Questions tagged [bokeh]
Bokeh describes the visual quality of the out-of-focus areas of a photograph.
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What can cause double-vision effect in slightly out of focus areas?
I have an issue with my Canon 70-200 F/4L USM. It is less sharp at 200mm than at shorter range and the objects that are slightly out of focus are rendered twice with horizontal offset. The shutter ...
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Bokeh includes seemingly random fractions of a circle
While going through some pictures I noticed strange artifacts in the out-of-focus sunlight reflected on the surface of a lake. Most of the reflections appear as a full circle, but I marked the ...
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This photo has light dot bokeh in front of the subject, seemingly coming from the sun. How was this done, or how can the effect be achieved?
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CONgtDuFozh/
ins: iwakurashiori
This photo has light dot bokeh in front of the subject, seemingly coming from the sun. How was this done, or how can the effect be ...
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Prime lens is over-exposed fully open, when in full daylight
I bought a Lumix f/1.7 25mm prime (H-H025), to use with my OM-D E10.3
When fully open on a bright sunny day, with the ISO set to 200 my shutter speed flashes at 4000 to indicate it's out of range. If ...
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What causes the frosted glass effect of out-of-focus areas?
I expect that the out-of-focus areas would look like smooth gaussian blur ideally. But I found that they look like looking through frosted glass. Colors around the edges are blending with a grainy ...
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Help me find a lens with peculiar bokeh
I want to take portrait pictures with an artistic look of flowers. Therefore Im looking for an vintage lens with peculiar bokeh. I have seen some images taken with older lenses with very ...
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Which lens should i choose for bokeh while video streaming?
I don't understand this lens topic. I watched so many videos and now i have more questions. I have a Canon M200 for streaming. I want nice bokeh effect for my background and silence auto focus. ...
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What is the bokeh difference between 1/2.3" f/0.95 cell phone and 1" f/1.8 compact camera?
I am thinking of buying a Sony RX100 (mark i). The thing is, I am gonna use it for pet, flower photography, and I really like the f/0.95 lens on my cell phone camera. It produces creamy bokeh with 1/...
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Cause of bokeh with dark ring and bright center
This is a detail from a photo that I took with a Fujifilm XF55-200mm lens. The lens was zoomed all the way to 200mm, and the aperture was wide open—f4.8.
I wonder whether somebody knows the cause of ...
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Calculating the "35mm equivalent" circle of confusion/DoF
I'm gonna introduce my concrete example, but I'd like to know how do do this calculation in general. Say I have a middle-format camera with film height 58mm and a 90mm/3.5 lens. What is the equivalent ...
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Why does electronic first curtain shutter affect rendering of blurred backgrounds?
Many recent cameras allow using electronic first curtain shutter with mechanical second curtain, avoiding the huge rolling shutter drawbacks of fully electronic shutter and at the same time avoiding ...
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Do you get more bokeh on a APSC sensor with a full frame 50mm f/1.8 lens or a APSC 30mm f/1.4?
I am trying to compose a detail shot where I want to get as much background blur as possible. I am using Sony a6500 camera (APSC 1.5x crop factor body). I am considering two lenses:
Sigma 30mm f/1.4 (...
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What is behind this symmetric coma like effect, and literally odd-ball bokeh, in a triplet lens?
The example picture, shot with a vintage triplet (Staeble Kata 45mm/f2.8, wide open, on APS-C, no further crop), shows a curious shape of coma-like cross pattern in the right- and leftmost sculptures -...
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What affects DOF more...distance to subject or focal length?
Say I want shoot a butterfly. My goal is to make sure the butterfly fills the frame. I can do this in two ways...I can use zoom or I can simply move the camera closer to the subject.
Which will ...
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Is it beneficial to use full frame for blurred background?
I have often heard it said that to have a blurred background, it is beneficial to shoot full frame. However, is this really true?
The useful largest aperture is anyway limited by the amount of depth ...
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Does amount of background blur change with focal length given equal framing?
