Forgive me for being so blunt. I'm enjoying a concoction of absinthe and maple syrup this fine Sunday afternoon. It seem to make me unsociably honest in my critiques. :\ :/
On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 2:35 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > Very neat image of the Monarch Butterfly caterpillers, but I > (strongly) agree with Ann: The measure of a good macro lens is NOT how > it renders the "in focus" plane (they are virtually ALL great at that) > but how it renders the Out Of Focus plane (the bokeh). The bokeh is > what separates the "men" from the "boys" in macro lenses. What lens > was this taken with? I tend to call bokeh that looks like that > "weird-ass bokeh". Some people like it. I do not. > > On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 1:53 PM, Toine <[email protected]> wrote: >> Maybe that's possible. I think I'll give it a try tonight. >> >> >> On 28 June 2015 at 20:41, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Toine, >>> Love the crisp caterpillars. (no!..not for lunch) A quality image!! >>> A clone tool moment would do away with the light blob near the center top. >>> A significant distraction. >>> >>> J >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Toine" <[email protected]> >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2015 10:55:57 AM >>> Subject: Re: PESO: Dinner for two >>> >>> Blurring the background would be difficult if I want the keep the >>> catterpillars hairs untouched. I don't like working in PS, only if I >>> can't manage it in Lightroom. >>> >>> On 28 June 2015 at 19:47, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> creamier bokeh -would- be nice, but the guests are just right... pretty >>>> easy, I think, to >>>> blur the background more in PS and worth the effort to get it from nice >>>> shot >>>> to really nice shot :-) >>>> >>>> ann >>>> >>>> >>>> On 6/28/2015 11:27 AM, Toine wrote: >>>>> >>>>> For those interested in naming the two dinner guests: Caterpillars of >>>>> Water Betony, Shargacucullia scrophulariae, I had to look it up in my >>>>> field guide. >>>>> >>>>> MX-1 @ 6mm which equals 28mm at fullframe. So this is a wide angle >>>>> macro! Forgot to set the apreture to full open for a creamier bokeh... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://www.repiuk.nl/content/helmkruidvlinder/lightbox/ >>>>> >>>>> Toine >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. > > > > -- > Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- 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.
