More bokeh explorations
Oct 20, 2016 08:20:53 #
It's been a while since I posted anything, but I have been deeply experimenting with vintage lenses in terms of bokeh. It's opened my eyes to a whole world in photography that I barely knew existed. I have always gone for the best lenses, most highly corrected, looked for sharpness, contrast, etc--bought the whole line on modern optics being the best. And indeed that is fine for normal photography, but I'm posting here some examples of another direction that I find highly intriguing. Hope you enjoy...
Modified Taylor and Hobson 3 inch f1.8 projection lens
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Modified Taylor and Hobson 3 inch f1.8 projection lens
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Taylor Taylor and Hobson Cooke Ivotal 25mm f1.4 cine lens
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Meyer Domiron 50mm f2
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Modified Taylor and Hobson 3 inch f1.8 projection lens
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Wollensak Oscillo-Raptar 75mm f1.9
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Isco-Gottingen Westar 75mm f2.9
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Dallmeyer Super Six Anastigmat 1 inch f1.9 cine lens
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Dallmeyer Dallac Tele Anastigmat 10.5 inch f6.7
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Ilex Oscillo-Paragon 80mm f1.3
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Oct 20, 2016 08:56:06 #
Awesome pictures with excellent bokeh.
kymarto wrote:
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Oct 20, 2016 17:43:29 #
kymarto wrote:
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Sorry I don't see any I like, I find them all to be very un-desirable/distracting!
Oct 20, 2016 18:15:36 #
kymarto wrote:
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Beautiful work!!!!!!!!!!!
Oct 21, 2016 03:16:18 #
speters wrote:
Sorry I don't see any I like, I find them all to be very un-desirable/distracting!
Certainly not to everybody's taste. I happen to love them.
Oct 21, 2016 05:41:40 #
All very nice kymarto, - #3 has particular appeal for me. Taylor Hobson Cooke made/makes some classic glass - Your images today are outstanding
Oct 21, 2016 06:20:06 #
kymarto wrote:
Certainly not to everybody's taste. I happen to love them.
Some VERY COOL work !!!!
Oct 21, 2016 06:20:48 #
Wow. I like the effect. You do have a lot of lenses. After looking at your work for a while in download there is an effect suggesting the results of drawing with pastel chalks. The results you got suggest a lot of hard work behind the camera and in front of the computer.
Oct 21, 2016 06:56:39 #
I went a bit crazy, researching and buying lenses that have specific bokeh effects. I am not a fan of so-called "creamy" bokeh--I like edgy bokeh, usually a result of badly corrected spherical aberration. It turns out that different lens designs have very specific out of focus rendendering: for instance triplets tend to create the famous "bubble bokeh" of the Trioplan, and a double gauss design creates a specific doubling effect so desired in lenses like the Dallmeyer Super Six. I didn't know any of this several months ago, but it turns out that there is a well-established bokeh subculture--especially in East Asia--which has been thriving for about a decade or so. The advent of mirrorless cameras with very short flange distances now make it possible to use old lenses that would not mount on a dslr or even a standard rangefinder camera like the Leica. So suddenly lenses that were basically being thrown away (such as 16mm Bolex C mount lenses) are now fetching a premium.
I don't actually do a lot of post-processing--no filters really that add anything. I generally optimize the curve and tweak the shadows and highlights, run some selective sharpening (not a lot) with Topaz Detail 3, and then run through Topaz Simplify to lightly define edges without sacrificing details. It is the lenses that really make the difference. Especially some old cine lenses have interesting petzval-like effects outside their intended area of coverage. At the moment this particular thing has got me by the short hairs--hopefully I will also return to some normal photography soon ;)
I don't actually do a lot of post-processing--no filters really that add anything. I generally optimize the curve and tweak the shadows and highlights, run some selective sharpening (not a lot) with Topaz Detail 3, and then run through Topaz Simplify to lightly define edges without sacrificing details. It is the lenses that really make the difference. Especially some old cine lenses have interesting petzval-like effects outside their intended area of coverage. At the moment this particular thing has got me by the short hairs--hopefully I will also return to some normal photography soon ;)
Oct 21, 2016 07:21:04 #
Oct 21, 2016 07:52:58 #
kymarto wrote:
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Terrific photos with unconventional lenses!
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