Comments on: A Few “Autumn in Kyoto” Mood Shots http://regex.info/blog/2009-11-14/1358 Not a photo blog. A personal blog with photos. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:03:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peter in Wales http://regex.info/blog/2009-11-14/1358#comment-37318 Peter in Wales Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:25:40 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-11-14/1358#comment-37318 I noticed this 'swirling' too. The out-of-focus highlights in the upper part of the first photo, especially, are ellipses rather than circles as nearer the centre, which maybe does suggest that something internally is displaced. They're lovely shots, for all that. I noticed this ‘swirling’ too. The out-of-focus highlights in the upper part of the first photo, especially, are ellipses rather than circles as nearer the centre, which maybe does suggest that something internally is displaced. They’re lovely shots, for all that.

]]> By: parv http://regex.info/blog/2009-11-14/1358#comment-37316 parv Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:45:42 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-11-14/1358#comment-37316 That 70-200mm lens has distracting swirling bokeh (top of "Waiting for a Taxi"; top-right of "Alone and in Groups"). (Do you use right hand over the camera & left hand under in portrait mode, by chance?) Could you tell what is going in the second photo (of two females) with "smeared"/fringed green leaves? <span class='jfriedl'>I have the vertical grip attached to the D700, so hand positions are generally the same in either orientation. I've noticed the "swirl' effect more and more lately, and at first thought it was sort of nice, but it does get a bit pronounced sometimes. The old 70-200 is well known for its vignetting on a full-frame camera, and I always just figured that this is related. But it could be specific to my lens, I dunno. A few years ago my camera bag fell two feet off a chair onto a carpeted floor, and the 70-200 got a slight deformation at the end that's not noticeable visually, but it's enough that you can't screw a filter onto it. Maybe something got outta' whack inside, too? Have used it for thousands of shots since. —Jeffrey</span> That 70-200mm lens has distracting swirling bokeh (top of “Waiting for a Taxi”; top-right of “Alone and in Groups”). (Do you use right hand over the camera & left hand under in portrait mode, by chance?)

Could you tell what is going in the second photo (of two females) with “smeared”/fringed green leaves?

I have the vertical grip attached to the D700, so hand positions are generally the same in either orientation. I’ve noticed the “swirl’ effect more and more lately, and at first thought it was sort of nice, but it does get a bit pronounced sometimes. The old 70-200 is well known for its vignetting on a full-frame camera, and I always just figured that this is related. But it could be specific to my lens, I dunno. A few years ago my camera bag fell two feet off a chair onto a carpeted floor, and the 70-200 got a slight deformation at the end that’s not noticeable visually, but it’s enough that you can’t screw a filter onto it. Maybe something got outta’ whack inside, too? Have used it for thousands of shots since. —Jeffrey

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