Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think the point, Juan, is that some folks on this list seem more obsessed with worrying about bohKAH than about taking photos...;-) B. D. "Juan J. Buhler" wrote: > > On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Ted Grant wrote: > > > Love it! A man after me own heart with all that silly stuff! ;-) Good on you > > Sonny! :-) > > So guys, > > What is silly? The concept that the out of focus areas of a picture > are rendered differently from lens to lens? The name "bokeh"? The > fact that the Japanese seem to have paid explicit attention to > it before the Germans did? > > We all know that most times it is the in focus part that makes the > picture. Doh. I feel silly even writing such an obvious statement. But > bad bokeh can (I'm not saying "will") distract from an otherwise well > composed, focused and exposed picture in the same way that grain or > flare can. > > BTW, I'm sure that most published, experienced and accomplished > photographers will be the first ones to be open to learning about a > concept they hadn't heard about before. > > j > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------