Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/08/20

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Subject: [Leica] IMGS: Bokeh
From: tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley)
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 16:32:18 -0400
References: <CA+yJO1Bs+gRvP3HhLPmmy1o+udOWEnJ7-Jg2whEu7BQKZLNiPA@mail.gmail.com> <80F9701439F20347874CE5E4E03C22E9010E8C6831@WhizzMAIL01.whizz.org>

I guess we're going to disagree on that.  That is very distracting and ugly
bokeh to me!

Tina


On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 4:14 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> 
wrote:

> To me, http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/157064816 has some 'ugly'
> bokeh on the LHS, the leaves on the left of the tree in
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/157064826 have 'nervous' bokeh...
>
> To me 'bokeh' is something where the OOF make pleasant shapes rather than
> harsh or misshapen e.g.
> http://johnmcmaster.com/PAW/2014/24/content/L2005046_large.html
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
>
> PESO:
>
> I took 3 photos this morning to try to illustrate what bokeh is, in answer
> to a question from a beginning photographer.  I used the 35/2.0 (king of
> bokeh) Summicron.
>
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/157064814
>
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/157064816
>
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/157064826
>
> Hit Original to view them larger.
>
> What do you think?  Do these illustrate bokeh?  What else would you suggest
> to help her understand bokeh?
>
> TIA
>
> Tina
>
>
>
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Tina Manley
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Replies: Reply from john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] IMGS: Bokeh)
Reply from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] IMGS: Bokeh)
In reply to: Message from tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley) ([Leica] IMGS: Bokeh)
Message from john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] IMGS: Bokeh)