Contre Jour, is it the thinking mans' bokeh?

[Arjay]

 

[photogdave]

From the M9 and CV 35 1.4 SC:

 

[andredossantos]

The light was quite difficult here but the Xenar handled the aggresive side/backlight very admirably.


Untitled by andre dos santos, on Flickr

 

[antiquark]

Powder - 2007-12-22 by derek@antiquark, on Flickr

 

[KEH]

Fairly extreme example from Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Leica M8, 28/2.8 Asph. Here I think the lens makes a big difference.

Kirk

 

[ampguy]

M6, 35/2 asph cron:

 

[ferider]

Really difficult to pick; here are a couple more of older ones:

Roland.

 

[cfritze]

FeR:

That last one is a beaut! atmospheric

 

[Papercut]

and a pinhole image ...

 

[kanzlr]

great photographs in this thread, very inspiring indeed

 

[semilog]

The subject contre jour, rather than the camera.

 

[ampguy]

M4P, 35/2 asph cron:

 

[photophorous]

Cool thread. There are a lot of great shots here.

 

[punkromance]

 

[Ezzie]

 

[k.a]

elmarit 28mm asph

 

[dogbunny]

playing around a bit with the idea of contre jour and some lomo film(in a spotmatic) last weekend. Lomo film is odd, sometimes I like it sometimes I don't.

 

[paulfish4570]

 

[Sparrow]

30A_0071 by sparrow rf, on Flickr

 

[Michael Markey]

What`s been going on over there Stewart .
You all having a Tudor revival ?
Is it doublet and hose next time you`re out.
All great shots...can`t seem to pull it off myself.