Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/27

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: Re: [Leica] Bokeh vs. Nukeh
From: "apbbeijing@yahoo.com" <apbbeijing@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 12:25:11 +0800

> From: "Mark Rutledge" <markrut@ticnet.com>

> 
> Maybe bokeh has more to do with the "art" aspect of photography rather than
> the technical side. Emotion vs quantifiability. Images (painting, photos..)
> can move us in a way we cannot describe...beauty isn't measurable. Just a
> guess!


Mark,

You raise some interesting issues and there is no clear answer but they are
worth considering nonetheless. I tend to believe the bokeh issue is on the
pseudo-technical side rather than the 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder'
but to each their own: it seems that this is an aspect of a lens that one
can find if looking for it but has little real impact to the average viewer.
An analogy might be to the hifi lover vs the music lover which is not always
the same thing. I don't have any worries about anyone's enthusiasms but if
the issue is photography, as in the production and appreciation of good
photographs, bokeh seems pretty ephemeral to me but that is just one bloke's
opinion.

Bests

Adrian


_________________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com