jpg

Rick "http://www.rickdenney.com/bokeh_test.htm" Denney

[Coco-Puffs]

That is the exact literal meaning we use for photography. The picture you posted demonstrates good use of it.

thank you:D
and i wasnt sure if there was like a defined meaning for it, so i was just curious. oh well, i kinda get the general idea of what i means.

[Coco-Puffs]

Ah, but how is it pronounced in japan?

umm...this is when digital communication fails. its something like "bow + kay" except, try to make the "o" and "kay" short.

[RAitch]

Main Entry: bokeh
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: a Japanese term for the subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of a photographic image
Example: The bokeh, or quality of the blurred image in the photograph, was described and discussed.

Source: Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.6)
Copyright © 2003-2005 Lexico Publishing Group, LLC

[Khaled]

bokeh |ˈbəʊkeɪ|

noun Photography

the visual quality of the out-of-focus areas of a photographic image, especially as rendered by a particular lens : a quick, visual survey of the foreground and background bokeh of a variety of lenses.

ORIGIN from Japanese.

Oxford Dictionary

[alvomod]

how is this :s , im just learning... today i learn about "bokeh".
im never hear that word.

http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/592/bokeh19wv.jpg

[RAitch]

how is this :s , im just learning... today i learn about "bokeh".
im never hear that word.

Generally bokeh is an actual camera effect where a portion of the image is out of focus... and not represented by a photoshoped in background.

However, I suppose if you photoshop in a background that was originally taken with your camera and was out of focus (thus being bokeh in another image) it still might be considered bokeh... but then again, that's not what we're after here. ;)

[alvomod]

Generally bokeh is an actual camera effect where a portion of the image is out of focus... and not represented by a photoshoped in background.

However, I suppose if you photoshop in a background that was originally taken with your camera and was out of focus (thus being bokeh in another image) it still might be considered bokeh... but then again, that's not what we're after here. ;) is not ps... i toke with a sigma 28-105f2.8-4 and my eos 1v and took away the noise with ninja software


. well... anyway... i finally understand it .

thanks a lot :lol:

[Hobbes330i]

First attempt with 50mm f/1.4

[buze]

Rick "http://www.rickdenney.com/bokeh_test.htm" Denney

I didn't know that page of yours Rick, interesting! Thanks for taking the trouble :D

[OiPaz]

Hi everyone: this is the first time a post a picture here (I'm new to the world of SLR)! These were shot a couple of weeks ago, the very day I received my 70-300mm DO, in the balcony of my home at golden hour.
"Saffo 1" is taken at 180mm f/5.6 ISO400, "Saffo 2" at 240mm f/8 ISO400. No retouching (but resizing for the web).

[RAitch]

is not ps... i toke with a sigma 28-105f2.8-4 and my eos 1v and took away the noise with ninja software

You're telling me that background is natural, and wasn't photoshopped in?
The lighting doesn't match and there is 1 weird shaddow that makes the backdrop look like it's inches away.
There's some weird haloing around the fur like it's been extracted from another image.
That background doesn't look natural... sorry, I don't believe you. If it isn't photoshopped, I wouldn't take pictures like that since it just looks 'shopped'.

[alvomod]

You're telling me that background is natural, and wasn't photoshopped in?
The lighting doesn't match and there is 1 weird shaddow that makes the backdrop look like it's inches away.
There's some weird haloing around the fur like it's been extracted from another image.
That background doesn't look natural... sorry, I don't believe you. If it isn't photoshopped, I wouldn't take pictures like that since it just looks 'shopped'.

http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/8666/f10001445dz.th.jpg (http://img73.imageshack.us/my.php?image=f10001445dz.jpg)
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/1083/f10001454by.th.jpg (http://img73.imageshack.us/my.php?image=f10001454by.jpg)

im sorry, i dont want to lie... but maybe you didnt understand me becausse my english isnt very well... here are the originals. i take this photos with sigma 28-105 f2.8-4.0 and my film camera.

the background is just a red-wall and shadows of a three .

and as i said, with noise ninja software i took away the grain of the film.


seeeya

[RAitch]

OK, sorry, the noise reduction and/or blur applied to the background removed most of the reality look to it.

