Random Photos : Part 4

[leggly]

Another from just off the the A 40

Sherbourne Brook by squiffy1308, on Flickr

[V8Wagon]

/\ Nice reflections.

Another effort from me.



The Channel by André Jardinière, on Flickr

[RobDickinson]

1st published with the 5ds/11-24. Beast of a combo. Nightmare shooting conditions!

Saturated by Rob Dickinson, on Flickr

[TheRainMaker]

Two Weeks by The Rain Maker, on Flickr

[V8Wagon]

Lovely. /\

[baz7175]

Pu'u O'o active volcanic vent on Big Island, Hawaii as seen from our chopper ride above it...


Pu'u O'o Active Volcano Vent, Big Island - 45 by Barry O'Neil, on Flickr

[PBLP]

Halloween makeover 1 by Paul Bullen, on Flickr

Halloween makeover 2 by Paul Bullen, on Flickr

[Gilhooligan]

Cockenzie power station, near Edinburgh, had it's chimneys blown up today.

[JSS 911]

First trip to the New Forest this year looking for the Reds ,and pleased to see this one bellowing his challenge.

Red Stag by John, on Flickr

[Dogsey]

JSS 911 said:

First trip to the New Forest this year looking for the Reds ,and pleased to see this one bellowing his challenge.

Red Stag by John, on Flickr

That's lovely John.

[baz7175]

Finally got round to sorting out the photos from the third and final Hawaiian island we visited on our honeymoon...


Coastline Drive, O'ahu - 39 by Barry O'Neil, on Flickr

[boxsternoob56]

V8Wagon said:

Probably not to everyone's taste


Aquamarine by André Jardinière, on Flickr

like that one much better

[boxsternoob56]

IMG_1534_stitch_tonemapped.jpg by Stuart Brown, on Flickr

[JSS 911]

Super moon

Supermoon rising behind Halnaker Windmill by John, on Flickr

[V8Wagon]

JSS 911 said:

Super moon

Supermoon rising behind Halnaker Windmill by John, on Flickr

Brilliant! Cracking shot.

[RobDickinson]

well timed!

[RobbieKB]

I bought a manual 85mm f/1.5 len from Russia a few months ago. Took forever to get delivered but I had my first shoot with it. Wide open it's a bit of a nightmare to get in focus but the bokeh... oh the bokeh!

[LongQ]

RobbieKB said:

I bought a manual 85mm f/1.5 len from Russia a few months ago. Took forever to get delivered but I had my first shoot with it. Wide open it's a bit of a nightmare to get in focus but the bokeh... oh the bokeh!

Very interesting but I was always led to believe that "donut" bokeh was not terribly desirable.

For me, as a personal view, it's not generally appealing and tends to distract from the image. However if others see things differently that's fine by me and I am more than willing to enjoy such a result in an appropriate context.

My wife has decided that she is entirely delighted with the performance of the main camera on her Samsung S3 phone. Who am I to argue that deep saturation, high contrast and extreme DoF are not always the ideal assessment criteria?

Bokeh does not seem to come into consideration anywhere in her world.

[LongQ]

LastLight said:

LongQ said:

Very interesting but I was always led to believe that "donut" bokeh was not terribly desirable.

One of the best - to my mind; favourite - set of photos I have ever taken was of a field of poppies with a mirror lens, especially because of the out of focus areas. So much so that I bought a mirror lens earlier this year to try to replicate that!

It tends to produce a rather "busy" look.

Such a look can work in the right circumstances.

[GetCarter]