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05/13/2010 05:38:36 AM · #26 |
Originally posted by Bugzeye:
Anyone want to bet this Bokeh challenge is a direct result of the thread about the bag challenge. |
... or how about a bet that the DPC User portait challenge is a direct result of the forum thread about troll / friend votes manipulation?? Is DPC being Hacked?
Message edited by author 2010-05-13 06:15:26. |
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05/13/2010 07:17:18 AM · #27 |
PS - is any one going to try and add a bokeh filter to change the shape of the bokeh?
Bokeh Filter |
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05/13/2010 08:16:30 AM · #28 |
Originally posted by Silent-Shooter:
PS - is any one going to try and add a bokeh filter to change the shape of the bokeh?
Bokeh Filter |
that good sir would be legal
Message edited by author 2010-05-13 08:48:23. |
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05/13/2010 08:19:19 AM · #29 |
Originally posted by coryboehne:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by pedrobop:
Maybe i should have captured this shot later:
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Well, not really, because that's almost a textbook example of "bad bokeh" in both the technical sense (it's blotchy, muddy, and posterized) and in the aesthetic sense (it overwhelms the image completely). I suppose others may disagree, but that's at best a 4 from me. For whatever it's worth :-)
R. |
I second this.. |
I completely disagree. I like it -- it feels like an abstract painting
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05/13/2010 08:22:33 AM · #30 |
Originally posted by BeefnCheez:
Originally posted by Silent-Shooter:
PS - is any one going to try and add a bokeh filter to change the shape of the bokeh?
Bokeh Filter |
that good sir would be illegal |
Why? It is a camera filter, not a PS filter so as far as I am concerned it will be completely legal as part of the original photo. Tasteful, however... that is a different question! |
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05/13/2010 08:26:10 AM · #31 |
Originally posted by BeefnCheez:
Originally posted by Silent-Shooter:
PS - is any one going to try and add a bokeh filter to change the shape of the bokeh?
Bokeh Filter |
that good sir would be illegal |
er, why? It would be completely legal as any filter that goes in front of the lens is. they are a single shot with no photoshop manipulation |
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05/13/2010 08:40:17 AM · #32 |
Originally posted by BeefnCheez:
Originally posted by Silent-Shooter:
PS - is any one going to try and add a bokeh filter to change the shape of the bokeh?
Bokeh Filter |
that good sir would be illegal |
No, sir, it would not, sir. Entirely legal, and a very interesting idea. Easily DIY'ed, too.
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05/13/2010 08:48:43 AM · #33 |
you're all reading it wrong, clearly, and misquoted me
Message edited by author 2010-05-13 08:48:55. |
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05/13/2010 09:11:29 AM · #34 |
Originally posted by BeefnCheez:
you're all reading it wrong, clearly, and misquoted me |
LOL :P |
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05/13/2010 09:21:43 AM · #35 |
Originally posted by coryboehne:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by pedrobop:
Maybe i should have captured this shot later:
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Well, not really, because that's almost a textbook example of "bad bokeh" in both the technical sense (it's blotchy, muddy, and posterized) and in the aesthetic sense (it overwhelms the image completely). I suppose others may disagree, but that's at best a 4 from me. For whatever it's worth :-)
R. |
I second this.. |
I have to agree with this camp as well. Upon immediate reaction, I was drawn to the big, blurry flowers, not the bird...therefore it doesn't add IMHO. |
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05/13/2010 09:24:11 AM · #36 |
I don't want to be mean or anything and besides who am I to say my images are crappy but the winner of the first Bokeh challenge to me is not appealing at all //www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=134704
Message edited by author 2010-05-13 09:24:43. |
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05/13/2010 09:33:09 AM · #37 |
Originally posted by maggieddd:
I don't want to be mean or anything and besides who am I to say my images are crappy but the winner of the first Bokeh challenge to me is not appealing at all //www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=134704 |
ok, my question here is why? because the BG doesn't have the CoC or because it does have the oooey gooey BG? (I'm not challenging you...just want more clarification please) |
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05/13/2010 09:38:08 AM · #38 |
Originally posted by Ja-9:
Originally posted by maggieddd:
I don't want to be mean or anything and besides who am I to say my images are crappy but the winner of the first Bokeh challenge to me is not appealing at all //www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=134704 |
ok, my question here is why? because the BG doesn't have the CoC or because it does have the oooey gooey BG? (I'm not challenging you...just want more clarification please) |
I find the lines in the background distracting and the bird's head seems too dark |
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05/13/2010 09:42:17 AM · #39 |
ok, but to me this one is so very busy... but has the classic CoC
yet this one  has the ooey gooey look to it (which is my preference)
Message edited by author 2010-05-13 09:43:40. |
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05/13/2010 09:43:38 AM · #40 |
Originally posted by maggieddd:
Originally posted by Ja-9:
Originally posted by maggieddd:
I don't want to be mean or anything and besides who am I to say my images are crappy but the winner of the first Bokeh challenge to me is not appealing at all //www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=134704 |
ok, my question here is why? because the BG doesn't have the CoC or because it does have the oooey gooey BG? (I'm not challenging you...just want more clarification please) |
I find the lines in the background distracting and the bird's head seems too dark |
People didn't know what they were doing in the first Bokeh challenge, they were still debating the definition - we are all experts now ;)
jk!