Not a good example for this thread though... you want a shallow DOF with distant objects out of focus naturally.

[busterboy]

No arguments here, A lone cat in its own world..:D


http://www.timprocter.co.uk/images/sammy.jpg

[malla1962]

2 more.

[DavidEB]

another from my new 300 f4 (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=94747), I posted this in nature, so just the link here....

[davidfig]

Here's one from my new takumar 55mm 1.8 crappy dirty lens. This was taken at 1.8 at 1/60 with flash.

[Sydor25]

Taken in Kauai

http://sydor25.com/Pictures/Kauai_8_8_05-035.jpg

[Zeke]

http://www.zeke.com.au/temp/zeke.jpg

[NBEast]

Wow, there are some amazing lenses demonstrated here. Great shots! (what's with the Speed Stick shot?)

Here's one from my Tamron 28-75 f2.8 Canon mount where I like thought the bokeh turned out well.
http://FLASHME.smugmug.com/photos/35418696-L.jpg

[George Chew]

A shot of my turntable's stylus.
Canon 350D, EF-S 60mm macro lens. f2.8, 1/8, ISO 400.

[massi.ra]

Here's one.
EOS 350D, 85mm., f2.8

27593

[Carzee]

Thx all for the pics while I was away. Bokeh rules!

[racingzone]

Fingers

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/4962/img18715fh.jpg

[Tom_D]

I am not clear :) on how "out of focus" the background needs to be to qulify as bokeh. Is the rest of the bouquet an example of bokeh?

[uvadtmfub]

whoohoo! I love shallow DOF, you can click on each thumb for full view. :)
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/19567914/
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/20382687/
And I need an opinion for this one... do you prefer this:
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/22506162/
or this:
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/22611662/

[Tom_D]

OK, I have been thinking about this whole bokeh thing some more (seriously now - no puns this time) and went out in the back yard to take some pictures. After reviewing several I think one of the biggest factors has to be does it add to or detract from the photo?

To me the out-of-focus background detracts from the first picture (for whatever reason) and adds to the second (I like the soft focus of the leaves).

I am still not certain if I "get" the whole bokeh thing or not but this thread has got me thinking about DOF and what I like and don't like and a small bit about how to achieve it.

BTW, when will Canon be adding smell-o-rama the their cameras? I sure wish I could share that with you.

[René Damkot]

@ uvadtmfub: I prefer the b/w one. A bit less contrast might be nice though. Nice pics!

[uvadtmfub]

@ uvadtmfub: I prefer the b/w one. A bit less contrast might be nice though. Nice pics!

Thanks! I'm glad you like that one better. I personally prefer that one more too. However, after a bunch of people told me that they prefer the colour version, I was beginning to doubt my own taste. :lol:

[buze]

Can't resist to revive this thread!

Still with my "Bokeh Monster" the Pentacon 135mm f1.8 preset
http://galleries.oomz.net/pub/M42/pentacon/135f28/S/20050919205905.jpg
Some more there : http://galleries.oomz.net/pub/M42/pentacon/

[Khaled]

This is probably a real Bokeh, unlike the one I posted previously ...
70-200 L IS USM F/2.8 1/200 ISO200
http://members.tpg.com.au/alghazi/IMG_2001.jpg

[PetKal]

I still do not get that "bouqueh" effect, perchance it is my non-existent french. I am perplexed in the extreme with the procedure:
* Do I out- of- focus everything with a sort of cunning intent ? NB, at my age every shot I take hand-held is AUTO OUT-OF-FOCUS.
* Do I shake the camera purposefully ?
* Do I shake the background coincidentally, or separately?

Enclosed are my best " bouquet" examples for your review and derision.

[goatee]

Enclosed are my best " bouquet" examples for your review and derision.

Ha! That's not bouquet, that's bucket (sorry, but as a kid I used to love Keeping Up Appearances :))

[PetKal]

Thanx Goatee, you are being very helpful.....so BUCKET is the answer. Not a problem.....here is a shot of a flower after I had dumped a BUCKET-full of water on it.

