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About that Bokeh (Another FF/m43 comparison)

Started Sep 15, 2015 | Discussions thread
Gerry Siegel
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Re: About that Bokeh (Another FF/m43 comparison)
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BruceB609 wrote:

This shot, in NYC, has enough information in the background blur to indicate a city location, that she was probably sitting in relation to standing figures in the back. The circles in the blur accentuate the same in her eyes or what she's wearing. If I'd taken this same shot with extensive blur I'd have marred this opportunity. I may as well have shown you something that was taken in front of a bright mottled canvas backdrop in the studio… or wherever.

Nice portrait Bruce. Very natural and sharp from little fingers to her ears. No unseemly distortion either. And In this case the light and shapes in the back give a sense of place and match the leisurely quality of her pose. So you actually achieve the holy bokeh effect of interesting background without slighting the foreground where I placed my first attention. A good nay great example Bruce of making the smalish sensor format work for you. Bravo. Nice work...gs

Got to add that bokeh discussions take on a theological nature, rather than a here' s how nature.  What you managed takes experience.  Not more not less...no magic formula. No theological Grace so to  speak.....Linhof Technikardan or EPL 5 it is the M.O. that counts we suggest.

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