Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ken Iisaka wrote: > > > Ken Iisaka wrote: > > ><Snip> > > > A couple of years ago in Japan were photos taken with super-long > (>400mm) > > > lenses wide open (2.8 or 4.0) The background became lumps of light that > it > > > didn't matter where they were taken. Still, the all-important > photographers > > > chose exotic locations, and photos were accompanied with captions to > > > describe the location... he he he > > > > "Mark's wife swimming in a sea of bokeh," 1999 > > Mark :-) Rabiner > > Pretty much. When I saw all the photographs on advertisements in subways, I > got really dizzy. > > I'd take a portrait taken using a Noctilux anyday over a 300/2.8 anyday. Let's just get rich coming out with a line of out of focus backdrops of famous or generic places! Mark Rabiner Bokeh Is Us!