[goatee]

You see Petkal - isn't it easier to fit in, when you understand the lingo ;) Really like your bird shot, by the way (although the colour is a little cold for me, oh, and if it isn't against your principles, I'd get rid of the distracting cream blob in the bottom left corner).

[PetKal]

Thanx Goatee, you are right, that blob in the corner is a marring intrusion. It just goes to show that I have a way to go with the shot composition techniques and quality.
Indeed, I do not do any cropping/post-processing, it's a sort of a mild retardation with me.;)

[Ronald S. Jr.]

you don't shake anything intentionally. It's the types of elements in lenses that make the out-of-focus areas of a shot look certain ways. If you use a wide open (not too much, though) aperture, your subject will obviously be in focus, and your background should be "artistically blurred" (bokeh- pronounced bow-'kay). Ok? Ok.

[PetKal]

Thanx Ronald S Jr. I'll endeavour to follow your councel.

[Rocket850]

I hate to ask this but how do you pronounce Bokeh?
Thanks

Jay

[goatee]

Bo (rhymes with Ro in Robert)
Keh (rhymes with Je in Jeremy)

[PetKal]

Oh goody, now that I am fortified by Goatee's tips and invigorated by Ronald S. Jr.s "boqueh" treatise, I'm goin' to the park to find m'self some good boqueh, and then shoot the living daylite out of it.

BUCKET of water in one hand (thanx again for that, Goatee), Bodington 6 pack in the other (I reckon I'll only get a good boqueh BLUR after my speech turns into a SLUR), camera slung from my neck. Oh yeah....

Ronald, a little clarification though : do I need to set my memory card to 3000 (or so ISO) to maximize the aperture and turn DOF into single point of contact also known as SPOC ?

[RAitch]

The Cadbury bunny says balk eh!
(if you're Canadian, you should understand that)

I always say it like Boo-Kuh in my head though for some reason... Maybe it has something to do with Zambucka shots... hmmm.

[RAitch]

Ronald, a little clarification though : do I need to set my memory card to 3000 (or so ISO) to maximize the aperture and turn DOF into single point of contact also known as SPOC ?

My name's Richard... maybe that's close enough.
If you're shooting for bokeh, you want your aperture as wide open as it'll go. That will make the DOF (depth of field) it's smallest.
Another benefit is that your lens will let the most light in at it's maximum aperture (smallest number - 1.4 or 3.5 or 4 for example) since the hole in the lens is the largest.

Since it's letting in so much light, you shouldn't have to boost your ISO unless it's really dark. ISO 100 should be fine... maybe ISO 400 for most lenses in shade on a sunny day. Max ISO shouldn't be required.

Also, separate the background from your subject. The farther the background is away, the more blurry it will appear.
Also, if you're close to your subject, your DOF will also shrink... which can help maximize bokeh.

Keep in mind, the best bokeh isn't necessarily the most bokeh you can produce. Lenses tend to respond differently and produce different results depending on aperture, distance to subject, distance to background for example.
You could get better bokeh at an aperture of 11 in a certain situation rather than setting it to 1.8... just an example.

[PetKal]

Now then, after this Canadian Club's seminal contribution to english-hungarian fonetics I am at a total loss with "BOCKAAH" pronounciation.
By the way, would "Sarnia" be a contracted form of the town's original name "Sardinia" ?

[RTMiller]

My first born...
http://rtmiller.smugmug.com/photos/26693235-L.jpg

[ericgtr]

Not the prettiest bird out there but I liked the bokeh so I kept it, this was taken with my 50mm.

http://www.ericsmedia.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=20&stc=1

[malla1962]

Just got my 24-70L shot at f2.8:D

[Tom Camilleri]

EF 50mm f/2.5 compact macro, 400, f/4.5, ISO 200

About a 50% crop. It's a painted lady in a butterfly bush.

[rklepper]

Just got my 24-70L shot at f2.8:D

I tell you that 24-70. I love it. Great photos and it is so easy to use. So balanced it makes taking photos such a joy.

