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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Blossoming Bokeh
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:20:04 +1000
References: <CAE3QcF5uCMxVHUSNp0L6=iZ+64VbRhV1OLe6yQStorE=nhQ21A@mail.gmail.com> <CD667DCB.66E2%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Yep thanks Mark. This was just a grab testing the lens rather than an
artistic effort. Usually I am counselled here for NOT using my Summilux
lenses wide open ;-) Yep also I know the conventions for macro photogaphy.
This wasn't that anyway. The Bokeh reference was related to a recent thread.

*If you want to take more interesting pictures,
stand in front of more interesting stuff* -- Joe McNally

Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman


On 14 March 2013 09:02, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:

> I may be you got the green leaf sharp and not so much the purple.
> Regardless I think the shoot wide open ethic is way over used.
> Its an effect which his its very limited usages. The people I knew called
> it
> "a selective focus shot" which is not a good phrase for it as its vague.
> Macro photography is hard. Dying is easy.
> Macro photography is for sure not about shooting wide open.
> Its about stopping down as  much as you can with the hope that maybe you'll
> get the needed information sharp.
> And sure if you have a fast lens you need to be able to use it wide open or
> there's no point. I just don't think macro shots are that point.
> Right now I'd kill for a 50 1.4 I can use.
> 1.8 seems kind of run of the mill.
>
>
> On 3/11/13 1:38 AM, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I recently had to have my Summilux 50 focus recalibrated and I try to
> take
> > opportunities to shoot it in focus critical conditions to confirm that it
> > and I are working well together once more.
> > A breezy day, lens wide open and at minimum focus distance today. I like
> to
> > set myself a challenge ;-)
> >
> > This one and next two
> > <http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/149147859>
> >
> > Caution:  contain bountiful bokeh
> >
> > *If you want to take more interesting pictures,
> > stand in front of more interesting stuff* -- Joe McNally
> >
> > Cheers
> > Geoff
> > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> >
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In reply to: Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] IMG: Blossoming Bokeh)
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