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Quoted By: >>4121611
It seems like camera companies have generally moved toward crafting the "perfect" lens in correcting coma, improving sharpness wide open, correcting distortion, removing chromatic aberration, and generally making the bokeh "buttery smooth," since lens reviews like to point out all those aspects as deciding factors.
But don't you sometimes like to see a little bit of spiraly bokeh or cat's eye bokeh to highlight a central subject? Or "noisy bokeh" to direct interest to an otherwise boring background when the subject is equally boring (like pic related)?
What are your favorite lenses for adding character to a photo, and what is it about them that makes them unique?
A couple of my favorites:
-Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM - barrel distortion makes backgrounds appear to spiral around the subject
-Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM - green fringing in the bokeh makes the bokeh "noisy," which I like with winter trees in the background. The 85mm USM does it too. It's very characteristic of this lens series.
But don't you sometimes like to see a little bit of spiraly bokeh or cat's eye bokeh to highlight a central subject? Or "noisy bokeh" to direct interest to an otherwise boring background when the subject is equally boring (like pic related)?
What are your favorite lenses for adding character to a photo, and what is it about them that makes them unique?
A couple of my favorites:
-Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM - barrel distortion makes backgrounds appear to spiral around the subject
-Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM - green fringing in the bokeh makes the bokeh "noisy," which I like with winter trees in the background. The 85mm USM does it too. It's very characteristic of this lens series.