[buze]

Hey guys, post your best bokeh shots, not just the odd shot that happends to have an OoF background ! I can do "best bokeh" in my kitchen with anything f2.8 at that pace :/

So, pick a great photo of yours that happends to have a nice/interesting front and/or back bokeh/highlights

:D

Edit: Wasn't meant to the post that appeared as I was typing that of course, stunning !

[buze]

Haven't you oversharpened that one here or something, I find that bokeh is in fact really. really rough !

Not the prettiest bird out there but I liked the bokeh so I kept it, this was taken with my 50mm.

http://www.ericsmedia.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=20&stc=1

[CyberDyneSystems]

Well,. those were amazing shots.. when we could see them.. the Swallow was.. like "wow" :shock:

[buze]

Oh you noticed that too ? where are they gone ? Yeah the geeze were amazingly sharp too, with a superb background. It must have been a 400mm or so to get that size, DoF, and background..

[Anders Östberg]

OK, here we go again: :)

Magpie:
http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/LargerBirds/JH5Q9169_Skata.jpg

Common Chaffinch:
http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/SmallBirds/JH5Q8998_Bofink.jpg

Barn Swallow:
http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/SmallBirds/IMG_1006_800x600_Ladusvala.jpg

Greylag Goose:
http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/LargerBirds/JH5Q7353_Gr%E5g%E5s.jpg

[Anders Östberg]

Oh you noticed that too ? where are they gone ? Yeah the geeze were amazingly sharp too, with a superb background. It must have been a 400mm or so to get that size, DoF, and background..

Sorry, I thought I had posted the wrong kind of DoF/bokeh examples and I deleted my post a bit too quickly.

The Geese picture was taken using a 500/4 plus 1.4x teleconverter at wide open (=f/5.6).

[ericgtr]

Haven't you oversharpened that one here or something, I find that bokeh is in fact really. really rough !
Yeah but how do you really feel? ;) Actually, I masked the bird and sharpened it only in that shot.

[rdenney]

The Geese picture was taken using a 500/4 plus 1.4x teleconverter at wide open (=f/5.6).

Notice the soft edges of the out-of-focus highlights. Now, THAT is good bokeh. And it's one reason this image is so stunning.

Rick "whose good bokeh shots are mostly on film and not digitized" Denney

[buze]

Ouch yes THAT is bokeh, too bad you need about a kilometer focale to reach that bokeh karma ! :D

Absolutly Stunning !

Bu- "whose good bokeh is close range, or not!" -ze

[buze]

Yeah but how do you really feel? ;) Actually, I masked the bird and sharpened it only in that shot.

Dunno, looks wierd to me really! noisy with wierd patterns in, kinda exactly the things I don't want to see in bokeh !

Were you heavily underexposed and "pushed" the shot ? really the pattern in there is noisy and unnatural.

[ayotnoms]

Cool photos. :-D
Here's my contribution to the thread...
http://steve-montoya.smugmug.com/photos/29666276-M.jpg

Cheers

[René Damkot]

Common Chaffinch & Greylag Goose: Wow! Very nice indeed!!

[©andergraph]

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/5277/eaglestare0ek.jpg


http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/4310/eaglelanding0wn.jpg


http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/4756/kite7gc.jpg



http://img31.echo.cx/img31/1586/baldeaglehead7ox7lw0lk.jpg

[PetKal]

Oh boy, those are some sharp pictures, fine colour and some action capture !
(Still looking for boqueh tough :rolleyes: )

[Khaled]

Alex,
thos Bokeh pictures are incredibly amazing ...
Wha lens did you use to get those sharp & crispy pictures ? 70-200 F/4 ?

[buze]

Oh boy, those are some sharp pictures, fine colour and some action capture !
(Still looking for boqueh tough :rolleyes: )
Was also looking, but I didn't want to be the one bitching again :D

So to resume, this is not a "bird picture" thread, even tho birds are accepted UNLESS they don't have some interestingly blurred background OR foreground :D

This is not against the quality of said birdy pics of course, they are terrific !

