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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Blossoming Bokeh
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:42:44 -0500
References: <CAE3QcF5uCMxVHUSNp0L6=iZ+64VbRhV1OLe6yQStorE=nhQ21A@mail.gmail.com> <CD667DCB.66E2%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Nope. You are wrong Mark.
It is about making a pretty picture of flowers.
Screw getting information sharp.
Stupid rules about grain that you set.
Why do my 21 mm lenses not suit you?
If you have some helpful information, share it.
You want us all to lock step and go shoot at night on the West side?
;-)


Regards,

Sonny
http://sonc.com/look/
Natchitoches, Louisiana

USA

On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 6:02 PM, 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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