Picture of the Day

**NFC** · 05-09-2011, 01:11 AM

Indeed. FANTASTIC picture. Lighting is sooo perfect.

Now that Lestat pointed out the couple thing the clouds could seem to be a bit foreboding on the relationship to the superstitious =P

**Weevil** · 05-09-2011, 05:19 AM

Last of the bee shots, for a while ; )

2's Company by Bolweval, on Flickr

**G.Foyle** · 05-09-2011, 06:09 AM

**kwscore** · 05-09-2011, 02:16 PM

Night Sky by kwscore on Flickr

**Lestat** · 05-09-2011, 06:49 PM

cool stuff as usual for KW and the fisheye!

here is the actual order of events.

http://broveakphotography.zapto.org/...3537332e6a7067
http://broveakphotography.zapto.org/...3538362e6a7067
http://broveakphotography.zapto.org/...3538392e6a7067
http://broveakphotography.zapto.org/...3539312e6a7067

5D MK II
Canon 135mm F/2L
ISO100
1/1600th
not really happy with it, was more happy that i caught him on the run

**Weevil** · 05-10-2011, 05:02 AM

Chicken by Bolweval, on Flickr

**Cpl Ledanek** · 05-10-2011, 07:13 AM

the only shot I got from our Holland Michigan trip worthy here

Camera Nikon D3000
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture f/5.0
Focal Length 145 mm
Focal Length 146.7 mm
ISO Speed 200

**Tarowah** · 05-10-2011, 01:24 PM

Damn Lestat that MK II and lens is siiick!

**hieuhef** · 05-10-2011, 09:04 PM

85mm@1.4 1/160s iso200

**hieuhef** · 05-10-2011, 09:06 PM

I always enjoy the rounded pattern of bokeh that occurs once in a while. Weevils example sorta looks like it's being funneled into a central point. I wonder what causes to that.

**kwscore** · 05-11-2011, 03:10 AM

Sky by kwscore on Flickr

**Lestat** · 05-11-2011, 04:01 AM

Originally Posted by Tarowah

Damn Lestat that MK II and lens is siiick!

The 135 f2L is brutal. its too bad his movement was spuratic and the focal point was across his back and not on his head where i wanted.
of course stopping it down more would have cured that a little.
They sell for 900-950 in the for sale section over at PoTN i recommend anyone with a canon camera go buy one. Its one of canon's sharpest lenses ever.
I cant wait to get out and take some good shots.
Also got my 100mm IS f2.8L macro to use.

Here is one using it.
The boy was sleeping on the couch and was squooshing his face so i got right up on him and took a few.

**Mescalamba** · 05-11-2011, 04:52 AM

Originally Posted by hieuhef

I always enjoy the rounded pattern of bokeh that occurs once in a while. Weevils example sorta looks like it's being funneled into a central point. I wonder what causes to that.

Swirling bokeh, its caused by some fast lens. Most pronounced is probably on Nikkor 58mm f/1.2 (but its pretty much similar on 55mm and 50mm versions). If Im correct its usually only lens with older design (that really doesnt mean bad lens). Why.. hm, hard to say, probably lens design itself as it needs to suck a lot of light, maybe it bends light in different way than others.

**Lestat** · 05-11-2011, 07:35 AM

Originally Posted by Mescalamba

Swirling bokeh, its caused by some fast lens. Most pronounced is probably on Nikkor 58mm f/1.2 (but its pretty much similar on 55mm and 50mm versions). If Im correct its usually only lens with older design (that really doesnt mean bad lens). Why.. hm, hard to say, probably lens design itself as it needs to suck a lot of light, maybe it bends light in different way than others.

canon 50mm 1.4 and sigma 30mm 1.4 do it extremely heavily.
it looks really neat too.
i think i have only seen it on lenses that can do 1.4.
maybe 1.8 but i dont recall

here is one i did last year at f/1.4 - edit - changed to a different photo that shows off the swirl more
http://broveakphotography.zapto.org/...3038332e6a7067

**Mescalamba** · 05-11-2011, 01:28 PM

Wow.. really swirly.

Yup usually only fast lens can do it, saw only on 1.2 or 1.4 .. though I think Noctilux does it too..

**Metric** · 05-11-2011, 02:00 PM

Spiral bokeh is due to optical vignetting - http://toothwalker.org/optics/bokeh.html

A little surprise on campus this morning in the bookstore parking lot:

**Weevil** · 05-11-2011, 05:02 PM

Originally Posted by hieuhef

I always enjoy the rounded pattern of bokeh that occurs once in a while. Weevils example sorta looks like it's being funneled into a central point. I wonder what causes to that.

May be bright points of light, and in the case of the chicken pic, bright sun shining on leaves at just the right focal length.

**Cpl Ledanek** · 05-12-2011, 04:28 AM

Nikon D3000 0.002 sec (1/500) f/4.5 ISO Speed 125

**hieuhef** · 05-12-2011, 10:24 AM

Originally Posted by Weevil

May be bright points of light, and in the case of the chicken pic, bright sun shining on leaves at just the right focal length.

I'm feeling this response, too, seems it has something to do with subject distance and OOF distance of the inteded bokeh. Will start messing around with it.

New toy! Mediasonic raid-box for my backup needs. 4x2tb Samsung F4, currently doing a format over usb 2.0 on my laptop. I'll let you guys know the status in 3 days

85@1.4 1/200 iso200

**Tarowah** · 05-12-2011, 04:34 PM

**labs23** · 05-12-2011, 08:57 PM

Soo vivid! LOL.
Great shot. From what lens?

**Tarowah** · 05-13-2011, 03:13 AM

Originally Posted by labs23

Soo vivid! LOL.
Great shot. From what lens?

The Rose shot was taken with the 18-55mm kit lens and a D5000.

**Kain665** · 05-14-2011, 12:25 AM

Not sure if posted:

Vasona Sunset by Ilya Cherkasov, on Flickr

**Weevil** · 05-14-2011, 04:45 AM

Beautiful Kain.

**Weevil** · 05-14-2011, 05:39 AM

Lady bug lady bug by Bolweval, on Flickr

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