Tag Archives: Bokeh

Heatwave Forest Walk Was Trippy!

It has been really hot here today with the temperature hitting 33 degrees, which may not sound too hot for people reading this from hot climates, but our heat is very humid and not a nice heat. We walked around Bryngarw, and melted away. I did not get many photographs that I likes, so IContinue reading “Heatwave Forest Walk Was Trippy!”

Sharpness Is Overrated

IntroductionA combination of conveniences relating to modern digital photography have led to a trend of hyper-scrutiny on lens performance, most notably sharpness. Nowadays we are blessed with data-dense raw files, and process our images on high definition, wide colour-gamut screens. We can also zoom into our images on-screen by hundreds of percent very quickly andContinue reading “Sharpness Is Overrated”

Nice blurred backgrounds (bokeh) with ANY lens! Here is a guide on how to do it, but why you should really consider a wide aperture lens.

A lot of people think that you  must have an F/1.4 lens to create nice creamy bokeh (out of focus background blur), however, you can achieve this effect with almost any lens, even a standard kit lens if you know and understand how that effect is created in the first place. First we will discussContinue reading “Nice blurred backgrounds (bokeh) with ANY lens! Here is a guide on how to do it, but why you should really consider a wide aperture lens.”

Butterflies And Bees

You know what? I am enjoying my macro lens far more than I ever have enjoyed macro lenses in the past. You really get what you pay for, and it really shows in the images you capture! I had 10 minutes in the garden and my mission was to capture a butterfly… And I did,Continue reading “Butterflies And Bees”

A Walk In The Park With The Macro And Nikkor 50mm F/1.4 lens

I know I was here recently with the family, but I did not have a camera with me. Well today, I went out with the Nikon Z6ii and two lenses, the Tamron 90mm macro and the Nikkor 50mm F/1.4 lenses. Both lenses were put through their paces, and I shot at various apertures on theContinue reading “A Walk In The Park With The Macro And Nikkor 50mm F/1.4 lens”