[©andergraph]

Oh boy, those are some sharp pictures, fine colour and some action capture !
(Still looking for boqueh tough :rolleyes: )

well, you know. nobody ACTUALLY listens to the correct definition of bokeh... so i decided i wasnt going to bother :P

basically, i know what bokeh means but from surfing this thread i thought OOF was counting

[©andergraph]

Alex,
thos Bokeh pictures are incredibly amazing ...
Wha lens did you use to get those sharp & crispy pictures ? 70-200 F/4 ?

thats the one

[Andy_T]

OK, here we go again: :)


Too bad, I can't see them :rolleyes:

Reason:
Access denied by WebWasher DynaBLocator content category.
The requested URL belongs to the following category: SMS, Ring Tones and Logos.

Are you aware of that? Maybe it's a wrong entry and you should ask them to correct it (unless you DO have an SMS ringtone & logo web page)

Best regards,
Andy

[©andergraph]

anyway, this is the nearest ive got to hand

http://img245.echo.cx/img245/2017/deer1resizeshallowcomp8ga6gz1h.jpg

http://img86.echo.cx/img86/2453/mg00810ib5ys1kp.jpg

[Anders Östberg]

Not quite sure exactly what you're looking for, does it have to be pictures with bright highlights in the background? Do these pictures illustrate bokeh (good or bad) as you see it?

http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/userpics/Sm%E5djur/Squirrel_JH5Q7906.jpg

http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/userpics/10001/WhiteBerries_1269.jpg

http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/userpics/10001/Bofink_4071.jpg

http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/SmallBirds/JH5Q6225_Talgoxe.jpg

[©andergraph]

jesus fret that last one is stunning

[Anders Östberg]

Too bad, I can't see them :rolleyes:

Reason:


Are you aware of that? Maybe it's a wrong entry and you should ask them to correct it (unless you DO have an SMS ringtone & logo web page)

Best regards,
Andy

Sorry, don't think the problem is at my end. There seems to be some filtering on your side, I run my own web server and domain that has nothing to do with "SMS ringtones".

[Andy_T]

Alex,
pictures #1 and #4 were totally fitting in your first post.
Just lose #2 and #3. Great bird pictures, but no bokeh.

Best regards,
Andy

[buze]

Exactly ! I particularly like #3, lovely colors that fit the bird, superb! #2 is also great, with a sense of the background being there, but not in the way of the subject. Very nice!

[Khaled]

Alex,
I had a look at your pictures' EXIF, why would you use 1/4000 or 1/3200 with F/4 and ISO set to 200 ?
Wouldn't you get Dark Photos with that setting ? Do you use RAW in photos by any chance ?

[©andergraph]

Alex,
I had a look at your pictures' EXIF, why would you use 1/4000 or 1/3200 with F/4 and ISO set to 200 ?
Wouldn't you get Dark Photos with that setting ? Do you use RAW in photos by any chance ?

nope, these were shot with jpeg, the light was SUPER harsh and that was the only way to expose them properly.

on the bokeh side of things actually non of my photos have true bokeh in them. images two and three have exactly the same amount of bokeh in them as one and four. the iso was just a mistake on my part. number four is at 400.

[malla1962]

I tell you that 24-70. I love it. Great photos and it is so easy to use. So balanced it makes taking photos such a joy.Il have to addmit I was not sure about buying this lens after all the crap posted about it.But i think I did the right thing.I just love it.:D:D:D

[ericgtr]

This is a great thread, lots of great shots! Thanks everyone for sharing.

[CyberDyneSystems]

http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze2hdzu/pics/jawdrop.gifMy GOD Anders.... just .. Wow.... http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze2hdzu/pics/worship.gifhttp://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze2hdzu/pics/hail.gif

[CyberDyneSystems]

... I just went back a Page and saw yours Alex... Between you and Fret,.. I feel "schooled" for sure! http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze2hdzu/pics/proffesor.gif

[ecobo]

20D, EF50/1.4@1.8

http://photo-forum.net/images/o_1127119834_IMG_2946.jpg

[RandyMN]

Not my best bokeh but I love the the bird.

[ecobo]

Another one. Taken with 20D and Carl Zeiss Sonnar 180/2.8@2.8

http://photo-forum.net/images/o_1119265588_269_6996.jpg

[racingzone]

bike in the park

http://img334.imageshack.us/img334/5286/img29549kg.jpg

[NickySix]

heres mine...

