A Load of Bokeh

Hobbes · Nov 10, 2009

LaFoto said:
Hobbes said:

OMG! more amazing shots!!
What lens did you use for the last three, Corinna?
I love those star bursts!

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Those last three I took with my very simple, not very good, Sigma 70-300mm in the Macro Mode (between 200 and 300mm I can set it to "macro"), and a tiny (!) aperture. With the lens in "macro", DOF is narrow, anyway, so a tiny aperture a) helps to create the star bursts, but b) does not give me much of a depth of focus, so the background blurs out like this.

I am both impressed and surprised at least after all the bad things I have heard about that lens lol Well at least it has 9 aperture blades which created those awesome star bursts

hmm ok I am kinda confused here lol. From what I have learned the distance between the main subject and background, the distance between the main subject and the lens (or at least how much the main subject is magnified with your lens) and the size of aperture are the main factor when trying to create bokeh. So I assume the macro mode on that lens simply allowed you to shorten the distance between your lens and the subject allowed you to used a much narrower aperture so you could create both nice bokeh and huge star bursts?? Ok this is giving me an headache lol

icassell · Nov 10, 2009

Hooker771 · Nov 10, 2009

kundalini · Nov 10, 2009

Dominantly said:
Kundalini- Those shots are incredible.

I'm not sure which set you are referring to, but thank you very much.

kundalini · Nov 10, 2009

Hobbes said:
a lost ring

Love the geometry and colors in this shot. Well done.

LaFoto said:
I went "photo hunting in the archives" a little and came up with these for this theme:

1.

Hey Corinna, this one seems a bit male centric, but not necessarily in a good fashion.

:lmao:

Seriously, you've posted some brilliant photos. Thanks for sharing.