Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS - Nifty Two-Fifty

takumi_vng wrote in post #13003195
Note: I was wondering if I can get a better bokeh with this lens?

Cheers

Yeah, it's all a matter of the distance between you and the subject, then the distance between the subject and the background. Bokeh for this lens seems to be much better for shots like these... where I was a yard or two away from the subject and then the background, which was about 3-4 yards beyond has that nice blur. If you wanted that for your car photo, you'd need to be much closer to the car or the background much further away.

takumi_vng wrote in post #13003195
Hello,

A friend of mine went to a drift school and that is a great oportunity to take some photos.

Here is the car:

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Westfield by Adelmo Silva, on Flickr

Please feel free to comment and critique!

Note: I was wondering if I can get a better bokeh with this lens?

Cheers

What is "better bokeh"? I assume you mean more background blur, in which case stand back farther, zoom to 250mm, and shoot at f/5.6 for shallowest depth of field.

What's with the sticky tires up front and crappers on the rear of that car? Pretty bad drift school if you ask me.

In the England,(UK) we have many wild animal parks and zoo's....in the Lake District we have the South Lakes Wild Animal Park and so far it is the best i've been to because you really can get close to the animals.

The Canon 55-250mm lens is an awesome lens, the only bit i don't like is the soft edges.

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Cesium wrote in post #13004209
What is "better bokeh"? I assume you mean more background blur, in which case stand back farther, zoom to 250mm, and shoot at f/5.6 for shallowest depth of field.

What's with the sticky tires up front and crappers on the rear of that car? Pretty bad drift school if you ask me.

Thanks for the comment and the critique. Well, I am sure you are right, 250mm and f5.6, hum, next time!

Well, did you hear about the world crisis?

Cheers

gooeydruid wrote in post #13013731

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Bailey frisbee by humidity ugh, on Flickr

Great catch!!! Both you and the dog!

I've been walking around with my new friend - just to become acquainted. Here's one from an antique show at 55mm, 1/60 sec, f/4, ISO400, w/flash... plus a close crop to show IQ.

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Joe52 wrote in post #13014121

Wow... Just wow! Well done.

@Joe52 - All those airplane shots are cool. Good job.

With the Raynox DCR 150

finally got a half decent moon shot, I'll keep trying, sure i can do better. 1/200 f8 iso200, then processed a little with dpp and pse

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kiapolo wrote in post #13037297

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This looks insanely sharp! Well done.

Few randoms from over the summer. Over 150 + on my flickr and over 50 that are bigger than 1024px's!

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