Let's assume I have two lenses, 50mm f/1.8 and 85mm f/1.8. I want to fill the
frame with the photographed object. Now, if the object is 50cm wide, I need to
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Panasonic Lumix G 42.5mm F/1.2 vs Panasonic Lumix G 42.5mm f/1.7 ASPH Power O.I.S
How much of a difference these two lenses will make in photo quality and what will be the difference? I am a newbie in photo and I am looking to invest in a nice lens for 4/3 that has max features in ...
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How to get bokeh or macro on E-M10 Mark II with 14-42mm Black EZ Lens? [duplicate]
I got E-M10 Mark II with 14-42mm Black EZ Lens f3.5-5.6 EZ.
Is it possible to create nice bokeh and macro pics with this set up?
I tried shooting many pics (well mainly on auto), but I never got ...
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Does it make sense to buy a Sigma Art f1.4 for a crop sensor body?
Im currently shooting on a Nikon D5300 with a 35mm f1.8 and I looking for a quality telephoto portraiture lens. I'm interested in the Sigma Art 85mm f1.4 DG HSM. I saw the lens is versatile and my ...
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In photo taken with a prime lens, what is the cause of the "zoomed" bokeh appearance?
This image was taken with a Vivitar 24/2 (Kiron) prime lens. The lens is sharp. The focal plane is reasonably flat, and there is barrel distortion.
The bokeh balls have an oval shape in which the ...
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Nikon 105mm f/2.8D or Nikon AF S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G
My lens broke down so I am in a market for a new one. Ideally I would love to purchase one lens for both macro (I photograph jewelry) and portraits (I am an amateur striving for a creamy bokeh). I ...
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How to maximize the blurred background look with a distant subject (for example, 10m away)?
What lenses do I need in order to achieve the amount of bokeh that's on the image below?
I am quite new to dslr photography, and I want to buy a new lens. My main objective is to get strong bokeh ...
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Besides mirror lenses, what can cause ring-shaped bokeh?
A couple of images in a question about how to create a 'medieval look' appear to have ring-shaped bokeh.
Catadioptric (mirror) lenses can cause similarly shaped bokeh, but these images do not look ...
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What is the cause of inclusions in my bokeh?
I was doing a lens review an two of my lenses showed these rather unsightly inclusions in their bokeh. There are two different lenses.
EDIT: The third lens I have tested also seems to have this ...
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How do I obtain sharp images on full body portraits?
I currently have a 50mm 1.8 and 85mm 1.8 and would want to know if the bokeh or sharpness would be any different at all. Many seem to say that the 85mm woud work best, but wouldn’t I have to bump up ...
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How to do smoky bokeh
How is this effect achieved?
Possible ideas:
This is just "painted" in photoshop
A custom shaped aperture is used
Original image by Frederic Gombert
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Is this "tack sharp with blurred background" look done with Photoshop?
I’m relatively new to photography and although I feel like each photographer has their own style when capturing an image it seems that sometimes I just don’t have the right equipment.
The pictures ...
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Will 50mm f1.4 and 85mm f1.8 lenses produce the same bokeh, given the same framing?
I have recently upgraded from a DX Body (Nikon D3300) to a FX body (Nikon D750) and also I have Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 & Sigma 150-600mm Sport lenses.
While I was using the DX body, I had a Nikon ...
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How do phone attachment lenses affect depth of field?
Let's take, for example, the Moment Tele Lens. This lens is pitched as a 60mm lens that allows you to get 2x "closer" to the subject.
The iPhone 6s uses a f/2.2 lens.
Does the mounting of the tele ...
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What causes this 'bokeh crop' effect?
I've seen this effect before & not thought much about it, but I was trying out some experiments with a string of xmas lights & short DoF & noticed that sometimes I can get circular bokeh ...
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Scratchy bokeh - do I have a problem with my lens?
I'm using a Sony G 70-300/4.5-5.6 SSM lens, paired with a Sony A-E mount converter and an A7Rii.
https://ibb.co/kifF1k
The above shot is a 100% crop of a photo taken at f5.6 300m. I always get ...
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What causes swirling in bokeh? [duplicate]
The East German antique lens, Zeiss Biotar 75mm, is famous for producing a swirling, water-like bokeh as illustrated in the photo below:
What optical materials and/or design cause this effect, which ...
