Vintage bokeh

This photo was an experiment, diving into the world of bokeh variations. Evening light seemed appropriate. Your comments are very welcome.

I like the background here, it's not completely smooth and therefore gives a little bit information about the background. I would say this looks quite a classic example of a photo shot with a vintage lens. I guess this could be done even smoother with modern lenses. But it's a matter of taste, which is better, smooth or completely smooth background. There are quite a typical "glow" on the some of the highlight areas, especially at the top of the hay, I have seen that kind of behaviour with my 50mm vintage lenses, too.

Hi Timo,

 

thanks for your reply to my post. Our conversation on one of your latest uploads led to this upload. I remembered that the bokeh of this lens wasn't like that of modern lenses. Having shot this at f 1.4, there hardly is any DoF, but the 'stripy' background does conveal some of the forms in the background. I like the subject of bokeh because it's such a purely photographic matter. Thanks for inspiring me to go back to this photo and upload it. Kind regards, Vincent

Wonderful warm glow that that exemplifies the great beauty of light, Vincent. The background makes a great backdrop for the focal point. The slight striations in the background work beautifully with the soft and warm colors of the grass. Best regards, Paul.

Hi Paul,

 

this photo was an experiment. I wanted to know how minimal DoF with wide open aperture would look with this vintage 50 mm 1.4 lens. As you have seen, it results in what I would call beautiful flare-blur. It is a purely photographic notion we are dealing with here; the image is nothing more than the outcome of the experiment, not my ideal view of this scene, which would have more DoF and an OoF background. Kind regards, Vincent