Question for the bokeh connoisseurs

Question for the bokeh connoisseurs · 06:25 AM

Bellow are some inartistic images taken with the only purpose to show up the bokeh capabilities of a lens. Bokeh wise can you please describe what is good and/or what is not good in the following images?

Thanks.

BBear · 08-14-2008, 06:56 AM

Bokeh is somehow subjective to taste, but most people tend to like "creamy" bokehs over rough ones.

All your pictures have a great creamy bokeh to my tastings. You have very nicely composed the pictures so that you had contrasty colors in the background. Put some flashlights/candles/flash pointing at the background and you may even get more interesting bokeh effects!

I'll post a bokeh that I dont like for comparison, because I think thats what you are looking for.

Later

BB

Nesster · 08-14-2008, 07:03 AM

you chose distances very well, as apart from a couple of hot spots the bokeh is very creamy and smooth indeed.

Most lenses will have a zone where various 'not good' artifacts start to appear: hard ring edges or chromatic separation etc. For many lenses this zone is large, for others it is small. And the zone depends on conditions: relative distances and aperture used to name two, within the constants of focal length and design decision in the various corrections applied. In my (limited) experience investigating this, less corrected or less 'sharp' lenses tend to have a larger smooth bokeh zone.

melander · 08-14-2008, 11:38 AM

I like the bokeh where you see the aparture blade shape as circles, as in the bottom shot. Especially when its alot of details in the background

like the nokton 58/1,4

https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-slr-lens-discussion/20336-voigtlan...-nokton-6.html

Voe · 08-14-2008, 08:04 PM

Originally posted by melander

I like the bokeh where you see the aparture blade shape as circles, as in the bottom shot. Especially when its alot of details in the background

I thought most people dislike when the circles are too obvious. As for me, I don't mind the bright circles at all.

ftpaddict · 08-15-2008, 12:51 AM

I know I like the third one best because the background is very smooth and abstract.

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08-14-2008, 06:56 AM	#2
BBear Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: CT / NY Photos: Gallery Posts: 822	Bokeh is somehow subjective to taste, but most people tend to like "creamy" bokehs over rough ones. All your pictures have a great creamy bokeh to my tastings. You have very nicely composed the pictures so that you had contrasty colors in the background. Put some flashlights/candles/flash pointing at the background and you may even get more interesting bokeh effects! I'll post a bokeh that I dont like for comparison, because I think thats what you are looking for. Later BB

08-14-2008, 07:03 AM	#3
Nesster Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NJ USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 13,072	you chose distances very well, as apart from a couple of hot spots the bokeh is very creamy and smooth indeed. Most lenses will have a zone where various 'not good' artifacts start to appear: hard ring edges or chromatic separation etc. For many lenses this zone is large, for others it is small. And the zone depends on conditions: relative distances and aperture used to name two, within the constants of focal length and design decision in the various corrections applied. In my (limited) experience investigating this, less corrected or less 'sharp' lenses tend to have a larger smooth bokeh zone.

08-14-2008, 11:38 AM	#4
melander Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sweden, Umea Posts: 876	I like the bokeh where you see the aparture blade shape as circles, as in the bottom shot. Especially when its alot of details in the background like the nokton 58/1,4 https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-slr-lens-discussion/20336-voigtlan...-nokton-6.html

08-14-2008, 08:04 PM	#5
Voe Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Sydney Photos: Gallery Posts: 719 Original Poster	Originally posted by melander I like the bokeh where you see the aparture blade shape as circles, as in the bottom shot. Especially when its alot of details in the background I thought most people dislike when the circles are too obvious. As for me, I don't mind the bright circles at all.

08-15-2008, 12:51 AM	#6
ftpaddict Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Yurp Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,666	I know I like the third one best because the background is very smooth and abstract.