Re: [SI] bokeh - Alan's comments

Kinon O'cann wrote:
"Alan Browne" <alan.browne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:jR2Mf.30958$W63.800452@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


Bowser
(http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/56276992)

One of the more creative shots in this set. I agree with Ken that a "back alley" version would have been great (at the risk of the gun wielding model being snipered by the police), but I do believe this is just as authentic a treatment as armed break-ins do occur and people are held at gunpoint. The perspective treatment, point of focus and angle of the gun, bad-guy posture, curved (wide angle) effect of non-subject areas, etc., etc., are very strong. As to bokeh, a bit harsh.




Thanks for the comments, as usual. The back alley shot might have worked, but it's a real gun, and some people may have misunderstood.

A title of "home invasion" would have helped. My thought after consideration, is to have staged it in a convenience store.

I wanted to tell the story using the bokeh area, with one or two strong points of focus. My son got a kick out of it.

The bokeh is what I get from the Sigma fisheye (15mm 2.8 EX EG) and it is strange, if nothing else. Normally, you don't see much out of focus when shooting with this lens.

My Sigma 12-24 has the most hideous bokeh around. But yeah, I never see it unless I try. Yours looks fine to me, light-years smoother than the 12-24.
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