[Rupert]

K-5II and 16-85 WR

Stunning!

K5ll and Tamron 90 macro

Love it..excellent!

@taks That last red one is perfectly gorgeous....love that little birdie too....a cutie!

Is bokeh all we think it is, or are we obsessed? I ask because my oldest grandson was looking at these I shot this morning and said "Grandpa, it is a shame you couldn't get the background in focus like you did the bird."

I guess we all see things differently?

It kind of agitated the little Spanish dove, she said she worked hard to get that bokeh!



I like seeing a little of their red wingtips! Underside of their wings is a nice red shaded blend...unique!


"I could peck your grandson's eyes out, you know!"


Regards!

[mattb123]

Is bokeh all we think it is, or are we obsessed? I ask because my oldest grandson was looking at these I shot this morning and said "Grandpa, it is a shame you couldn't get the background in focus like you did the bird."

I guess we all see things differently?

That's funny and maybe a good concept to consider. It seems bokeh was just a byproduct of optics and people took a liking to it. Flare too.

Not much different than admiring the growl of an engine or feedback in music I guess.

[Rupert]

That's funny and maybe a good concept to consider. It seems bokeh was just a byproduct of optics and people took a liking to it. Flare too.

Not much different than admiring the growl of an engine or feedback in music I guess.

It was sort of startling to find someone not appreciating bokeh....my Mom has said the same thing at times...asking me when I could learn to get the backgrounds in focus? I wonder now...how many people that view our shots have the same thoughts but remain silent?

Maybe we need a thread that emphasizes total image sharpness??? I think we might see some pretty ugly shots of blooms and such!

Regards!

[photoptimist]

It was sort of startling to find someone not appreciating bokeh....my Mom has said the same thing at times...asking me when I could learn to get the backgrounds in focus? I wonder now...how many people that view our shots have the same thoughts but remain silent?

Maybe we need a thread that emphasizes total image sharpness??? I think we might see some pretty ugly shots of blooms and such!

Regards!

Actually, your Mom and Grandson would probably NOT like fully-focused images for reasons peculiar to how human vision differs from the camera.

The human brain uses binocular vision and the motion of the head to visually separate and distinguish foreground objects from background objects. We see in 3D and thus have no problem seeing a dove in front of a squirrel-yellowed shrubbery. But a still photo is taken with one unmoving eye so the fully focused picture would look like a dove hidden in a cluttered field.

This difference is why so many untrained photographers often create images with poles coming out of people's heads -- their brain automatically separated the foreground person from the background pole but their camera didn't. Until the photographer learns to see the way the camera sees (or uses techniques like bokeh) to manually create in a still image what a moving pair of eyes create, they'll create less pleasing images.

P.S. Love your doves (and bokeh)!

[Rupert]

The human brain uses binocular vision and the motion of the head to visually separate and distinguish foreground objects from background objects.

Very interesting and informative! Thanks! I just know I like bokeh I see in this thread...and don't want doves pecking my eyes out!

P.S. Love your doves (and bokeh)!

Thank you! The Bigma is not exactly a bokeh machine, but it does do half decent and better than I would expect from such a long range lens of medium quality.

Regards!

[paulh]

it is a shame you couldn't get the background in focus like you did the bird."

Don't feel bad - my mom said the same when I sent her a few flower/bokeh photos .
btw, great work here guys - keep it up!

[reh321]

Is bokeh all we think it is, or are we obsessed? I ask because my oldest grandson was looking at these I shot this morning and said "Grandpa, it is a shame you couldn't get the background in focus like you did the bird."

I guess we all see things differently?

For me, it depends on the circumstances. Most of the time, when I'm taking picture of a bird, or a mammal, I don't want a bunch of visual clutter in the background or foreground. If I'm taking a picture of a building or an event, I may want the surroundings to provide context.

[wtlwdwgn]

Does a Spanish dove coo in Castilian rather than Latino?

[Rupert]

Does a Spanish dove coo in Castilian rather than Latino?

Amazingly they are pretty quiet birds.....but here in Texas they can speak Tex-Mex fairly fluently.

Regards!

[Riggomatic]

It was sort of startling to find someone not appreciating bokeh....my Mom has said the same thing at times...asking me when I could learn to get the backgrounds in focus? I wonder now...how many people that view our shots have the same thoughts but remain silent?

Maybe we need a thread that emphasizes total image sharpness??? I think we might see some pretty ugly shots of blooms and such!

Regards!

I tried to get the background in focus on this one, but I can't seem to rotate my aperture past f2.8 on my 55mm

[Rupert]

I tried to get the background in focus on this one, but I can't seem to rotate my aperture past f2.8 on my 55mm

Very neat shot, and superb bokeh! My grandson would feel sorry for you, but not me!

Regards!

[IgorZ]

Some seagull bokeh from a recent trip to Montreal

[taks]

@taks That last red one is perfectly gorgeous....love that little birdie too....a cutie!

Thank you for the kind words

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"Grandpa, it is a shame you couldn't get the background in focus like you did the bird."

Funny Your grandson's words would be a bokeh=missing the point in Japanese(out of focus)

[Jacchini]

Gotta love the East Germans...

P'tite fleur by Tormod Dalen, sur Flickr

[GUB]

K01 with tair 300A.
This statue stands out on its own in a field. It marks the mass grave of local Maori who perished in the 1918 influenza epidemic.