jake klein
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Strange Bokeh is from shooting through a fence at the zoo.
D90 - nikkor 135mm F2 ais @ F2
D90 - nikkor 135mm F2 ais @ F2
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Tiger in B&W
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Asher Kelman
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Strange Bokeh is from shooting through a fence at the zoo.
D90 - nikkor 135mm F2 ais @ F2
Jake,
You've done very well! No one would notice artifacts from the fence unless as you've done, they are pointed out. You can try a local gaussian blur and paint in with a mask with a soft brush of varying diameter. Only the top left quadrant needs to be attended too.
Asher
jake klein
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I really liked the black and white because I felt it gave a better sense of its camouflage.
Asher, I haven't been adding any extra blur to the background with this old 135mm f2. I usually do with all my other lenses including the 180mm f2.8. But the bokeh is so lovely with this old gem I feel I have to leave it as is.
Asher, I haven't been adding any extra blur to the background with this old 135mm f2. I usually do with all my other lenses including the 180mm f2.8. But the bokeh is so lovely with this old gem I feel I have to leave it as is.
Dawid Loubser
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Strange Bokeh is from shooting through a fence at the zoo.
D90 - nikkor 135mm F2 ais @ F2
Nicely done, Jake! Excellent manual focusing with the 135mm - such a lovely and legendary Nikkor lens. My only criticism would be the dark tones of the image - I know you probably wanted to attain nice high contrast, but it clips to black too harshly for my tastes. Often, when adjusting luminance curves, I find I have to apply extra care in the shadow areas to create the impression of contrast, but to not lose all detail.
My second recommendation has to do with composition. Since the Tiger's front feet and upper back were just slightly chopped-off in anyway, I would probably crop even closer to maximise the attention on his face and tail. But that's personal taste.
Thanks for sharing!