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Apr 07, 2010 21:59 | #8011

with the nifty its about shooting as close to wide open as you can get away with using the light you have. the nifty goes to 1.8 so that will give you the most bokeh. set your camera to AV mode and set the aperture to 1.8 and go from there...

this is a nifty fifty shot at 1.8 focusing on a tip of grass in the local conservatory. the background is blurry since you are shooting wide open...

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exif: Camera: Canon EOS 5D | ISO: 200 | Exp. Time: 1/180s | Aperture: 1.8 | Focal Length: 50.0mm

I bumped the iso a bit to get faster shutter speed so that i stood a better chance of getting that tip in focus

here's another:

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exif: Camera: Canon EOS 5D | ISO: 200 | Exp. Time: 1/500s | Aperture: 1.8 | Focal Length: 50.0mm

again more than enough shutter speed to get that sharp tip.

ok ok one more

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exif: Camera: Canon EOS 5D | ISO: 200 | Exp. Time: 1/180s | Aperture: 1.8 | Focal Length: 50.0mm

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Apr 07, 2010 22:02 as a reply to @ SeattleSpeedster's post | #8012

does my subject need to be close, and the background farther away, like an outside shot, or can i get bokeh with my subject against the wall?

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Apr 07, 2010 22:19 | #8013

not really far away....i usually go for whats going to be in focus and then make sure the background is interesting. Sequences of similar objects work great. check out airfrogs series of swings on a swingset. focus on the first one and then shoot at 1.8 and watch the farther and farther away ones become your bokeh.

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Apr 07, 2010 22:21 as a reply to @ SeattleSpeedster's post | #8014

so its basically playing with distance from background and subject?

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Apr 07, 2010 22:24 | #8015

yes and the photo is really about both....the in focus subject that draws your attention and the wonderful blur behind it. I always try to keep both in mind.

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Apr 07, 2010 22:32 as a reply to @ SeattleSpeedster's post | #8016

so when i take pictures i can get the bokeh but the "blurriness" in the background isn't anything cool like http://blissfullydomestic.com …cret-agent-mama/bokeh.jpg i see the background image always looking something along these lines with circles and cool shapes...i hope your following....BUT mine tend to look like this for example http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net …6411_5008591_436594_n.jpg as you can see the background is still blurry but nothing "bokeh" like and i took this image at f1.8 (wide open) it doesn't do those cool effects as i see all over POTN. i hope i'm making sense.

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Apr 07, 2010 22:42 | #8017

you are....its not to say that blinds cant make good bokeh either...just experiment with objects with interesting backgrounds and see what you get.

I spent an entire afternoon last week going around in a garden with my 85L set wide open to 1.2 Some shots were cool...some weren't. Its all practice and experimenting and seeing what others are doing for inspiration hence this forum

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Apr 07, 2010 22:45 as a reply to @ SeattleSpeedster's post | #8018

i appreciate all the info and help you have given me! this weekend i should have plenty of time to mess with bokeh and get better.

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Apr 08, 2010 01:04 as a reply to @ Octowl's post | #8019

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Apr 08, 2010 14:06 | #8020

contax n 70-200 mm f 3.5-4.5 for Canon.

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Apr 08, 2010 17:15 as a reply to @ ediroma's post | #8021

Contax N 50mm F1.4 for Canon.Camera Canon 50D F1.4 1/250 s

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Apr 08, 2010 17:17 | #8022

SeattleSpeedster wrote in post #9953915

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exif: Camera: Canon EOS 5D | ISO: 200 | Exp. Time: 1/500s | Aperture: 1.8 | Focal Length: 50.0mm

again more than enough shutter speed to get that sharp tip.

ok ok one more

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exif: Camera: Canon EOS 5D | ISO: 200 | Exp. Time: 1/180s | Aperture: 1.8 | Focal Length: 50.0mm

Very nice color

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Apr 08, 2010 18:16 | #8023

Spring Flower Bokeh both with 400 f5.6.

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Apr 08, 2010 19:23 as a reply to @ Q-Man's post | #8024

ediroma, very nice! sweet lens there .. i got 24-85 awaiting conversion, probably wont get it back till the fall lol

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Apr 08, 2010 22:33 | #8025

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