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/6070/flower9zv.jpg

[rdenney]

Another one. Taken with 20D and Carl Zeiss Sonnar 180/2.8@2.8


Oh, yes, the KING of all good-bokeh lenses.

Rick "who has two" Denney

[PetKal]

Buze, you be the judge, am I goin' in the right direction with shootin' that infernal BOQUAH ? If not , then please tell me what to do ( that is, short of jettisoning my camera and/or m'self into lake Ontario.)
So I found m'self some boquah in the park yestarday and took this shot of it, The OoF thingy in front of the Boquah is some sort of a flower or somthin'.

Again, shot free-hand, no post-processing, no cropping.

[kwsanders]

I am a newbie, but the only way one can learn is to shoot, get some critiquing from other photographers and keep shooting. Here is my post. I took this shot last Friday, the day that I got my 350D. Yes, that is my right hand. I need a photograph of me trying to hold the camera, aim and shoot all with my left hand. :)

http://static.flickr.com/26/45218179_f61c0ac2e3_o.jpg

[kwsanders]

Here are a couple of other shots of my lazy, crazy cat. He likes to lay around in the bird feeder when it is dry. :)

I took these with my XT from about 20 feet using the EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 USM II. The first shot was zoomed to 135mm (f/7.1, 1/320 sec, ISO 1600). The second shot was zoomed to 300mm (f/6.3, 1/400 sec, ISO 1600).

This was the first day that I had gotten the camera. I had been taking some pictures of hummingbirds using ISO 1600 and I had forgotten to switch the ISO speed when I took these shots.

http://static.flickr.com/30/45500736_12ba6b431e_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/33/45500715_d93d3be72f_o.jpg

[jrf]

SF ~ APRIL 05 ~ NOE VALLEY

[civicseth]

Does this count?

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=29430&stc=1&d=1127361456

[pehabe]

here is mine:
http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/1517/narrinarro1bypehabe6ml.jpg

[©andergraph]

... I just went back a Page and saw yours Alex... Between you and Fret,.. I feel "schooled" for sure! http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze2hdzu/pics/proffesor.gif

:D

lol, what do you mean bud? just pushing that 70-200 f4 as hard as i can :P

[©andergraph]

oh and btw, the title of the thread should probably be changed to "depth of field and OOF" because that will save on embarrassment of no bokeh lol.

[ecobo]

Oh, yes, the KING of all good-bokeh lenses.

Rick "who has two" Denney

Yep! The best bokeh lens I have, even I prefer to shoot portraits with another good-bokeh Zeiss lens - the incredible Sonnar 135/3.5. Here is an example from this lens, taken at f5.6

http://photo-forum.net/images/o_1124550426_IMG_1686.jpg

[grego]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/greg9683/MyPhotography/IMG_7859.jpg

[OiPaz]

Introducing the world (in?)famous penta-bokeh of the "thrifty-fifty":

[sony23]

This is one before my 70-200 L IS was calibrated

http://www.goodwoodrestoration.co.uk/photos/before.jpg



and this is after it was calibrated


http://www.goodwoodrestoration.co.uk/photos/main.jpg


Bruce

[RAitch]

This is one before my 70-200 L IS was calibrated
and this is after it was calibrated
Bruce

Looks like very different lighting conditions.
How was it calibrated (against what) and what made you assume it wasn't calibrated properly?

[sony23]

Looks like very different lighting conditions.
How was it calibrated (against what) and what made you assume it wasn't calibrated properly?

The first picture thats how nearly evey picture came out before it was calibrated very grainy looking and dark, so I sent it to canon and they calibrated it under warranty.

Bruce

[Ronald S. Jr.]

Now then, after this Canadian Club's seminal contribution to english-hungarian fonetics I am at a total loss with "BOCKAAH" pronounciation.
By the way, would "Sarnia" be a contracted form of the town's original name "Sardinia" ?


