{"id":1743,"date":"2011-04-11T10:31:39","date_gmt":"2011-04-11T01:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2011-04-11\/1743"},"modified":"2011-04-11T10:31:39","modified_gmt":"2011-04-11T01:31:39","slug":"exploring-the-edge-of-creamy-macro-bokeh-with-lily-of-the-nile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2011-04-11\/1743","title":{"rendered":"Exploring the Edge of Creamy Macro Bokeh with Lily of the Nile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
\nNOTE<\/b>: Images with an icon next to them have been artificially shrunk to better fit your screen; click the icon to restore them, in place, to their regular size.\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>640 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nLily of the Nile<\/span>\nIn Kyoto's own Shirakawa River<\/i> Nile\n
Desktop-Background Versions<\/b>\n\n\nStandard: 1024×<\/span>768<\/a>  ·  1440×<\/span>1080<\/a>  ·  1600×<\/span>1200<\/a><\/small>     <\/span>\nWidescreen:  1280×<\/span>800<\/a>  ·  1680×<\/span>1050<\/a>  ·  1920×<\/span>1200<\/a>  ·  2560×<\/span>1600<\/a><\/small><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

Lately, I've really been enjoying the Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5<\/a>'s\nultra-thin depth of field in a macro<\/span> setting to “creamify” flowers and\nsuch, leaving only very specific areas in sharp focus, with the rest\nmelting away into a creamy<\/span> mix of softness. The Voiglander's bokeh<\/a> is spectacular. I posted<\/span> something along these\nlines the other day in “On The Road to\nImabari<\/a>”, and have several more examples from the last week that I'd\nlike to post, but I'm afraid of overdoing it, so I'll parcel them out from\ntime to time.<\/p>\n\n

The king of this style of photography is Daniel Sroka<\/a> who does it right with\ngood equipment in a controlled<\/span> studio environment, good technique, a\ngood<\/span> eye, and lots of patience. His stuff<\/span> is amazing.<\/p>\n\n

As for me, as I mentioned the other day in “An Amazing Day of Photography\nat Some Eastern-Kyoto Temples<\/a>”, I snap a<\/span> few pictures when I come<\/span>\nacross something that seems interesting, often using the carpet-bombing\napproach to shutter actuations to try to catch the right focus amidst the\ncacophony of movement due to wind and my own shaky posture.<\/p>\n\n

It was all the more crazy the other day when trying to get these lilys,\nbecause they're at the edge of a river.<\/span> I was lying<\/span> on the road trying to\nlean far enough over to get the angle I wanted,<\/span> always just at the verge of\nfalling (knowing that I was<\/span> fully at the mercy of a light<\/span> shove from anyone\nin the passing crowd).<\/p>\n\n

These lilys (zantedeschia aethiopica<\/i><\/a>) are\napparently perennial, because the same pair shows up each year... they've\nappeared on my blog before (here<\/a>, here<\/a>, and here<\/a>), but the shot above\nis by far my favorite.<\/p>\n\n

This time, I came across<\/span> them while one was still unfolding, and it captivated my lens...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 560 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nUnfurl<\/span>\n
Vertical Desktop-Background Versions<\/b>\n\n\n1050×<\/span>1680<\/a>  ·  1200×<\/span>1920<\/a>  ·  1600×<\/span>2560<\/a><\/small><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

But yes, you can take things too far...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 280 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nHuh?<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/11, ISO 2000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nParting Shot<\/span>\nI like to have a wide shot that establishes the scene, but I didn't<\/span> get quite wide enough this time\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lately, I've really been enjoying the Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5's ultra-thin depth of field in a macro setting to \"creamify\" flowers and such, leaving only very specific areas in sharp focus, with the rest melting away into a creamy mix of softness. The Voiglander's bokeh is spectacular. I posted something along these lines the other day in \"On The Road to Imabari\", and have several more examples from the last week that I'd like to post, but I'm afraid of overdoing it, so I'll parcel them out from time to time.<\/p>

The king of this style of photography is Daniel Sroka [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,1,6,25],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1743"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1743\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}