The ultimate Bokeh thread; pics please

[Koni Kowa]

@menos : I always love your portraits, no matter which lens you're using. Keep posting them.
Here is a sample from a Rittron 80/2 at 2.8 :

[awslee]

Nice, is that the same as Norita?

[kutitta]

and here is my contribution to this thread

Minolta Maxxum 700si
Minolta AF 70-210mm f/4
Kodak Ektachrome E100G

[georgie808]

canon 50mm .95

[Pete B]

Hasselblad 500c/m, Zeiss 80mm f2.8

Pete

[kutitta]

Leica CL & Summicron-C 40mm f/2 & Ilford XP2 Super 400 - shot wide open at the underground tunnel of Central Station, Sydney, Australia

[DanP]

great expression in this one..nicely done

Originally Posted by menos

Here is one, for what I instantly love that Nikkor-S.C 85/1.5 Sonnar:



…smooth, dissolving background, but with those Sonnar balls of glow!

[menos]

Originally Posted by Koni Kowa

@menos : I always love your portraits, no matter which lens you're using. Keep posting them.
Here is a sample from a Rittron 80/2 at 2.8 :

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2344/...4c96dec0_z.jpg

Thank you certainly ;-)
I am too very interested in this camera/lens - a 80 f2 6x6 ? - sounds wonderful!

Originally Posted by DanP

great expression in this one..nicely done

Thanks Dan - the expression was entirely created by 38ºC and 90% humidity that day

[Pete B]

Originally Posted by Koni Kowa

@menos : I always love your portraits, no matter which lens you're using. Keep posting them.
Here is a sample from a Rittron 80/2 at 2.8 :

Superb! And what an expression, wonderful.
Pete

[-Nash-]

[Adam J.]

NEX 5N + Rodenstock XR Heligon 50mm f/0.75




NEX 5N + Canon nFD 50mm f/1.4

[silent1]

And here's an example of Voigtlander Nokton 40mm f1.4 out-of-focus points of light. Love them.

[John E Earley]

Nikon D90, 85mm f1.8D

[John E Earley]

Nikon D90, 85mm f1.8D

In the background, my brother-in-law taking the photos I wish I had taken

[John E Earley]

[jmanivelle]

Canon 50 1.2 LTM on M8


Dragonfly / Libélula

[jcrutcher]

M9-P with an old 135mm Tele-Elmar wide open at F4. Converted to B&W in LR4

[Taipei-metro]

IMG_1440 Dajia, Taiwan 大甲 by tpe-m★中途下車
Canon 450d, 70-300 at 224mm/ 358.4mm eqv

[ThomasM]

Elmarit-R 2.8/60





by InvertedImage, on Flickr

[Michel.Roth]

Summicron M 50mm collapsible:

[John E Earley]

Nikon D90 85mm f1.8D

[Tveljus]

Say hello to the Voigtländer Prominent Nokton 50mm f1.5 (also known as the "old Nokton")!

Close to medium focusing distance, wide open:


Close distance, wide open (beware!!!):


Foreground bokeh (smeary and sometimes glowy):


And finally with enough distance for a full body portrait:



The bokeh is really wild and sometimes unpredictable, but I love this lens for it's sharpness through all apertures.
All shots are taken with a Bessa R2S Nikon Historical Society edition.

[menos]

Originally Posted by Tveljus

Say hello to the Voigtländer Prominent Nokton 50mm f1.5 (also known as the "old Nokton")!
The bokeh is really wild and sometimes unpredictable, but I love this lens for it's sharpness through all apertures.
All shots are taken with a Bessa R2S Nikon Historical Society edition.

I really like that look of this lens!

[philosomatographer]

The most extraordinarily good lens I have ever used, the Zuiko Digital 35-100 f/2.0:



A very unlikely lens for producing any sort of bokeh, the Zuiko Digital 7-14mm f/4.0:

[Cron]

m4/3 bokeh - Olympus OM-D with Zuiko 1,8/45 wide open