Great shot, Toine! I see what you mean about the bokeh (especially at the top of the image), but it doesn't detract much for me.
Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 4:01 PM, Toine <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
