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05/13/2010 01:09:41 PM · #51 |
Originally posted by Ja-9:
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... |
Bold added by me. Nowhere in the challenge description does is say the subject must be in the foreground and the bokeh behind it. I've seen some fabulous images with both foreground and background bokeh happening all at once. There are so many ways to approach this challenge, especially since the challenge description field actually has a N/A in it.
I don't care if people (in general) want to limit themselves, but I get so tired of people( in general) trying to limit everyone else too. Bokeh is about what is pleasing for the viewer to look at...be it ultimate creamy-ness or those fabulous floaty spheres...it's all good in my book.
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05/13/2010 01:11:52 PM · #52 |
Possibly the best example of Bokeh ever... whats that? one of mine? - oh yes - forgot that.. Whatever, carry on.
It is awesome though.
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05/13/2010 01:44:01 PM · #53 |
Originally posted by Simms:
Possibly the best example of Bokeh ever... whats that? one of mine? - oh yes - forgot that.. Whatever, carry on.
It is awesome though.
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Man, that shot was nothing but a blatant ripoff of this shot of mine:
I don't care that my shot was taken a year after yours. Somehow you still ripped it off!
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05/13/2010 01:56:44 PM · #54 |
Originally posted by Ja-9:
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... |
Heh. You make it sound so easy - just find a magnificent subject for the photo, and wing the background. Why didn't I think of that? *doh*
I wasn't talking about the quality of my lens but just the number of them I have.
Test.
Those two photos (the original and rip off :P) are excellent. |
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05/13/2010 01:58:54 PM · #55 |
Here is one I did for a past bokeh challenge. It's not very well executed but I still like the concept. 
Also, while were still doing the whole self promotion thing...
Message edited by author 2010-05-13 14:00:11. |
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05/13/2010 02:03:18 PM · #56 |
This is my entry for Bokeh V.
So, my understanding is that there has to be a subject in focus? The whole thing can't be just bokeh. |
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05/13/2010 02:05:02 PM · #57 |
Originally posted by Trumpeteer4:
Here is one I did for a past bokeh challenge. It's not very well executed but I still like the concept.
Also, while were still doing the whole self promotion thing... |
You have 2 very good storytelling shots here. I esp like the use of bokeh (like I know fer gawdsakes) in the rose comp. |
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05/13/2010 02:05:05 PM · #58 |
This was in Sepia, but would qualify I think. |
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05/13/2010 02:07:55 PM · #59 |
Originally posted by bergiekat:
This was in Sepia, but would qualify I think. |
This would qualify quite nicely in both of the current exclusive challenges. |
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05/13/2010 02:09:44 PM · #60 |
Originally posted by BrennanOB:
Originally posted by bergiekat:
This was in Sepia, but would qualify I think. |
This would qualify quite nicely in both of the current exclusive challenges. |
Yah, my stinkin' timing is impecable! :P (House has since been torn down so can't revisit!) |
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05/13/2010 02:14:06 PM · #61 |
Here's one where I forgot to take the camera off manual focus.
If only I had an outstanding subject for it :)
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05/13/2010 02:27:41 PM · #62 |
Originally posted by Silent-Shooter:
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 :-) |
I don't believe that's illegal at all. That is a filter for a lens, not post processed. |
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05/13/2010 02:30:22 PM · #63 |
Originally posted by bergiekat:
This was in Sepia, but would qualify I think. |
I saw this earlier today and I thought you could kill two birds with one stone...door knobs, locks & bokeh...hmm |
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05/14/2010 09:14:27 AM · #64 |
Originally posted by ErinKirsten:
Originally posted by Silent-Shooter:
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 :-) |
I don't believe that's illegal at all. That is a filter for a lens, not post processed. |
Catch up, number 10, we agreed that it was a legal camera filter ages ago... ;op |
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05/18/2010 03:46:46 PM · #65 |
*SIGH*
This is gonna be another messy one... |
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05/19/2010 12:11:50 PM · #66 |
Really wish I had read this about a week ago
https://www.thecamerastore.com/articles/2010/03/05/simplify-your-circles-confusion
Lots of creative opportunity with this |
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05/19/2010 03:47:05 PM · #67 |
Well if you look at top three images from past Bokeh challenges, ALL but one had a flower, a bird, a frog, or a leaf.
'Bokeh' to general DPC crowd equals 'flora/fauna on a creamy background'.
Expecting an applaud on anything else here would be foolish;-) |
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05/20/2010 05:46:16 PM · #68 |
It was exciting to see how many used a dandelion in their photos!
They are one of my favorites! |
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04/20/2011 02:09:00 AM · #69 |
Real bokeh is hard to find in the past challenges, most had DOF, would you agree with this ?
Message edited by author 2011-04-20 02:09:56. |
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04/20/2011 02:17:53 AM · #70 |
| Well everything has a depth of field :) But it's pretty hard to get bokeh without a shallow depth of field. |
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04/20/2011 02:27:43 AM · #71 |
Originally posted by salmiakki:
Well everything has a depth of field :) But it's pretty hard to get bokeh without a shallow depth of field. |
oh yes sorry , I meant a shallow DOF. |
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04/21/2011 09:00:59 AM · #72 |
| My "circle of confusion" is why a bokeh challenge would ever be run under Advanced Editing. That really takes the emphasis away from technique and quality glass and pushes it to the postprocessing messing around. Correct me if I'm wrong, but previous bokeh challenges (in the series) were all Basic Editing. I mean, it's okay to shift to Advanced, but it will be a different ball game. |
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04/21/2011 09:23:13 AM · #73 |
Bad? Not really....you tried something different...a nice change from an otherwise predictable challenge....
Originally posted by Pug-H:
Originally posted by Covert_Oddity:
Bokeh V was my second challenge here and I entered a horrible shot that I cringe to look at now.
Will be nice to see if I can do a bit better this time round! |
You mean this one?
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04/21/2011 09:30:54 AM · #74 |
What can be done in Advanced editing that can't be done in Basic editing as it relates to the actual bokeh being enhanced?
Originally posted by hahn23:
My "circle of confusion" is why a bokeh challenge would ever be run under Advanced Editing. That really takes the emphasis away from technique and quality glass and pushes it to the postprocessing messing around. Correct me if I'm wrong, but previous bokeh challenges (in the series) were all Basic Editing. I mean, it's okay to shift to Advanced, but it will be a different ball game. |
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04/21/2011 09:38:49 AM · #75 |
Originally posted by kenskid:
What can be done in Advanced editing that can't be done in Basic editing as it relates to the actual bokeh being enhanced? |
Gee, I have no idea. |
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