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Re: [OM] IMG: St. Paddy's Dogwood

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: St. Paddy's Dogwood
From: Joel Wilcox <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:38:10 -0500
On Sun, Mar 18, 2012, at 01:42 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> Hi Joel,
> 
> Thanks for the kind words.  With the E-1, I can get a hint of the bokeh,
> but 
> not like on a ground glass.  With the Leica 60 Macro, I now know pretty
> well 
> what I can expect.  If I can avoid prominent objects, it will give me
> that 
> nice look almost every time.  I usually have to make a choice, because,
> as 
> in this image, the rear petals are soft in order to get the OOF
> background.

Jim,
Your experience confirms my suspicion that bokeh is not entirely a
characteristic of a lens, and maybe not even primarily, but is part of
the visualization and execution by the photographer.

Joel W.

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