Nikon D80 and Nikon Series E 50mm f/1.8 AI-S
Nowadays I see bokeh everywhere. I cannot watch TV or movies or even drive a car without noticing bokeh circles all over the place. It’s a disease!
On Monday (8th of February, day 39 of my 365) I was sitting in my car in traffic lights, waiting for the green light. It was snowing and the snow flakes melted on the windshield. I stared at the red light and noticed that the melting snow flakes made nice bokeh effect when I didn’t focus on them.
So, in the evening I went to sit into…
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Tonight, while making evening tea, I tried the high key style (see Wikipedia). I took the photo with digital SLR, Nikon D80, and a manual Nikon Series E 50mm f/1.8 AI-S lens. Aperture was f/5.6 and exposure time was 1/200. In addition I used two flashguns: Nikon SB-28 at 24mm on camera, firing @ 1/32 upwards to the ceiling, and Nikon SB-80dx with a diffuser behind the table, on the floor at 14mm, firing @ 1/4 upwards.
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According to Wikipedia:
…bokeh is the blur, or the aesthetic quality of the blur, in out-of-focus areas of an image, or “the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light.”
‘Bokeh’ can be seen in two ways: some think that bokeh is only the round shaped out-of-focus spots but some think that all out-of-focus (blurry) areas are bokeh. In this article I’m referring to the round shaped spots when I mention bokeh.
Bokeh can be good or bad. Lens’ aperture size and shape affect to the quality and look of the bokeh. Some lenses are good or great bokeh lenses while other are…
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