Do lenses render color differently? They sure do! Zeiss 35mm f/2.0 Distagon T* ZF.2 @ f/5.6, SB900 flash bounced off near wall to the right. Nikon 16-35mm f/4N VR, 35mm @ f/5.6, SB900 flash bounced off near wall to the right. I notice no discernible difference in sharpness here. The Zeiss has a bit better [...]
Posts Tagged ‘bokeh’
The Color Of A Lens
Posted in Gear, Tips and Notes, tagged nikon, strobe, bokeh, color, lens, test, wideangle, D700, Zeiss on May 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Bokeh – say what?
Posted in Tips and Notes, tagged bokeh on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bokeh is a Japanese term, used in photographic circles when referring to beautiful blurry areas of an image. The problem in the US is … how do we pronounce it? Is it like bouquet or like boca? Wonder no more!
Fabulous Lens
Posted in Story, tagged bokeh, color, comparison, lens, prime, tokina, zoom on July 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am so impressed by this lens, I have to blog about it. I’ve got the Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D and the Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D, both of which produce outstanding (world-class even!) colors, contrast, bokeh, and sharpness. I consider both to be must-have lenses. Those aren’t the lenses I’m blogging about now, though, those are just [...]
sin city hawk
Posted in Photo, Portfolio, tagged bird, bokeh, hawk, hawkquest, lightroom, red on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Harris Hawk from HawkQuest, with a “sin city” preset from Lightroom.






