Fun With Bokeh

[Jeff Fillmore]

Kind of bored this afternoon and playing around. We made our own "Mickey Bokeh."

 

[annnewjerz]

VERY cool.

 

[Experiment_626]

Nice! Or maybe I should say, "Oh boy! That's swell!"

So how did you do this?

SSB

 

[Jeff Fillmore]

Thanks- I ran across a cool tutorial on how to do this. (My fake lens hood was way less professional looking than theirs- pretty much just held it in front of the camera.)

Here is a link: http://www.diyphotography.net/diy_create_your_own_bokeh

 

[Code]

OK I'm definitely trying this with my wife's Cricut paper cutter when I get home!

 

[Quicklabs]

That is so fun! Great job, as always.

 

[Evad]

Great job Jeff!! Love the effect and little L looks beautiful. I will have to show this to Jenny.




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[YEKCIM]

Very cool, Jeff. I think I speak for the community when I say that we love it when you get "bored" and introduce us to some new idea or technique.

Well done, sir!

~Ed

 

[Plantlady]

I couldn't cut out a "neat" looking mickey head with my big bulky scissors.

So, I went with a star. This one was best, I think.. Not as many lights.. but, distinct shape.

It was quite a fun thing to do this afternoon! I think I can perfect it.

 

[ElizK]

Ok, I tried. Can't get it to work. I don't think either of my lenses have a small enough f-stop. Wah! Very disappointed.

 

[Code]

I gave this a shot using my wife's Cricut paper cutter...

...but I wanted to see if I could improve the bokeh shape near the edges, so I cut out a 1 1/4" circle with a 1/2" Mickey head in the middle, and carefully taped it to the edges of my 50/1.4's inner element. (I tried on Sigma 30/1.4 first but it doesn't have a lip around the inner element to tape to)

This gives much more even bokeh shape.

 

[Brad M]

Very nice shot Jeff!

 

[YesDear]

Code beat me to it. If your wife has a cricut it is a snap to make the design. I may get my DW to try different Disney shapes and see what happens!