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What you want to try with the Plena lens is shoot a subject in focus in the foreground, at 1.8, with those lights in the background, at some distance, so you see how the bokeh treats the points of light. Have fun; it's a great lens.
Thanks for that -I'll give it a try !
+1 on Steven's post above.
The power and beauty of the Plena is how it renders out of focus background highlights (the traditional meaning of the term Bokeh, the qualitative rendering of out of focus specular highlights). To really see that in action try setting up portrait style shots with sharp, in-focus foreground subjects and out of focus bright highlights like those holiday lights, sparkles off of water or any background with out of focus specular highlights.
The power and beauty of the Plena is how it renders out of focus background highlights (the traditional meaning of the term Bokeh, the qualitative rendering of out of focus specular highlights). To really see that in action try setting up portrait style shots with sharp, in-focus foreground subjects and out of focus bright highlights like those holiday lights, sparkles off of water or any background with out of focus specular highlights.
Yes, I've seen that effect-it's great. I do like the portrait effect too, though, as a close-up, (my dog), and what Plena did for the otherwise messy background for my photos of the Christmas lights. It appears to be very versatile for many different functions. Specular highlights are actually not my first choice for it's use, round as they may be!
. Though I will certainly play with that too.