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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
09-06-2021, 02:14 PM
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Super Cosina 100-500mm f/5.8-8 MC Macro
I'm discovering this is a great 'stingey-bitey thing' lens since to get this kind of shot I still have to be like 10 feet away to do so.
 Canadian Thistle by Jody Roberts, on Flickr
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
10-21-2016, 12:26 PM
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How about some budget zoom bokeh?
f/6.7
 May 25, 2016 - Apple Blossoms by Jody Roberts, on Flickr
f/6.7
 IMGP9090 by Jody Roberts, on Flickr
f/8
 May 20, 2016 - Dandelions by Jody Roberts, on Flickr
f/9.5 (this shot hospitalized me, literally)
 May 18, 2016 - Spared by Jody Roberts, on Flickr
f/8
 May 14, 2016 - Blossoms by Jody Roberts, on Flickr
f/8
 May 6, 2015 - Solar Powered Clothes Dryer by Jody Roberts, on Flickr
So yep, none of these shots were taken wide open, this cheap old zoom is a bokeh beast. The lens is a Miranda 70-210mm variable aperture... something. Want to say 4.0-5.6.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
09-15-2012, 10:41 PM
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In going back and pulling some sample shots I took with my FA28-90, I realized just why I love that cheap piece of plastic so much. That thing can crank out bokeh even stopped down - I used it as my daily walkaround lens, and so never really tried much 'artsy' stuff like I would with my manual primes, which is a pity in hindsight. Come tax season when I grab a K-30 or K-5II I'll have to see what all I can do with the thing when I actually try.
Patrick by Jody Roberts, on Flickr
untitled.jpg by Jody Roberts, on Flickr
untitled-2.jpg by Jody Roberts, on Flickr
untitled-4.jpg by Jody Roberts, on Flickr
untitled-2.jpg by Jody Roberts, on Flickr
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
07-12-2012, 09:18 PM
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Crossposted, but I just re-discovered this shot I'd taken tonight while looking for examples from my cheap 28mm sears lens.
It kinda has a bit of a bokesplosion going on.
Photographer; Lewiston, Maine by Jody Roberts, on Flickr
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
03-10-2012, 06:06 PM
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Today, I learned that my plasticy FA 28-90 is a fantastic bokeh lens, even stopped down.
Here are three shots from today that kind of shows off what that cheap lens pulled off for me.
First was a railroad overpass, second was a scrubby pine next to the apartment building, and thrid was a screwup (shot it at... f/20?). I'm including it hair-on-the-sensor and all just because I was amazed that I even had bokeh and that the bokeh wasn't horrible at such a narrow aperture.
Only very mild cropping and leveling was done via Picasa on these. New PC means I haven't had the chance to get anything decent on for editing installed yet.
Train Overpass Bokeh; Watervile, Maine by Jody Roberts, on Flickr
Piney Bokeh by Jody Roberts, on Flickr
f/20 Bokeh by Jody Roberts, on Flickr
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
01-23-2012, 07:28 PM
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I love how this one turned out. +1
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
01-22-2012, 08:37 AM
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I've had people say that about shots where I was going for the shallow depth of field as well.
This one sticks in my mind in particular from people complaining that the DoF was too narrow. I'm like "But... but that was the POINT!" D-:
Day 42 - Tau Tau by Jody Roberts, on Flickr
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
01-20-2012, 05:16 PM
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Some of us are just insulated against the shock of that kind of humor, don't worry.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
09-11-2011, 10:53 AM
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Parade Bokeh. Had a freight train roll through right before the parade we went to the other day. Shot with a Sigma 70-300.
6 by Jody Roberts, on Flickr
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
08-16-2011, 01:08 PM
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28mm with bokeh?
Yes, please. :)
Shot with an old Auto Sears MC 28mm macro lens.
Flower Bokeh by Jody Roberts, on Flickr
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
08-10-2011, 11:33 AM
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Sears 75-260, f4.5, shot somewhere on the wider end of things. I really do need to keep better track of what apertures I'm shooting when going manual. :) Quality is affected due to the fact I shot this through a plate glass window when he landed all of 6 feet away from me.
Catbird by Jody Roberts, on Flickr
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
07-05-2011, 09:50 PM
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I've taken to putting a signature bar on my photos - not sure if it'll become a habit or not but I kind of like it. Here's some recent bokeh, mostly courtesy of a cheap 75-260 Sears f/4.5 close focus sometimes combined with an old Vivitar 2x teleconverter.
June 5, 2011 by Jody Roberts, on Flickr
June 17, 2011 by Jody Roberts, on Flickr
June 21, 2011 by Jody Roberts, on Flickr
June 24, 2011 by Jody Roberts, on Flickr
June 27, 2011 by Jody Roberts, on Flickr
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
06-25-2011, 11:28 PM
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Auto Sears MC 75-260 f/4.5. Bought it without knowing the thing even HAD a close focus setting, but even more the bokeh it produces! Its nice all the way across the range, even at f/22. The lens is slow, but I can live with that.
Probably at f/4.5
Grass Seed by Jody Roberts, on Flickr
f/16 or f/22 (you can see the sensor crud in this one)
Nightshade by Jody Roberts, on Flickr
f/4.5
Daisy by Jody Roberts, on Flickr
And again at 4.5 :)
Duncan Butterfly by Jody Roberts, on Flickr
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