canon 40D
300mmf4 at 5.6

Camera - Canon 40D
Lens - EF100-400L
ISO - 500
Focal Length - 275mm
Aperture - f/5.6
Exposure - 1/160s

Camera Model - Nikon D90
Lens - 50 mm f/1.4
Aperture - f/1.6
Shutter Speed - 1/30
ISO - 200

I am not odd, I just Stand Out



Camera Model - Nikon D300
Lens - Tamron 90mm f/2.8
Aperture - f/4
Shutter Speed - 1/60
ISO - 200

more like OOF ? where's the focus point?

peace peace

bokeh is out of focus area

yah.. but can u see a point which are in focus?

actually i take alook at some bokeh shots from devianart gallery...alot of ppl out there actually didnt include a focus point in the picture..everything is just OOF..i guess its just sumthing diff from the 'traditional' bokeh we always seen..to me..i think its more about the 'mood' created by the picture itself...whether u focus on a subject or eveyrthing OOF..it doesnt really matter...


just my 2cents worth

peace peace...

yeah u have a point there.. let start a healty debate on this.. if OOF is consider bokeh.. than any lens with any aparture also can created it am i right?

in DSLR photographer try to make a subject stand out by making the backgroud blur to make the subject stand out like u see from most of the potrait picture u can see the subject stand out from the picture due to the backgroud boked and blured

forexample if u shot a girl and the girl also boked all blur with the background do u still think this picture is nice? lol

and if want to created the entired blury image u can use 50mm F16 manual focus shot it with super close distance u will get blured cos its oof

this is what i am trying to express

pls dont feel offended am here to make friend and not start a argue lol better make it clear first haha

dont u think so? which is y i ask where's the focus point

calvin_gsc, great shots and colors!

mitmivec: I think a picture with nothing in focus is legit. After all the title is bokeh-ness.

If anything, the thing that disturbs me more is distracting bokeh. If I shoot a detailed background that becomes 'flaky' instead of creamy, with double outlines, or brightlined borders, I'd probably shoot again to avoid such bokeh. There are quite a few shots here that have this (even from legendary lenses) but people don't mind, or they like it, so I don't say anything.

Anyway back to bokeh!



Industar 61 L/Z 50mm F2.8 at F8 with a700. The stars come in at F5.6-8.

hahah.. okok got what u guys mean

nt trying to argue or wadever..since when a less-than-1month-old photographer could argue with u guys..hahaz...

i agree that we shd usually hav our subject in focus while making everything else blur so that it would b more stand-out...but sometimes the 'rule' could b broken to show a photograher's creativity and most imptly he is able to delivery wad he is trying to say in the picture...showing ppl the correct 'mood' when he is taking the picture...

just like the famous rule of third..im sure we wont hav to follow it all the time...after all its just a recommended way of shooting..nothing wrong if u don follow..

cheers..

Camera: Nikon D3
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1600)
Aperture: f/1.4
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 200


Boring pic.

Yo, my 1st Bokeh contribution.
Taken at the Avenue of Stars, HK.
Hope u guys like it~!



Camera - Lumix LX3
Aperture - f/2.6
Shutter - 2.0s
ISO - 80

Planning to get micro lens la ni But this one is ori ooo...If plastic, I'll tell you in the first place, buddy

And today contribution... this one also real one



Camera Model: NIKON D70s
Lens: AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6G VR
Aperture: f5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/30
Focal Length: 55mm
ISO: 400

dis one also plastic insect ryte? haha juz kidin bro..bro macro lens faster bro,so dat i can borrow

I admit that macro is best when snapping for bokeh...but what to do, still not enough fund to get it

And this one is plastic, like real one as you have before



Camera Model: NIKON D70s
Lens: AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6G VR
Aperture: f5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/60
Focal Length: 55mm
ISO: 800

huwaa..u kinda hav a lot of plastic insect ya buddy

Hahaha... Ya lo...easy to shoot ma...

Ok la...I give here the another real one...flower



Camera Model: Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 II
Aperture: f4.5
Shutter Speed: 1/1600
Focal Length: 34mm
ISO: 400

Perhaps you should lower down your ISO to 100 and increase the aperture to f8 to get the subject more in focus.