Show us your Bokeh

[Plain Nev]

Particularly struck by how smooth it appears on this Mamiya/Sekor SX lens mounted on my Fuji XT3. Any more connoisseurs of blur?

 

[woof woof]

Very nice Neville. You might have missed the thread for bokeh...

The shameless bokeh thread

I couldn't see a thread dedicated to bokeh, so let's have one. This is a place to show off all that lovely bokeh. Here are a couple to start us off. Then it's your turn! Lineas. Bokeh. La Gente. Mis Cosas Favoritas! by Ricardodaforce, on Flickr Millones de Luces by Ricardodaforce, on...

www.talkphotography.co.uk

I take the odd wide aperture picture but most of my pictures are stopped down a bit. I suppose I take wide aperture pictures the most when I get a new lens and I'm testing it out. At the mo I have the usual 35 and 50mm f1.4/f1.8 plus a 50mm f1.1 and a 40mm f1.2.

 

[AndrewFlannigan]

I'm not posh enough for bokeh, so I stick to out of focus backgrounds. Soligor 400mm preset on a Nikon F...

 

[Don Fischer]

Is this bokeh?

 

[medwaygreen]

Taken in 2010. Ashdown forest. Nikon D70s,Nikkor 70-300mm @300mm.

 

[Plain Nev]

Very nice Neville. You might have missed the thread for bokeh...

The shameless bokeh thread

I couldn't see a thread dedicated to bokeh, so let's have one. This is a place to show off all that lovely bokeh. Here are a couple to start us off. Then it's your turn! Lineas. Bokeh. La Gente. Mis Cosas Favoritas! by Ricardodaforce, on Flickr Millones de Luces by Ricardodaforce, on...

www.talkphotography.co.uk

I take the odd wide aperture picture but most of my pictures are stopped down a bit. I suppose I take wide aperture pictures the most when I get a new lens and I'm testing it out. At the mo I have the usual 35 and 50mm f1.4/f1.8 plus a 50mm f1.1 and a 40mm f1.2.

You're right. I hadn't realised there was one already. Perhaps a kindly moderator will merge them.

Is this bokeh?

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Absolutely! That's a lovely shot, and exactly how it should be applied, I think.

 

[Don Fischer]

 

[Graham W]

 

[Plain Nev]

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Super blurry. I like that.

 

[Graham W]

Super blurry. I like that.

f 1.8 on a Fuji 35mm f1.4 close as possible to the post.

 

[skullfunkerry]

I love a blurry background; or even a blurry most of the subject

7Artisans 35mm F/0.95:






And this was with the Fuji 100-400:

 

[Plain Nev]

I love a blurry background; or even a blurry most of the subject

7Artisans 35mm F/0.95:
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And this was with the Fuji 100-400:
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That does look nice. I've toyed with the idea of the TT Artisan's 35mm.

 

[Gav.]

Hi, do these work


Damselfly by Gavin Wickham, on Flickr


Ooooo... flower by Gavin Wickham, on Flickr


Hares 5 by Gavin Wickham, on Flickr

 

[Plain Nev]

Hi, do these work


Damselfly by Gavin Wickham, on Flickr


Ooooo... flower by Gavin Wickham, on Flickr


Hares 5 by Gavin Wickham, on Flickr

Definitely.

 

[skullfunkerry]

That does look nice. I've toyed with the idea of the TT Artisan's 35mm.

I like it a lot. I find it much easier to focus than some of the other manual lenses I've tried, and it feels very solid and well made - it's all metal, I think. The control rings are really nicely damped, too

 

[Plain Nev]

This afternoon in the garden.

 

[Rubber Soul]

Puffin on the Isle of May
Puffin Bokeh by Gary Cantwell, on Flickr

 

[macvisual]

Busy Bee by APM Photography, on Flickr

 

[snerkler]

1.

A1_04128-Enhanced-NR by Toby Gunnee, on Flickr

2.

A9_06714 by Toby Gunnee, on Flickr

3.

DSC_8729 by Toby Gunnee, on Flickr

4.

A1_07414 by Toby Gunnee, on Flickr

5.

A1_07659-Edit by Toby Gunnee, on Flickr

6.

A1_09026-Enhanced-NR by Toby Gunnee, on Flickr

7.

A1_02976 by Toby Gunnee, on Flickr

8.

A9_01368 by Toby Gunnee, on Flickr

 

[Tringa]

Meadow pipit

pip by Dave Marley, on Flickr


Dave

 

[Plain Nev]

1.

A1_04128-Enhanced-NR by Toby Gunnee, on Flickr

2.

A9_06714 by Toby Gunnee, on Flickr

3.

DSC_8729 by Toby Gunnee, on Flickr

4.

A1_07414 by Toby Gunnee, on Flickr

5.

A1_07659-Edit by Toby Gunnee, on Flickr

6.

A1_09026-Enhanced-NR by Toby Gunnee, on Flickr

7.

A1_02976 by Toby Gunnee, on Flickr

8.

A9_01368 by Toby Gunnee, on Flickr

Wow! Particularly like the ones of the squirrel.

 

[PeteStewardson]

A couple from me.

 

[snerkler]

Wow! Particularly like the ones of the squirrel.

Thank you

 

[James J]

A little bit of f0.95 madness

 

[Gav.]

Hare by Gavin Wickham, on Flickr

 

[woof woof]

I always liked this one. Mrs WW in the snow.

 

[skullfunkerry]

X-T4 & XF 35mm F1.4:

 

[BillN_33]

Nikon D300 + Nikon 300mm f4 D lens @f4 - ISO 800 and 1/400th sec

un-cropped image and soft light - I was lucky as it was straight in front of me - 2.5 meters away

tiny birds but they can get used to humans - garden in S Africa

Southern Skimmer Dragonfly at f18 - 1/200th - ISO 500 - Nikon D750 with 300mm f4 + TC14

local "pond" in France

 

[Compuwight]

White Tailed Eagle Nikon 500PF

 

[swanseamale47]

Couple from a few years ago.Sigma 105mm macro lens.

 

[Ed Sutton]