UGLY Bokeh

[ray_g]

Or SOFA, if you will.

Ran into this on another photo site. Not from an RF lens (from a Carl Zeiss VS 80-200/4), it is still the worst example of bokeh I have seen ever (too bad because the photo was otherwise very nice).

 

[ray_g]

The look like little flying circular sawblades 🙁

 

[FrankS]

Those are internal reflections, I think, but your point is well taken. interesting/ugly

 

[ray_g]

Reminds me of my post last summer about "paranormal" orbs 😉

 

[ywenz]

I made this pic.. this is UGLY!

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Hmm. Here in Minne-so-tah they'd say "well, that's different". 😉

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Ray! I with a click of a button I just saw your avatar change from an M3 to a...oh my! P? 😱 Joe will be sending you some cake soon...

 

[FrankS]

ywenz, you have GOT to tell us what lens was responsible for that truely "unique" boke!

 

[ywenz]

That was from my Canon 50m f1.8 + Canon DSLR

 

[tetrisattack]

Nice! I was just about to post another sample from canon's EF 50mm f/1.8, at 5.6. The pentagonal aperture hurts. 🙁

I took this many months ago when I first got my digital rebel, so, while I was still obsessed with the rule of thirds and before I re-discovered film. f/5.6, very close focus. The background was just a bunch of dry grass and sparse brambles.

 

[wlewisiii]

I made this pic.. this is UGLY!

Eh, deal with that flare and it's not that bad. I think what it has to offer is very overwhelmed by that upper flare though.

William

 

[sf]

Or SOFA, if you will.

Ran into this on another photo site. Not from an RF lens (from a Carl Zeiss VS 80-200/4), it is still the worst example of bokeh I have seen ever (too bad because the photo was otherwise very nice).

Actually, that is pretty cool.

 

[MP Guy]

ray, i swa something on the discovery channel the other night on photographing orb or so called ghosts. This is how they do it 🙂

 

[RML]

Or SOFA, if you will.

Ran into this on another photo site. Not from an RF lens (from a Carl Zeiss VS 80-200/4), it is still the worst example of bokeh I have seen ever (too bad because the photo was otherwise very nice).

Indeed, the shot is very nice. I just can't get over the sawblades. They spoil it for me in a serious way.

 

[Doug]

The sawblade bokeh is pretty bad, but over all the photo has a sort of Christmas decoration festive look. Ywenz, I do agree that yours is an ugly bokeh for sure!

 

[aizan]

some oof circles have a spot in the center or a series of rings, like tree trunks. i'm guessing that it's from internal reflections? i'm developing a taste for straight bright rings, though. en masse and in color, at least, it looks kinda glassy.

 

[RObert Budding]

Bright areas of background are tough - and they often distract from the primary subject. I'd be inclined to judge bokeh in other than worst case scenes.

Robert

 

[Sonnar Brian]

"and they were Kung-Fu Fighting" la, la , li-la

Everybody is a Bokeh Critic these days.

 

[Stephan]

"and they were Kung-Fu Fighting" la, la , li-la

Everybody is a Bokeh Critic these days.

heheh, great one 😀

 

[sockeyed]

This shot is actually from a lens I really like - the CV 40/1.4 Nokton, but wide open with a cluttered and colourful background - not so good! Stop it down to 2.8, though, and things look much better.