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Subject: [Leica] Wow, the last word on bokeh, from Zeiss
From: passaro.vince at gmail.com (Vince Passaro)
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:04:45 -0400
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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.
>>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from neilbeddoe at googlemail.com (Neil Beddoe) ([Leica] Wow, the last word on bokeh, from Zeiss)
Message from passaro.vince at gmail.com (Vince Passaro) ([Leica] Wow, the last word on bokeh, from Zeiss)
Message from imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] Wow, the last word on bokeh, from Zeiss)