Sony DSLR "Picture of the day"

[sparkie1263]

Nice images
Frank

[seanhoxx]

From Wrestling meet, lots of bokeh, maybe to much? Shot with out flash indoors under less then great lighting.

[Peekayoh]

Thanks, Frank.
Sean, didn't know you could have too much Bokeh! Does it hurt?

[dr4gon]

You can never have too much bokeh!

[seanhoxx]

Well it tingles more then it hurts....... LOL I thought maybe it was to um blotchy? not as silky creamy bokeh as I have seen in othe photos, but still cool.

[Elisha]

yeah it is not creamy but still looks good. i'm sure you can use some Gaussian Blur to make it look more appealing.

[seanhoxx]

Thanks Elisha, I still had the ISO jacked up to like 2500 maybe even 3200 when I shot it, I wonder if I had backed it down if that would have 'smoothed' the bokeh a bit?

[Elisha]

this was a RAW convert right?
what program do you use for RAW? Sony IDC?
also does high ISO NR on/off have any affect on RAW?

[seanhoxx]

So far all my sports shooting has been in extra fine JPEG, then some cropping, and often just 'auto correct' on some that I really like I do a bit more work. I have got to make the effort I have elements 6 and lightroom 2 both loaded on the computer and just sitting there! I don't know if it's lazy, or fear of trying to learn something else new while still trying to learn what the camera can do, or what!

[Peekayoh]

Thanks Elisha, I still had the ISO jacked up to like 2500 maybe even 3200 when I shot it, I wonder if I had backed it down if that would have 'smoothed' the bokeh a bit?

The short answer is "No".
If you'd backed down on the ISO, you'd have needed to decrease the shutter speed which doesn't affect DOF.
Theoretically you could have increased the aperture instead which would affect the DOF and therefore the Bokeh, however you were already at f2.8 so that's a non starter.