Comments on: Lazy Sunday http://www.richardsnotes.org/archives/2006/03/19/lazy-sunday/ notes, photos, and other collectible fragments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:51:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Richard http://www.richardsnotes.org/archives/2006/03/19/lazy-sunday/#comment-11963 Richard Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:13:45 +0000 http://www.richardsnotes.org/archives/2006/03/19/lazy-sunday/#comment-11963 Will: thanks, glad you like it. The idea you're describing is shallow depth of field and the term to describe the blur on the parts of the image in front of and behind the part in sharp focus is "bokeh" which in Japanese means blur. Faster lenses (bigger apertures) allow shallower depth of field. I'm addicted to this bokeh blur like crack so most of my lenses are fast. Shots like this are set up so that the Kitty's face is far enough in front of the nearest object behind her so that it's blurred. If the TV behind her were closer it would be clearer no matter what I did with my lens. So, getting this effect requires setting up the geometry of the shot as well as a lens fast enough to make it happen with the given geometry. Sounds complex but you do it enough and it's second nature. Still, it's nice when it works well. Will: thanks, glad you like it. The idea you’re describing is shallow depth of field and the term to describe the blur on the parts of the image in front of and behind the part in sharp focus is “bokeh” which in Japanese means blur.

Faster lenses (bigger apertures) allow shallower depth of field. I’m addicted to this bokeh blur like crack so most of my lenses are fast.

Shots like this are set up so that the Kitty’s face is far enough in front of the nearest object behind her so that it’s blurred. If the TV behind her were closer it would be clearer no matter what I did with my lens. So, getting this effect requires setting up the geometry of the shot as well as a lens fast enough to make it happen with the given geometry.

Sounds complex but you do it enough and it’s second nature. Still, it’s nice when it works well.

]]> By: will s. http://www.richardsnotes.org/archives/2006/03/19/lazy-sunday/#comment-11961 will s. Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:37:54 +0000 http://www.richardsnotes.org/archives/2006/03/19/lazy-sunday/#comment-11961 richard - love the shot of kitty! i like the way the foreground and background are 'out of focus' (right photo terminology?) with kitty's face sharp and centered! richard -

love the shot of kitty! i like the way the foreground and background are ‘out of focus’ (right photo terminology?) with kitty’s face sharp and centered!

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