Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]35/2 asph. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=457498&size=lg Doug - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Austin Franklin Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 10:28 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] Bokeh - proven myth ? > > It's not that 35/2 won't "provide" bokeh, but a 35/2 won't > "provide" near > > the bokeh that a 50/1.4 or 75/1.4 will...nor be as > distinguishable, from my > > experiences... > > > > Austin > > > Won't "provide bokeh"? Hey, I didn't originate the word...that's why I ""'d it ;-) > You mean you can't get an area out of focus with it? > In my mind that is what that would have to mean. Of course that's not what I meant. Certainly "amount of OOF/bokeh" can vary substantially, depending on, but not limited to, aperture, distance and focal length. > Bokeh does not have to mean WAAAY out of focus. It just means soft. For different images, different amounts of OOF/bokeh work better IMO. Typically, I either want very high bokeh, so everything in the background is very OOF, or I don't care about the OOF rendering. If I'm shooting a fire scene, I won't care about bokeh...but if I am shooting a fireman's face, all sooty and teary...I may want the background completely OOF so the image of his face is framed by the OOF region, and it isn't distracting to the purpose of the image I have a vision of. That's just how I shoot, that doesn't make it right or wrong...but I believe using bokeh to frame certain images is a very viable technique. It also gives the image a dimensional quality. For example: http://www.darkroom.com/Images/LABOWL02w.jpg Regards and Happy New Year! Austin - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html