HBW! Locked till next Wednesday :)

dakar

It's been a while since we had a Happy Bokeh Wednesday thread

If you think that the one true inalienable definition of bokeh is the circley out of focus blobs of light, that's ok. If you disagree violently and hold that the one true inalienable definition of bokeh is the ineffable 'quality' of the out of focus areas of a picture, that's ok too.

If you like a picture, thank it. If you find yourself apoplectic with rage that a picture has no place on a HBW thread because it doesn't comply with the one true definition of bokeh (see above), count to ten and remember this

Some lensbaby goodness to start with:

DaireQuinlan

woooo




Also, any fightin' and the Bokeh Police will get ya (aka @elven). This has actually reminded me of Moriseeee's rival (and contentious) Narrow DoF Friday thread

dakar

Acer, Garinish Island

DaireQuinlan

Kung Fu bokeh

.Longshanks.

AnCatDubh

greeneyedspirit

redredred!

magicbastarder

not because it's a great photo, but for the OOF bits:

magicbastarder

DaireQuinlan

magicbastarder wrote: »

not because it's a great photo, but for the OOF bits:

yeeks. How did it end up like that ? Was it a mirror lens ?

magicbastarder

yep, 500mm f8. saw it in the window of the camera exchange; secondhand, €100. perfect nick; none of the threads on the lens showed any signs of use. i asked inside about it, and was told 'oh, i'd be wary about that if i were you, you'll find it hard to find a use for it'.
'right, i'll give you €75 for it so.'
'****, i walked into that one, didn't i?'

Nforce

Misa-san

Two uses out of one HBW photo! Excellent!


http://www.flickr.com/photos/34043453@N07/4685697024/

AnCatDubh

Skinback

Such a cute little fella.

Skinback

dakar

I wouldn't normally resurrect a zombie thread, but when fate decrees that you finally get out shooting with your new (old) Helios 44-2 on a Wednesday, well...

HBW!

dakar

in memoriam

Moreilly

Sweet Love by Mick O'Reilly, on Flickr

joey c

just found this thread, hope its not too late!

joey c

joey c

yeah, i kinda like bokeh!

joey c

Right, i'll call it a day at that!

joey c

just one more to finish with!
thanks.

luisspellcast

i hope this counts as bokeh

vespertine

[IMG][/img]

BlastedGlute

Anyone else even slightly annoyed by bokeh? Or perhaps just that some people never seem to produce images without it? Im being fairly pedantic I reckon, but still. Bugs me a bit that background elements are sometimes completely disregarded as "**** it, ill just blur all that out and then this image will seem really artistic"

luisspellcast

BlastedGlute wrote: »

"**** it, ill just blur all that out and then this image will seem really artistic"

Not sure about the "will seem really artistic" thought but, for me, it's all about what I decided to put in focus and I tend to blur everything else at all times-- I just like it that way-- i suppose everybody sees subjects in different ways

dakar

There appears to be a little confusion.

The H is for happy. HBW was born as a place for harmless addicts to sit unobtrusively in a corner on a Wednesday and burble quietly about blurry things.Don't be hatin', we're just trying to make the world a less in focus place.Why can't we all just get along?

Or at least start a new thread to discuss the relative merits or otherwise of whatever compositional elements are in or out of favour.

Anyway, I feel dirty, it being Friday and all, but HB, eh, F

joey c

BlastedGlute wrote: »

Anyone else even slightly annoyed by bokeh? Or perhaps just that some people never seem to produce images without it?

Brilliantly insightful observation there...you're constructive comments have opened my mind...cant believe i bought into that Bokeh business for 1 min.

I'm off to find a Nude Art thread and tell em what i really think...there all pervs!

DeVore

Hi my name is Tom and I have an addiction to Bokeh.



The end of the road? by devoresphotos, on Flickr


Romeo and Juliet teas by devoresphotos, on Flickr


Tea Ceremony by devoresphotos, on Flickr


breakfast, Cambodia style! by devoresphotos, on Flickr


I do have to agree with BG's rather over generalised point though. Bokeh has its place and when used well it really enhances the picture but its not always appropriate and can become the photographic equivalent of "drop shadow" for typography.
Still.. mmmmm bokeh.

sineadw

@dakar, does your fatknittingneedlehole photography count? Mmmm... Completely-abstract-nothing-at-all-in-focus shot... Mmm...

dakar

sineadw wrote: »

@dakar, does your fatknittingneedlehole photography count? Mmmm... Completely-abstract-nothing-at-all-in-focus shot... Mmm...

That's brokeh...

BlastedGlute

joey c wrote: »

Brilliantly insightful observation there...you're constructive comments have opened my mind...cant believe i bought into that Bokeh business for 1 min.

I'm off to find a Nude Art thread and tell em what i really think...there all pervs!

Actually I did that not so long ago! Sweaty palmed pervs need straightening out I tell ya.

rainyrun

really like bokeh too..

dinneenp

Getty liked this, requested for their site (no sales though):


Presents! by Photoblog.ie (Patrick Dinneen), on Flickr



Morning Dew by Photoblog.ie (Patrick Dinneen), on Flickr


Christmas Tree Bokeh by Photoblog.ie (Patrick Dinneen), on Flickr

DaireQuinlan

IT'S NOT WEDNESDAY ANY MORE DAMMIT

I'm sorry, I've been thinking that every time I looked at this thread ever since 'joey c' started posting stuff on Thursday last.

magicbastarder

he was posting from the other side of the international date line, you muppet.

DutchGuy

HBW

BlastedGlute

What I mean is...




Boring subjects treated to a backdrop of out of focus elements don't make interesting photographs to me. And with attractive and cheap options like the canon 1.8 and something like the 1000D or 500D it seems like shallow DOF photographs of absolutely nothing are everywhere. That's pretty much all I'm getting at. A photograph should have strength with the fstop wide open or stopped down, although it may be slightly better with one or the other it shouldn't make or break a photo. The just my rough opinion and quit frankly, I know feck all about what makes a photograph pleasing to the masses, I just know what I like and what I appreciate

spiralbound

Borderfox

Locked till next Happy Bokeh Wednesday

.Longshanks.

...and we're back

Hugh_C

Nobody told me it was bokeh-on-a-swing day, luckily I'm prepared, like all good scouts.

.