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Should I use my kit lens at max aperture or max zoom for shallow depth of field? [duplicate]
I have the Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6g vrii lens using it on the D3300. I have been trying to create some bokeh effect using this lens (I know it isn't a great lens for bokeh). The thing I was wondering ...
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How to prevent "cats eye" bokeh?
What steps could someone take in order to keep their bokeh balls as circular as possible?
I know stepping down the lens aperture will help. Are there any other suggestions?
Would using the lens hood ...
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What type of lens should I buy if I want strong out-of-focus blur?
I'm looking for a lens to focus on one thing, and the background is really blurred out. I also want really good quality. I was looking a 50mm prime.
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Do apodization screw-on filters or alternatives exist?
Recently I saw an article about the new sony lens with apodization element.
This element should basically be a piece of glass with a circular graduated filter, placed close to the diaphragm.
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Is out-of-focus photography very niche or lost cause? [closed]
I recently decided to ditch my typical style of photography and opt to experiment with having the objects out of focus. I'm slightly indifferent with the results (as I'm learning this effect, will ...
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Can I change the color only of the bokeh in Photoshop?
Say I capture two photos of the same object. The second one with a light pointed towards the camera but away from the lens's optical path so the light creates bokeh. And in Ps, I want to stack these ...
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Why doesn't shaped bokeh work on compact cameras?
As seen in this video, a shaped hole cut out of a black material will yield bokeh that takes the hole's shape when placed in front of the lens. But when I tried that on my compact camera the paper ...
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Maximizing bokeh in the foreground?
Another question asks, How can I maximize the “blurry background, sharp subject” (bokeh) effect?
Rather than the background, I am interested in blurring the foreground. What techniques or advice are ...
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How can I take pictures with extreme bokeh with an in-focus subject nearby?
How is that possible to make this type of picture, once his face is close to the christmas lights and all huge without focus. I tried f/2.8 with a 50 mm but with both lights and face next to each ...
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Why do out of focus elements in a photograph increase in apparent brightness?
What is the physics that explains the phenomenon observed when out of focus areas increase in apparent brightness?
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How do I set hyperfocal distance meter on a Pentax 50mm lens, if I want bokeh?
I have just bought my first DSLR, a second-hand Pentax K-x. I also bought a prime lens (SMC Pentax 50/f1.7) and now I am struggling with the following basic question:
How do I set the hyperfocal ...
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Can I use a shaped bokeh filter with a mobile phone camera?
I have found this interesting way to make pictures
bokeh filter for camera
but I am wondering if it is possible to achieve the same just using a mobile camera. I have tried to overlap something in ...
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Is there any Photoshop effect that can create vertically distorted bokeh as one sometimes sees in film and video?
I was wondering, is there any way to get bokeh that looks something like this (vertically distorted bokeh) in the still from Pharrell Williams's Happy video?
Or is there a Photoshop filter that does ...
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Sharpness and bokeh comparison of Nikon 50mm f/1.2, f/1.4G and f/1.8G
The contestants are Nikon 50mm f/1.2, f/1.4G and f/1.8G. The list prices are 38,550 INR, 27,990 INR and 18,000 INR respectively.
Bokeh: As with any portrait lens, I want a creamy bokeh performance ...
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Donuts in the bokeh through the viewfinder of Canon 6D
I just bought a Canon EOS 6D, and while testing it I noticed that I tend to see small dark donut shapes in the center of the extremely out-of-focus highlight spots in the viewfinder. This was with an ...
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zoom or aperture which one decreases DoF?
When I want to decrease my DoF and have Bokeh in my photos, I always stuck between choosing either opening the aperture or zooming.
Should I start zooming or should I decrease the aperture?
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Which one is better for outdoor portraits Nikon DX NIKKOR 55-200MM F/4-5.6G VRII or 35mm f1.8? [duplicate]
Which one will give me more intense background blur with sharp foreground subject?
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Canon EF 16-35 f/2.8 prime vs. 50mm f/1.2 lens for bokeh/dreamy effect?
I'm looking into camera lenses and have seen two referenced as what certain bloggers use to take a certain kind of light-filled "perfectly overexposed" strong-bokeh picture that I am partial to, like ...
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