He would, but it's all out of focus...
> On 5 May 2014, at 21:33, "John" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Proofread Larry. > >> On 5/5/2014 1:57 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >>> On May 5, 2014, at 10:42 AM, John <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> That's the way I understand bokeh, so it's at least a minority of two. >> >> Bokeh is the quality (what it’s like, not the goodness) of what is out of >> focus, not what it out of focus. Anyone who says otherwise is wrong. >> >> >>> >>>> On 5/4/2014 8:04 PM, Bryan Jacoby wrote: >>>> I don't mean to be particular (sometimes pronounced "jerk"), but I >>>> believe that bokeh is the aesthetic quality of the out of focus areas >>>> of an image. What you are talking about is the degree to which the >>>> background is out of focus (akin to, but not precisely the same as, >>>> depth of field -- I say not precisely the same as because even in your >>>> f/5.6 image the background flowers are clearly outside the depth of >>>> field). Your usage of bokeh is quite common (in fact perhaps becoming >>>> so common that I'm in the minority here, in which case you may call me >>>> a misinformed jerk rather than just a jerk), but I'm not sure that >>>> it's correct. >>>> >>>> From the OED: >>>> >>>> The visual quality of the out-of-focus areas of a photographic image, >>>> especially as rendered by a particular lens: >>>> 'a quick, visual survey of the foreground and background bokeh of a >>>> variety of lenses' >>>> 'It is easily light enough for a handheld supertelephoto lens, but >>>> what would the bokeh be like?' >>>> 'Many buy this lens to escape the often poor bokeh of the Vega, but is >>>> it really better?' >>>> 'Some folks feel the best bokeh has an undefined, blurred edge.' >>>> >>>> Nice photos, though! >>>> >>>>> On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Tim Bray <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Thinking about the differences between an F1.4 and an F5.6 tulip: >>>>> https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2014/05/04/Bokeh-or-not >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> - Tim Bray (If you’d like to send me a private message, see >>>>> https://keybase.io/timbray) >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>>> follow the directions. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