Reminds me of the Monty Python "English-Hungarian Phrasebook" sketch
:lol: :lol:


Anyway, as I understand it, the proper pronounciation is "bow (as in bow and arrow) kay (short accented last syllable) Confusing enough? yeahhh.. Actually...when I say that "not quite correctly", it just sounds like BOUQUET!

[RAitch]

Reminds me of the Monty Python "English-Hungarian Phrasebook" sketch

Yeah, I didn't know how to reply to that.
I was hoping by "seminal" that Petkal meant the "new idea" part of the definition... and not the other. ;)

Also, I've never heard of Sardinia. Sounds a little fishy to me.
Maybe you're hungarian for some sardinians.

[PetKal]

Thanx Roland S.Jr., under your mentorsheep I think I might have improved my bokeh shooting skills,,,,I think I have progressed from not knowing how to do it to being able to do it poorly.
Here, I just found some good bokeh today and took photos of them, what do you think?
Yeah, bokeh rocks !

Shot with 300D, can not remember which lens, free hand, no cropping, no post processing.

[CyberDyneSystems]

:lol: Sony,. that lens calibration does wonders for the 70-200mm's ability to apply make up and hair dress! Not to mention it's improved solvency where jewelry is concerned! :shock: I had no idea it was such a silver bullet! :lol:

Great shot... :)

[grego]

:lol: Sony,. that lens calibration does wonders for the 70-200mm's ability to apply make up and hair dress! Not to mention it's improved solvency where jewelry is concerned! :shock: I had no idea it was such a silver bullet! :lol:

Great shot... :)

Maybe that's why it has such a steep price. It reminds me of Homer Simpson's makeup gun that he used on Marge. :lol:

[mebailey]

Here is mine

[CorruptedPhotographer]

this is mine.

[Tom Camilleri]

a couple of mine...
sheep with 200 2.8

http://www.pbase.com/herderdog/image/44828391.jpg


Beautiful. The colors just work perfectly.

[Carzee]

Just keep pouring it on - thx everyone!

I love these colours!

heres mine...

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/6070/flower9zv.jpg

[Desertraptor]

NickySix that is stunning

[chris clements]

One from two weeks ago
70-200 IS. Can't locate the original EXIF: either half or one stop down from 2.8

[Nikolas]

Heres one from a 53 yo takumar 200 f3.5 full open.

http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~smeegles/Stuff/lenstests/roof.jpg

[Lamplight]

Wow, many amazing shots here! 8) I'll just post a couple links since this thread already takes long enough to load. :lol:

Two of my favorites:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/lamplightsg/IMG_9717small.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/lamplightsg/IMG_8742small.jpg

And now for some weird, disturbing bokeh from my 75-300 :lol:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/lamplightsg/Flowers91.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/lamplightsg/Flowers118.jpg

[Okiewan]

My humble entry:
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=29722&stc=1&d=1127514944

[Anders Östberg]

Found another one with some OOF highlights, a Tufted Duck. I probably should have tried to
tone down the bright spot over the bird's head, it's a bit distracting.
http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/LargerBirds/JH5Q6034_Vigg.jpg

[PetKal]

This will be my last boqhuh entry for a while: I found two nice ones in the garden the other day.... Next week I'll be looking for some foreign boqueh in Mexico.....yes, I know, y'all are trembling with anticipation....;)

Shots taken with 300D, can't remember the lenses, hand-held, no cropping, no post-processing.

[RAitch]

Found another one with some OOF highlights, a Tufted Duck. I probably should have tried to
tone down the bright spot over the bird's head, it's a bit distracting.
I don't think so, that's fantastic!!

[andrew7]

here's my contribution...

[Raj]

Here is another one from me. Candid shot with sigma at f3.2.

http://www.pbase.com/blue_star/image/49541942.jpg

[1goodshot]

One from yesterday. Canon 70-200

[Desertraptor]

OMG fantastic shot

[rklepper]

This is a fantastic thread. So much fun. Thanks to all for sharing.

[jyrgen]

Not necessarily showing bokeh, but kind of blur I like anyway:

http://www.hot.ee/jyrgen/050324_0419.jpg

Sigma 24/1.8 wide open (maybe with extension tube, don't remember).

