Coneflowers in harsh light

[luxborealis]

This is in addition to Bob's post from yesterday.

10:45am on a bright blue sky day - not ideal for photography, but by isolating one flower (or a few), backlit against a natural field background, harsh light can work.

Sony RX10iii 600mm (35mm equiv - for you, Eric), ƒ5.6 @ 1/160 ISO 100 0 EV w/ polarizing filter; raw file processed in LR.

The long reach of the RX10iii is not just handy to have, but as sharp as any other focal length. The bokeh is, well, the jury is still out on it.

[Paulo Bizarro]

Nice.

[RMW]

Very faithful rendering. I like it a lot.
Can you say a little more about the bokeh.
Thank you Terry.
Richard

[luxborealis]

Very faithful rendering. I like it a lot.
Can you say a little more about the bokeh.
Thank you Terry.
Richard

To me, the bokeh is appropriately soft for f/5.6 and a 220mm (600mm in 35 terms) lens, but I find the out of focus bits have a bit of an "edge". I notice this on the background stems. It's not deal-breaking and perhaps only noticeable once it's pointed out, but noticeable to me.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Nice, Terry.

You could perhaps "repair" the bokeh by spending an hour or two blurring those edges.

-Eric

P.S. Would you like to trade your RX10iii for my "classic" RX10i, which is a bit lighter than yours?  I'll even throw in a couple of memory cards.