Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Without going into theory, I gotta tell you my experience. I clicked on the URL specifically to see the bokeh described in Don's message. When I saw the picture, I admired it and then went back to the LUG. Only when I read Ted's reaction did I realize that I never even looked at the bokeh. The subject model had captured my whole attention. Would ugly bokeh have distracted me? I don't know. Julian - ----- Original Message ----- From: Ted <tedgrant@home.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2000 4:06 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] two sample images of great bokeh But Dan who the hell looks at the background? My eyes didn't go beyond the Russian model!!! I'm mean lets get real here as to what's really important in the picture! Is it all the out of focus background of people etc. or the beautiful eyes and face of the model? Hell she just pops of the screen simply because she is sharply in focus where the picture should be in focus and the back ground is just all out of focus simply because it's out of focus due to how close he was to the model and the technical aspect of the lens being wide open! This bokeh stuff is just too much esoteric nonsense! Does it make the picture great? Or once again, is it the models eyes and face that make it a wonderful facial photograph? Lets face it, I suppose some guys get all hully gully over this stuff, but let me ask you how much bokeh influence do you or anyone else think I was influenced in shooting the medical profession book? Hell it never entered my mind simply because technically the background just goes out of focus at anytime one is working wide open or nearly so and the subject is usually close to the lens! Nor at anytime did it cross my mind in the OR to use a particular lens because the background would look cutesy nice behind the concentrating surgeon! Sorry to go out on the last day of the year a tad off, but out of focus background is just that.......out of focus background! ted Dan Honemann wrote: > Browsing Kirk Tuck's site (www.kirktuck.com), I came across two of my > favorite b&w images, both stellar examples of great bokeh (fg & bg): > > http://www.kirktuck.com/Portfolios/FunStuff/3-2.html > http://www.kirktuck.com/Portfolios/Streetshots/5-3.html > > Not sure what lens(es) Kirk used to shoot these, but they are both standout > images. > > Dan