For Onyx - resident Boke fiend

[Glen]

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read. ... e=11101622


Onyx, some great examples of different boke (thanks Matt K for correcting) especially with my next lens the 45mm 2.8P. Thought you might appreciate the differences.

[xerubus]

that's a great comparison of bokeh... nice find...

[Glen]

Thanks Xerebus, did you manage to get some shots of the 550? Is it genuine?

[xerubus]

not yet but it's still there... hopefully something will go wrong tomorrow at their site and i'll have to go over and fix it

yes.. it's genuine... had a little chat with the owner and asked for a price range if he was to sell it... his reply... "i couldn't name a figure"....

[Glen]

It would be hard to guess a price in this country for one, I would guess a quarter to half a million depending on its provenance and left or right. Very, very nice toy to have (and owning a piece of history)

[Onyx]

Thanks Glen, yes I am a bokeh fiend... I didn't mean to be, but find myself attracted to the smooth rounded type, and annoyed/distracted by visible polygonal shapes.

I spent pretty much the whole day today shooting with Birddog's 85/1.4 - actually it was yesterday as it's technically tomorrow now, 1:24am. I absolutely love this lens, and this is one infamous for its smooth bokeh! Samples to come... of some gorgeous eye candy too (the Black Thunder girls).

[Kristine]

It's not technically tomorrow yet in WA (3 hours behind)..hehe..

[Glen]

Onyx, nice work with the 85 1.4, for someone with your interest in Boke I can see one of those in your future. Kristine, we don't really consider WA as being behind

[gstark]

Kristine, we don't really consider WA as being behind

Queensland, however, is an entirely different story.

[xerubus]

here we go again....

[Glen]

Xerebus, you got me all excited, I saw a posting by you and was expecting to see 550 shots. Create a problem so you can get over there, 550 are not exactly thick on the ground in aus.

[Onyx]

Wanna see some weird/funky bokeh? I took this last night with the 85/1.4 shot wide open under low light, 1/15 shutter at ISO1600:

http://www.geocities.com/choicebro2004/gus.jpg


Hypnotic background... ooooOOOooo

[Glen]

Onyx, were you at a nightclub dropping ecstasy or did you take that shot in front of your christmas tree?

[Onyx]

 LOL Glen, I must admit - I did have not insignificant amounts of kiddie piss in me (Vodka Cruisers) at the time, which made the 1/15 shutter speed all the more surprising...
That was actually outside the main street in Bondi - the blobs of light were traffic lights, car headlamps, tail lamps, etc.