[esrandall]

Not a flower! Here's a rock!


ancient texture

Very cool -- looks like a cross=section of ancient bone.

In nature, colors never clash.

---John Muir---

Agreed -- and beautiful. Really nice

[rbefly]

Hope I can join too! There are some great photos so far.
Here's my entry, taken with a Vivitar S1 Bokina with 1:1 adaptor, used on a K10D, tripod, etc.
Ron

[starjedi]

Hope I can join too! There are some great photos so far.
Here's my entry, taken with a Vivitar S1 Bokina with 1:1 adaptor, used on a K10D, tripod, etc.
Ron

Great.... Bonika..

[shooz]

A very tiny orchid at that. With a taste of bokeh from the M50 macro.

[starjedi]

A very tiny orchid at that. With a taste of bokeh from the M50 macro.

Great!

[cybertaff]

bit of a jokey one

[GUB]

This morning I chucked a newly acquired Helios 44 (that is 58mm f2 uncoated ) on my K30 and headed out for a play. I had walked past this Hebe a hundred times before and always discounted it as a ball of blue nothings but this time I chose to bend over and take a bracket of shots with the lens full open and the camera on LV.
Sheer luck
Do any of you lay claim to being able to visualize and bring to fruition a preplanned bokeh image?
Or are you all like me out there trying your luck and hoping the goddesses Pentaxia and Heliosia are smiling your way?

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[esrandall]

K-50
Tamron 90mm
f/3.2
1/100
ISO 100

---------- Post added 11-07-14 at 08:59 PM ----------

This morning I chucked a newly acquired Helios 44 (that is 58mm f2 uncoated ) on my K30 and headed out for a play. I had walked past this Hebe a hundred times before and always discounted it as a ball of blue nothings but this time I chose to bend over and take a bracket of shots with the lens full open and the camera on LV.
Sheer luck
Do any of you lay claim to being able to visualize and bring to fruition a preplanned bokeh image?
Or are you all like me out there trying your luck and hoping the goddesses Pentaxia and Heliosia are smiling your way?

Beautiful

I just try to get some distance between the subject and the background, and let the chips fall...

[Dewman]

Hope I can join too! There are some great photos so far.
Here's my entry, taken with a Vivitar S1 Bokina with 1:1 adaptor, used on a K10D, tripod, etc.
Ron

Gorgeous colors! Very nice.


Dewman
SW Idaho, USA

[Dewman]

This is NOT a very pleasant bokeh, but I'll post it for it's uniqueness. It's very difficult to look at the photo for very long, as it tends to overload the visual senses.
When I took this picture, I was merely looking for a reasonably contrasting background, not knowing I would end up with something THIS wild! Cross-posted image.


Dewman
SW Idaho, USA

---------- Post added 11-08-14 at 07:13 AM ----------

[esrandall]

@Dewman -- it looks like it's re-entering the Earth's atmosphere out of warp drive

[Dewman]

A very tiny orchid at that. With a taste of bokeh from the M50 macro.

A stunning photograph, sir! Superb focus.... nice colors and composition. A top drawer, very professional image.


Dewman
SW Idaho, USA

[starjedi]

@Dewman -- it looks like it's re-entering the Earth's atmosphere out of warp drive

yeah.

---------- Post added 11-10-14 at 11:00 AM ----------

K-50
Tamron 90mm
f/3.2
1/100
ISO 100

---------- Post added 11-07-14 at 08:59 PM ----------

Beautiful

I just try to get some distance between the subject and the background, and let the chips fall...

Very pleasant bokeh!

[Dewman]

This morning I chucked a newly acquired Helios 44 (that is 58mm f2 uncoated ) on my K30 and headed out for a play. I had walked past this Hebe a hundred times before and always discounted it as a ball of blue nothings but this time I chose to bend over and take a bracket of shots with the lens full open and the camera on LV.
Sheer luck
Do any of you lay claim to being able to visualize and bring to fruition a preplanned bokeh image?
Or are you all like me out there trying your luck and hoping the goddesses Pentaxia and Heliosia are smiling your way?

This is one of the most remarkable photos I've seen in a long, long time! I would think it is very marketable. It has some serious potential. I would think Hallmark would pay dearly to have this! Perfect in every aspect! Bravo!


Dewman
SW Idaho, USA

[GUB]

A very tiny orchid at that. With a taste of bokeh from the M50 macro.

I keep coming back to this image and admiring it. I guess the the key to a good bokeh is that it matches the subject-- this bokeh could easily be too busy for say a portrait but it matches the crazy curves of the orchid to perfection. The other great thing about the image is the juxtaposition of the sepia subject over the splashes of colour.