n0b0 wrote:
Great composition but I find the bokeh slightly distracting.
Thank you for your comments, nObO. I know what you mean. I guess you like the creamy bokeh like from the 85L, or from its bigger cousin, Rokkor 58mm 1.2.
Actually, if the circular bokeh wasn't so pronounced, it would've given the photo a painterly look, like the part under the longest flower. I love that kind of bokeh.
kop.cppua wrote:
Thank you for your comments, nObO. I know what you mean. I guess you like the creamy bokeh like from the 85L, or from its bigger cousin, Rokkor 58mm 1.2.
CP
The Rokkors exibit what I call the "slinky" bokeh and I generally like it. It tends to give an image a sense of brittleness and fragility which works on my eye in some instances. At the same time, I've seen some examples on the Alt. Forum where those Rokkors overpowered the entire image with intrusive "slinkies" to the point of causing me a bilateral migraine.
Either way, we've got to remind ourselves that not all good things in life are neccessarily "creamy", "buttery" or "tack sharp".
That one is oversaturated I think. The others are great though.
I hear you. I wrestled with this one a lot. Honestly, the saturation is not pumped up that much (backlit afternoon sun and I guess a bit of iridescent with all the minute purple hairs), but I stood on the image simply because it seems pretty abstract to begin with.
As far as gear, all with the 1D mkIII. First and third shot with the 70-200 2.8 and a 25mm Kenko tube. Second shot with the 300 2.8 I believe (shot in spring, the other two last week).
I am grateful for my wife's green thumb, which makes for a lot of wonderful subjects in the plant world and animal visitors to it (we're swarming with hummers).