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05/13/2010 09:45:28 AM · #41 |
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05/13/2010 09:47:42 AM · #42 |
so your not necessarily in one camp or the other...or any of the rest of ya'll....I'm just trying to get a feel for what I should aim for...as there seems to be quite a divide here...huh, guess I must be in DPC.... |
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05/13/2010 10:11:36 AM · #43 |
Originally posted by Ja-9:
so your not necessarily in one camp or the other...or any of the rest of ya'll....I'm just trying to get a feel for what I should aim for...as there seems to be quite a divide here...huh, guess I must be in DPC.... |
right |
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05/13/2010 10:20:30 AM · #44 |
How about this bokeh? enough of it? CoC too fuzzy? Complimentary to the subject? or NOT? |
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05/13/2010 10:25:50 AM · #45 |
Originally posted by FrankRobinson:
Originally posted by BeefnCheez:
Originally posted by Silent-Shooter:
PS - is any one going to try and add a bokeh filter to change the shape of the bokeh?
Bokeh Filter |
that good sir would be illegal |
Tasteful, however... that is a different question! |
Didn't say I was going to do it :-) |
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05/13/2010 10:30:45 AM · #46 |
Originally posted by pixelpig:
How about this bokeh? enough of it? CoC too fuzzy? Complimentary to the subject? or NOT? |
To me bokeh is OK, but the subject is not isolated enough and blends with the background too much. Less shadows on the subject, maybe? |
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05/13/2010 10:33:41 AM · #47 |
| Thanks! I'm still thinking about which lens to use, & how. Bokeh challenges are my fav. Though I'm usually disappointed in the choice of winners. |
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05/13/2010 12:11:01 PM · #48 |
It took me a while to realise that OOF was an anagram for out of focus. :)
I'm a little confused by people's ideas on what is/isn't bokeh, and what is/isn't good bokeh. I think what some are saying is that a soft blur is what you're looking for, rather than your doughnuts or circles of light... Is that right? Or is textbook (good?) bokeh the contrast between the sharp fore/back-ground and the soft back/fore-ground or gradients thereof?
Would this be (good) bokeh?
lh4.ggpht.com/_esYKBP2am44/S5P9VANs7uI/AAAAAAAADvU/3FPQTuqcWXc/s576/DSC_0634.JPG (couldn't linkify to it cause I'm new :/)
>> Thanks! I'm still thinking about which lens to use, & how. Bokeh challenges are my fav. Though I'm usually disappointed in the choice of winners.
Easy for me - I only have one! :)
Message edited by author 2010-05-13 12:13:48. |
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05/13/2010 12:22:06 PM · #49 |
Originally posted by NiallOTuama:
It took me a while to realise that OOF was an anagram for out of focus. :)
I'm a little confused by people's ideas on what is/isn't bokeh, and what is/isn't good bokeh. I think what some are saying is that a soft blur is what you're looking for, rather than your doughnuts or circles of light... Is that right? Or is textbook (good?) bokeh the contrast between the sharp fore/back-ground and the soft back/fore-ground or gradients thereof?
Would this be (good) bokeh?
lh4.ggpht.com/_esYKBP2am44/S5P9VANs7uI/AAAAAAAADvU/3FPQTuqcWXc/s576/DSC_0634.JPG (couldn't linkify to it cause I'm new :/)
>> Thanks! I'm still thinking about which lens to use, & how. Bokeh challenges are my fav. Though I'm usually disappointed in the choice of winners.
Easy for me - I only have one! :) |
for me this Picture (to post your picture, copy the address, go to the top bar on above and the 3rd one from the right, paste your address in there...) is very appealing ... Personally, I like the dreamy background, but there are many, many others on this site that like the CoC (Circles of Confusion) and have that as a major component of the picture. So the bottom line is to find an outstanding subject for your foreground and do what you like best for the background...
And I think you actually have a pretty good lens for this challenge... |
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05/13/2010 12:27:40 PM · #50 |
BokehII, my 9th entry in dpc, gave a hint of what was to come by arriving at 1%.
The picture, of course, was magnificent.
It also marked the point in time at which I fell in love with Judi. |
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