The ultimate Bokeh thread; pics please

[jmkelly]

I haven't posted to this thread in a while - glad to see its still running! Here's a couple of shots for comparison. Both are taken with a wartime CZJ Sonnar 50mm f1.5 on the R-D1.

@f1.5 - soft and abstract, with foreground veiling flare:

All the way to f4.0 - still has a very impressionist look:

 

[cfc247]

Morning dew

Morning dew

The first shot was taken with a Leica Digilux 3 using a Vario Elmar 35-70f4 lens on macro. The second and third were taken with the Summilux 25 1.4D.

 

[snausages]

M6ttl | 50mm Summilux pre-asph | Fuji 1600

M6ttl | 50mm Summilux pre-asph | tmax 3200

50mm Nikkor | Kodachrome 10

M6ttl | 50mm Summilux pre-asph | porta 400 (pushed 2x)

M6ttl | 50mm Summilux pre-asph |

 

[enochRoot]

50mm summillux pre-asph and neopan 1600:

 

[enochRoot]

that first shot is great snausages!!

 

[Ali Riza Kutlu]

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This photograph moves me..

 

[hans voralberg]

You have some great great shots there snausages, could we have your flickr links please !!

 

[snausages]

Enoch, Ali, and Hans, thank you for your kind comments.

Hans, I believe you found my Flickr, yeah?

Lately I've been enamored with a Rolleiflex E2 2.8 Planar that I purchased from another RFF'r. These shots don't make dramatic use of BOKEH, but I think the Rollei renders the out of focus areas beautifully (I'm excited to try it with Macro adapters)...

(Portra 160VC)

(Portra 800)

 

[splitimageview]

My dad took this Kodachrome in about 1950...

 

[snausages]

Digital Intrigue, that's great - there must be so many shots of loved ones driving. When they're behind the wheel you have them trapped!

I love that old steering wheel...

 

[splitimageview]

Yes, I love that shot, it's my Mom. She's now 85 and going strong.

The photo was taken with a 50/2 Nikkor and Kodachrome was ASA 10 back then, so I'm sure it was wide open, it's pretty amazingly sharp for the slow shutter speed that would have been required.

 

[Zentralverschluss]

good bokeeh with digital crop-camera

good bokeeh with digital crop-camera

all you have to do is to buy an adapter, take your Canon 450D, attach your OM Zuiko 1,4/50 lens and shoot wide open...

 

[lkwds]

Summicron 35 Asph +XP2:

 

[hans voralberg]

Yep snausages, I found it, took a bit of Googling lol.

BTW, lkwds, awesome sharpness

Here's one for contribution. Zuiko 50/2 Macro on Portra NC 160

 

[ishpop]

A few to add to the thread:

Zuiko 50mm 1.4

Bronica S2 w/ 75mm Nikkor

Zeiss Distagon

 

[hans voralberg]

Pentax Super Takumar 50/1.4 @ 1.4 on K20D

 

[tah]

CV 28/1.9 Ultron on Epson RD-1:

 

[mer]

Not a RF but I wanted to show my Pentax SMC-M 50mm F/1.4 using a custom hood to produce swirly bokeh . Some people love swirly bokeh ( including me ) . They say it's much better to use a hood on the rear element instead of the front element but that's kind of diffucult sometimes . This lens is a favourite and produces very good bokeh ( with or without the custom hood ) as some people have already shown in this thread.

I shot a fuji velvia box against a crumbled tin foil using a Pentax K100D ( APS-C sensor ) .

I'll come back with some better pictures using my custom hood.

 

[tbarker13]

First shot, M8 and 35 Hexanon-UC

Second shot, M4, 50 pre-asph summilux, tri-x

 

[ishpop]

Hi Mer, how do you mount a hood on the rear of the lense? Sorry for my ignorance.