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Tag: bokeh

Stump in lake

Experimenting with Lens Blur: the Burnside 35mm Lens

Posted on November 12, 2020November 12, 2020

Humans see binocularly, whereas a camera lens records light with only one light source—monocularly establishing a single point of focus. The photographer chooses a single point of focus, giving emphasis and meaning to the image. By adjusting the focus in the image, a photographer can establish a hierarchy of focus and attention over the image….

Two Chinese Pistache leaves

On Bokeh—the Red Tree

Posted on August 25, 2013October 31, 2020

Early references to the Chinese Pistache tree (Pistacia Chinensis) appear in Ernest Henry Wilson’s A Naturalist in Western China. Wilson notes that the hardwood of Chinese Pistache forms “a natural “fork” at one end and is in general use for the balanced rudder on all the larger boats.” [1]The tree is drought and insect resistant…

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