The ultimate Bokeh thread; pics please

[Meleica]

HOLIDAY BOKEH

Canon 50mm 1.4 EOS on XTi

First two at 1.4, last one at 1.8 and handheld at slow speeds

Dan

 

[Mudman]

Canon Elan 7NE Kodak Ektrachrome 100VS, Tamron 28-105

Pentax K10d, SMC-M 50mm f2

 

[Ron (Netherlands)]

Canonet QL17GIII

I fully agree with Jbf, although this is no voting thread, I vote for this one!

 

[Honus]

Leica Summilux 50mm f.14 ASPH @ 1.4

 

[ishpop]

I personally like circular bokeh. The little chief photo is headed that way.

 

[kevin m]

Canon 50/1.2

 

[foto_fool]

Boke for boke's sake...

Epson R-D1, Konica 35mm/f2.0 UC-Hexanon @f2.0, ISO 1600

Roland - nice engine shot - what is it? And how did you get the Canon to focus so close?

- John

 

[enochRoot]

since this seems to be nothing about rangefinders, and all about bokeh. here are two w/ the 105/2.5 ais nikkor on nikon f3:

 

[ltketch]

Nuthin but Bokeh!

Canon Serenar 50/1.8

 

[foto_fool]

since this seems to be nothing about rangefinders, and all about bokeh.

Now hold on a minute, pilgrim....

Wait! you may be RIGHT! Evil SLR shot below, posted before.

Olympus OM-1 (honorary rangefinder), 50mm/f1.2 @ f1.2, Superia 800

- John

 

[enochRoot]

hehehe...actually i didn't think of that. i use the screen in the F3 that has a rangefinder spot in the middle of the ground glass, and i always use that to focus. so it is *kinda* a rangefinder 😀

Now hold on a minute, pilgrim....

Wait! you may be RIGHT! Evil SLR shot below, posted before.

Olympus OM-1 (honorary rangefinder), 50mm/f1.2 @ f1.2, Superia 800

- John

 

[mfogiel]

Here's one from the ultimate bokeh machine: Zeiss C Sonnar 50/1.5 @1.5

 

[benmacphoto]

Not a RF, but an image from my Kiev 88 with an MC Volna-3 f2.8.

 

[Doug]

Not a RF, but an image from my Kiev 88 with an MC Volna-3 f2.8.

I like it! Mysterious and exotic...

 

[Bryce]

"Backwards Bokeh"
Fuji GS645s, close focus, wide open (f/4).
Looking at the smashed remains of a 100 year old hotel/ cathouse in a ghost town in North Eastern Washington State.
Cropped to about 24x36; would've been better served by a 35mm camera that day!

 

[fWord]

Thus far I haven't attempted to take a photo to show bad bokeh. If it looks awful in the VF then I need to work around it. In a real-life situation, I think that bokeh can add or subtract to the image depending on how it is used.

There aren't any bokeh monsters in my closet, but some of the pleasing ones are:

Voigtlander 125mm f/2.5SL APO Lanthar Macro (two photos):

Canon 70-200mm f/4 (one photo):

Canon 50mm f/1.8 II (one photo):

 

[Ororaro]

Not a RF, but an image from my Kiev 88 with an MC Volna-3 f2.8.

Wonderful!

 

[benmacphoto]

Why thank you Doug and NB23. That is my favorite image I took of her, though she likes this one more.

 

[zoom2zoom]

here are some taken with 35 f1.4L and 85 f1.2L ..shot wide open in very dim lighting.. sorry not rangefinder

 

[hans voralberg]

Nikkor 50/1.8 on Fuji S5