What happened?
Feb 24, 2012 17:20:56 #
Why did the bokeh go crazy? How did I do this, and how can I control it? (no cropping or PP on this photo)
Feb 24, 2012 18:09:25 #
We need to know what lens and camera. I am betting a zoom lens and zoomed out pretty far. All lenses have different bokeh.
Erv
Erv
Feb 24, 2012 18:14:36 #
It was a Canon T1i with a 50mm/1.4. There was no zoom. I took about 20 pictures in this set and many of them had these effect - some of them linear, others more circular like this one. I can post more.
Feb 24, 2012 19:02:45 #
Bokeh is a characteristic of the lens and changes with the aperture. The number and shape of the aperture blades has a LOT to do with the effect. What you are seeing is the effect at that particular aperture setting, it may indeed be quite different at another aperture.
Feb 24, 2012 23:24:17 #
docrob
Loc: Durango, Colorado
Anniekatetoo wrote:
Why did the bokeh go crazy? How did I do this, and how can I control it? (no cropping or PP on this photo)
i believe you are seeing reflections from water droplets - so no your bokeh did not go crazy. You ask how can I control it?
No easy answer but the simplist is to pay attention the entire frame - pay attention to backgrounds, pay attention to specular highlights .... just pay attention - and trust yourself to figure it out.
Feb 25, 2012 00:53:46 #
Annie, I have a few pictures I'd like to post and show you some of my bokeh that looks just like yours, if you wouldn't mind.
Erv
Erv
Anniekatetoo wrote:
Why did the bokeh go crazy? How did I do this, and how can I control it? (no cropping or PP on this photo)
Feb 25, 2012 06:31:16 #
I don.t want to appear totally stupid but here goes. What is bokah???? Is it a good thing or bad?
Feb 25, 2012 06:45:59 #
digicamking
Loc: Raleigh, NC
My opinion is that the white spots are out of focus highlights. High lights in a background will be out of focus and that will create the effect I am seeing. It may be something enirely different but that is my guess.
Feb 25, 2012 07:30:18 #
AnnMurrey wrote:
I don.t want to appear totally stupid but here goes. What is bokah???? Is it a good thing or bad?
Blurry background....I actually like it and would try cropping the photo in different ways.....
Feb 25, 2012 08:11:06 #
Anniekatetoo wrote:
Why did the bokeh go crazy? How did I do this, and how can I control it? (no cropping or PP on this photo)
Chances are you had you camera set to an aperture of f/5.6 or some such similar setting. Blurring the background out and causing the lit areas to become prominent in the form of bokeh.
See this example from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokeh
Feb 25, 2012 08:18:30 #
Bokeh is the area in a photo where the focus goes soft. It is very much in the control of the photographer . By changing your camera settings ( iso,shutter speed and aperture ) you can control "bokeh". I find it to be a very interesting part of taking photos. :)
Feb 25, 2012 08:39:23 #
J, Love your avatar, but not this early :) how did you do it? I thought it was me for a bit.
Erv
Erv
jveau wrote:
Bokeh is the area in a photo where the focus goes soft. It is very much in the control of the photographer . By changing your camera settings ( iso,shutter speed and aperture ) you can control "bokeh". I find it to be a very interesting part of taking photos. :)
Feb 25, 2012 08:52:12 #
Erv, yes please post your photos. That would be great. I really love to have a little bokeh in my photos, particularly because I like to take portraits. My issue has been, I don't know how to control it. I love the idea of taking the pictures with different apertures to get the bokeh under control. With this image, I find it distracting.
Feb 25, 2012 09:12:26 #
Feb 25, 2012 09:14:29 #
These were taken with my Nikon 28-300. Setting was F5.6 at 300mm. I was chasing this guy in the flower beds, that were in the shade. He flew into the tree about 30-40 feet up. So I just snap a shot just for fun. Should have changed settings. This lens has really bad bokeh at times. But is an awesome lens for a carry round, and sharp.
The first one is the original,then I cropped it 2 times to see how sharp the lens was. I was getting ready to go out to Oregon. So I was out playing to get use to the lens. In the first shoot it's not to bad.. but! ;)
Erv
The first one is the original,then I cropped it 2 times to see how sharp the lens was. I was getting ready to go out to Oregon. So I was out playing to get use to the lens. In the first shoot it's not to bad.. but! ;)
Erv
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