Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/26

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Subject: [Leica] Bokeh Opinion Please
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 11:31:47 -0400
References: <AANLkTinQ-UaUKXawawAmURBmV=oAwJb_Qi-GHPf3zxDa@mail.gmail.com> <391873.96540.qm@web52802.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

There are ways to adjust the fall-off in the software but I haven't
read the manual yet ;-)  I'll try again after I read it.

Thanks -

Tina

On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 10:53 AM, R. Clayton McKee <rcmphoto at yahoo.com> 
wrote:
> I like the shot, but the effect isn't quite there yet.
>
> I think the thing that bothers me about it is that it's so abrupt. ?The 
> grass stays about f8 sharp for what looks like about six, eight feet 
> behind him, and then suddenly it goes completely blurred in what looks 
> like a couple of feet on the ground... there's very little falloff. ?It's 
> like looking at a forced perspective shot of a scale model; all of the 
> individual elements within the shot are reasonable, but when you layer 
> them together, the overall effect is just off.
>
> R. Clayton McKee
> PhotoJournalist
> from somewhere just south of somewhere else...
>
>
>> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley"
>> <images at comporium.net>
>> > To: "lug" <lug at leica-users.org>
>> > Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 4:35 PM
>> > Subject: [Leica] Bokeh Opinion Please
>> >
>> >
>> >> LUG:
>> >>
>> >> I am looking at Alien Skin's Bokeh (I like their
>> other programs).
>> >> What do you think of the before and after:
>> >>
>> >> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/128810960
>> >>
>> >> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/128810981
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-- 
Tina Manley, ASMP
www.tinamanley.com


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