Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I would add that like composition, say, which we almost never discuss, or light and subject and tone and color, which we do discuss, the selected depth of focus is part of the whole photographic decision the photographer has made -- sometimes very carefully and with repeated experimentation, sometimes on the fly and with a great deal of skillful luck (the kind of luck that requires skill to be in the position to get). As an isolated aesthetic consideration it's just not that interesting; occasionally it's an exceptionally beautiful aspect of the photograph but that's true, say, of blue. Or shades of gray. Or, most importantly, black. And some lenses lend themselves to great treatment of blue or black but it's not a criterion we employ that much. V On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:55 AM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com>wrote: > I'm glad the lens designers seriously consider bokeh. > > It should then become invisible in the photograph; > without need of further discussion; > except when it becomes a visual distraction. > > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > On Apr 13, 2010, at 8:39 AM, Vince Passaro wrote: > > the concept itself however I find stupendously overrated and >> overdiscussed. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >