On May 5, 2014, at 1:34 PM, Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote:
> He would, but it's all out of focus… Damn presbyopia. Whoever coined the term “nifty fifties” sure wasn’t talking about age. > >> 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. -- 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.
