There's masses of fennel shooting up all over southern Europe, in fact it's the only green shoot in a sea of burnt gold.For the life of me I can't see how it grows. We've had an intensely hot summer, with no rain for 3 months. The sun has baked the earth into dust and yet the fennel thrives. How?
So, I was taking photographs of fennel with a new lens, or rather an old lens that I've recently bought. The lens is a Carl Zeiss Planar and the photograph above is my first test with the lens. What I'm very pleased with is the blurred gold area behind the fennel, for this is the signature of a very good lens.
The blur has a name, it's called "Bokeh" (it rhymes with poker). It's a Japanese word and it describes the part of the photograph that is out of focus. The bokeh produced by this lens is beautifully smooth and contrasts well with the sharpness of the fennel.
Sadly, fennel photographs are not in great demand and this one isn't for sale, but the lens has earned its keep.
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