Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 24/7/01 11:42 PM, Ted Grant at tedgrant@home.com wrote: > Juan J. Buhler wrote: > >>>>> BTW, I'm sure that most published, experienced and accomplished >> photographers will be the first ones to be open to learning about a >> concept they hadn't heard about before. <<<<< > > Hi Juan, > You're right, as I'm always learning something about photography although > I've been doing it professionally for 50 years come this September 17th. But > I never heard reference of the bokah thing until someone came up with it on > the LUG some years ago. > > I thought, "well that's interesting I'll have a look." And you know what? I > looked at hundreds of prints and slides from over the years and not one of > them would've been improved from some "silly effect" called bokeh! It's just > a an effect created by some lenses over an other. > > Will it make a major difference to the photograph? Not bloody likely, unless > one is into artsy fartsy back ground picture taking! Even then, not likely > will 99% of the viewers, photographers and non even notice, nor pay any > attention to the out of focus background. > > It's a no big deal thing that keeps raising its stupid head on the LUG and > as far as I'm concerned it still falls into the "who cares" category when it > comes to a working photographers efforts! > ted > Ted Grant Photography Limited > www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant > Ted, let your words be mine. Thanks to be so clear. But I have to say that I look at the whole area in a picture/photo/image or whatever you call it and love sharpness as much as out of focus. If someone out there feels like calling or naming BOKEH/BOKAH/Hamburguer/Ketchup or...let them alone! We'll stay taking photos and reading some very interesting messages coming from the LUG. In the category "we care", of course. Regards Pablo