[CorruptedPhotographer]

goood job jurgen! lovely photo. i love the diffusion of color.

[buze]

Ohh, I have one just like that too :D

350D, Pentax SMC Takumar 50mm f1.2 wide open. Using my hand-made-world-famous Kadapter (http://oomz.net/kadapter/)!
http://galleries.oomz.net/pub/bayo/50f12-pentax/S/20050919201739.jpg

[CorruptedPhotographer]

nice buze, if u could have thrown it a little more oof./ :D

[RAitch]

nice buze, if u could have thrown it a little more oof./ :D
Any more and it would waste the image IMO. You still have perception of everything in frame as it's presented.

[buze]

nice buze, if u could have thrown it a little more oof./ :D

LOL, where do I put it ? :D

We want bokeh? I do bokeh :D

[CorruptedPhotographer]

buze, sorry i was umm or still am in an altered state of mind. it looks wonderful.

[Huckaback Photo]

Just thought I better ad some in this thread.
first is with the 85mm f1.2 wide open & available light.

Martin (Huckaback Photo)

[Huckaback Photo]

A cropped version of above shows the incredibly shallow depth from this f1.2 lens

http://www.pbase.com/huckaback_photo/image/41149576

also liked this shot taken in Itally , A leather clad biker feeding a small bird his ice cream cone.


Martin (Huckaback Photo)

[Andy_T]

Buze,

I'm afraid your home-made KAdapter causes some softness in the corners :wink:

Huckaback ... two great images from that 85/1.2!

Enclosed image:
Angle (bronze) in front of the Best Western Hotel 'Engelsburg', Recklinghausen, Germany

Canon 20D
EF 50/1.4
f/1.4
ISO 1600
1/80
Noise reduction with Noiseware Community Edition
Proof (& unsharp mask) in BreezeBrowser

Best regards,
Andy

[CorruptedPhotographer]

A cropped version of above shows the incredibly shallow depth from this f1.2 lens

http://www.pbase.com/huckaback_photo/image/41149576

also liked this shot taken in Itally , A leather clad biker feeding a small bird his ice cream cone.


Martin (Huckaback Photo)

wow good job!

[edd]

Felt left out of this thread... I just got my 135L about two weeks ago. Im loving the pictures that Im able to get... thought Id share...

edd

[Dave_G]

Kit lens, 1/400s, ISO 800
http://images14.fotki.com/v223/photos/1/105162/2337834/becks-vi.jpg

[gcams]

This was one of my first shots when I got my new 350D. Subject matter is nothing special mind you, but as far as Bokeh goes, this is my best effort to date with the kit lens :)

30497

[bolantej]

okay i know i'm lame for already posting this but oh well been busy no time to really go out and shoot.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v346/bolantej/Sakeboy0001.jpg

[Mac10]

Nice all.

http://i.pbase.com/v3/28/283328/1/49917739.flower2.jpg

Canon 180L macro w/2x extender at f/13.

[MTalley]

OK. Double entry time. First shot out of my newly arrived 70-200 f/4L.

100% crop from original, slight USM. This puppy is one sharp lens. Can't wait for soccer games on Saturday.

[cbtoday]

This is taken with 17-40L, is that a good bokeh? I really do not quite like it.
Any comments?

http://www.todayistoday.com/images/20050911233622_pic22.jpg


cbtoday,
http://todayistoday.com

[cbtoday]

http://www.todayistoday.com/images/20050916222123_pic29.jpg

How about this one?



cbtoday,
http://todayistoday.com

[buze]

That first shot is too busy; the white flower on a whiteish background had no chance. Thats a problem of having a slow lens like the 17-40, you need a lot fo space behind your subject to get "proper" bokeh.

On the other hand, the second is quite interesting, I like it, it's not technicaly "bokeh" but it's an ingeresting picture anyway

[Okiewan]

I'll throw one in;
http://motophotos.org/images/flower1ab.jpg

[Tyger]

Here's my go....

Taken with my kit lens and cropped.
http://www.monzoncreative.com/bee.jpg


And my Sigma 70-300 APO Macro DG when i had it.

http://www.monzoncreative.com/spider1.jpg