A water drop falling from a feather / To appreciate detail plz click on Image for full view Canon 400D / Canon 100mm Macro lens
virtual birthday wish for Sandy & Claire….another late upload to RB :) Featured on Bokeh group in May 2009 /
Canon 350D / F/5.6 / 1/60seg / ISO-400 1644 views at time of entry to The 500 Views Group Featured in ‘Flowers in macro’ 22nd novemeber 2008 / Featured in ‘Out of the Blue’ february 2009 / Featured in Bokeh 27th May 2009 / Featured on the Homepage 19th July 2009 / Featured in JPG Casts-Offs 14th September 2009 / Featured in The Woman Photographer 14th Septmeber 2009 / Featured in Dimensions 17th October 2009 /
Straight from camera. / Blue tone is due to tungstene white balance. / Featured RB Homepage on July 19, 2009
A beautiful ‘astrantia’ flower :) Olympus E510 / Zuiko 35mm macro lens / 1/100 / F4 / Iso 100
© Copyrighted Nina Larsen all rights reserved. / Do not copy, trace or duplicate without my written permission. / © Copyrighted Nina Larsen all rights reserved. / Do not copy, trace or duplicate without my written permission. / © Copyrighted Nina Larsen all rights reserved. / Do not copy, trace or duplicate without my written permission.
Canon EOS 350D Canon EFS 60mm Macro avilable lightig and flash handheld. This Lolly Pop is handmade it is measure 2 inch long 2 inch wide / MCN:C1B36-10C42-26AA5 This image has been donated to KidsAlive Christian Care for Children at Risk /
Hi all :) Missed me? / Well I missed this place, thanks to Vic for reminding me about my account here. Many things have happened and I’m truly sorry I haven’t been here much but I promise to make it up to you starting today!! © Copyrighted Angelique Brunas all rights reserved. / Do not copy or duplicate without my written permission.
“Le lampadaire” / yes, it is me reflected in the water droplet ^^ features ... thank you !!! homepage (July 20th, 2009) Out of the Blue (Nov. 6th, 2009) 1:1 Macro Photography (Nov. 09, 2009) and on Redbubble treasures website . / Sony Alpha100 + 18-70mm lens / +10 macro ring lens / . / / . /
Pink Flowers / Macro / Shot in natural light / as is
Shot with Nikon D40 and 135mm f2.8 pre-AI lens / Hyde Park, London
these delicate little bluebells are one of my favorite summer flowers here in the high country of New Mexico. Taken with our Canon Rebel xti Kiss
Sweet William / Macro
A Gorgeous Japanese Maple in the George Eastman House Gardens, Rochester NY Nov. 14, 2009 Nikon D-60 55/200 / /
Another gorgeous Maple in the gardens of The George Eastman House, Rochester NY Nov. 14, 2009 Nikon D-60 55/200 /
another shot of this beautiful red sunflower. /
This was done today for the Digital Master Class written by Tom Ang. This is lesson 2. The shell was photographed against a mirror in low light with ISO set at 1600, Aperature 2.8 speed 1/80 and focal length 100mm. Canon 5D Mark II
Spent the day chasing butterflies and found out, unsurprisingly, that my son has much sharper eyesight than me. There are things lurking on trees that I’d rather not know about….
Bokeh (derived from Japanese bokeaji ボケ味, “blur”) is a photographic term referring to the appearance of out-of-focus areas in an image produced by a camera lens using a shallow depth of field. (from the Wikipedia description) We are a group for people who love and appreciate beautiful Bokeh.
Subjective determination of inclusion in this Bokeh group, is not necessarily the same criteria used in every Bokeh group or by other Bokeh “experts”.
Some definitions of Bokeh revolve around a stricter blurring of points of light based on lens aberration, but for the purposes of our group, the following are our main criteria.
Things we will go by in determining if an image is right for the group:
1. The image has to have an out of focus (blur) area.
2. There can be no sharp edges in the blur area.
3. Is the background pleasing and does it add to (and not distract from) the overall image?
4. Points of light that are blurred in an image will not be the entire deciding factor on if an image will be included or not. If the background is distracting, the image will not be accepted. The image will still need to have the other qualities that we are looking for. Some points of light in the background may actually be distracting and could cause the image to be rejected.
5. Work is not accepted purely for complying with the above points, but is also based on personal taste and interpretation. We are looking for that something special you can’t define. Thank you for understanding. We hope you enjoy the group gallery.
Something else to keep in mind: the background should not draw your attention away from the focus area. If something in the unfocused area takes your attention away from the focused area the image will not be included.
Some examples of this could be sticks, blades of grass, structures, trees, etc. that are too in focus (or sharp) and draw your attention away from the focal point.
We also do not accept heavily manipulated or textured images as we want to see the natural bokeh in an image.
We hope this helps to clarify what we are looking for in our Bokeh images. Please do not take any rejection personally!! In many many cases we love the image but unfortunately it does not fit in with our group criteria so it was not accepted. This does not mean that the image was bad or that we did not like it.
If you need to ask a question to one of the hosts, please either post a message in our forums, which are checked daily, or send a bmail to Lance or Angela.
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