LOL! No macro lens at all and not even a real camera. The pentax MX-1. It's amazing it has some sort bokeh given it's small sensor and the very busy background.
On 28 June 2015 at 21:39, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
