Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
In a current thread on a fine vintage East German lens, the wide aperture lens throws the background out of focus.
Many photographers, instead, insist on equal treatment of all elements over the entire frame. so for them, vignetting and "bokeh" are out!
Still, a lot of us don't want or need such obsessional uniformity in image recording. After all, our brains, is ranks everything: threats get noticed first! Obviously a beautiful maiden gets special attention as does a pile of gold coins. So we observe things according to the importance. So for myself, I allocate generally of all lens effects, (illumination, contrast, clarity, saturation and sharpness to different parts of the photograph. What do you do.............
Asher
Many photographers, instead, insist on equal treatment of all elements over the entire frame. so for them, vignetting and "bokeh" are out!
Still, a lot of us don't want or need such obsessional uniformity in image recording. After all, our brains, is ranks everything: threats get noticed first! Obviously a beautiful maiden gets special attention as does a pile of gold coins. So we observe things according to the importance. So for myself, I allocate generally of all lens effects, (illumination, contrast, clarity, saturation and sharpness to different parts of the photograph. What do you do.............
- Insist on small apertures when you can, to get everything in sharp focus?
- Sharpen, brighten etc the entire frame, center to the edges to make things as even as possible?
- Just use what the lens delivers?
Asher