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07/14/2015 09:54:30 PM · #1 |
I have enjoyed Nik's tools so much and especially the Analog Efex. I have been using the bokeh tool quite a bit and it got me thinking today. Is it better, when I want bokeh, to pull out some expensive glass, like say, an 85mm L and shoot it wide open. Or am I better off maybe using a 24-70 L at 7.1, getting everything tack sharp and put the bokeh where I want it with Nik?
Is there an appreciable difference between "real" and "manufactured" bokeh? |
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07/14/2015 10:12:37 PM · #2 |
No comparison. Try duplicating something like this...
... in post. Not gonna happen. Sigma 50 Art @ f/1.4 |
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07/14/2015 10:33:12 PM · #3 |
| Jason -- I haven't experimented with Nik's bokeh filter. Can you throw up an example or two? |
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07/14/2015 10:43:42 PM · #4 |
| I enjoy using it for the interesting blur it can introduce, but I never thought it accurately replicates shallow depth of field or even bokeh. Not that all things photography end here at DPC, but I haven't used it here because I thought it was illegal. |
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07/14/2015 10:48:36 PM · #5 |
...sigma 85 @ 1.4, I can't do this in analog efex, but I do love analog efex. I use it for most of my b&w conversions.
Message edited by author 2015-07-14 22:49:57. |
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07/14/2015 11:10:06 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by markwiley:
Jason -- I haven't experimented with Nik's bokeh filter. Can you throw up an example or two? |
yes, inquiring mind(s) want to know and exactly which app and where????? |
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07/14/2015 11:19:47 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Ja-9:
Originally posted by markwiley:
Jason -- I haven't experimented with Nik's bokeh filter. Can you throw up an example or two? |
yes, inquiring mind(s) want to know and exactly which app and where????? |
Nik's Analog Efex: when you click the flyout arrow to get the tools menu, in the left column, "bokeh" is one of the effects. You can set blur as elliptical or as tilt/shift style. |
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07/14/2015 11:23:56 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by markwiley:
Jason -- I haven't experimented with Nik's bokeh filter. Can you throw up an example or two? |
I used it in this shot, was shot at 7.1 and added the blur with Nik
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07/15/2015 08:53:41 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by smardaz:
I used it in this shot, was shot at 7.1 and added the blur with Nik... |
Good example. The effect really works well in this image, but it is readily identifiable as an effect, and not shallow DoF. The eye/brain catches it right away because the in-focus areas don't form a plane.
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07/15/2015 09:01:49 AM · #10 |
what kirbic said, its hard to replicate the dof plane accurately in post combined with the fact that certain lenses give a specific look to the defocused areas. its not just blur.
the 85L and especially the 135L have their own character.
Message edited by author 2015-07-15 09:02:11. |
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