Verbena bonariensis helios bokeh (vintage lens)

This is a Verbena bonariensis flower head in our garden, shot with a Helios 44M 58mm f2 vintage which was manufactured in 1973,

This is shot at f2, edited in Rawtherapee and Gimp, to recover shadows and highlights and boost the colours a bit.

The Helios is famed for it's bokeh

The bokeh you see is the gaps in the branches of next doors laburnum tree

I don't know if this works as a picture,

[PhotoCrazy]

Lovely image!

[Maggiemae]

Love the background blobs! Not exactly bokeh but makes the shot interesting!

[FBailey]

Thank you for making me want to dig out my Helios! Am afraid life's been getting in the way of photos lately and my phojo has gone on holiday ...

[*lynn]

fabulous bokeh

[Lesley Chisholm]

This really stands out, what a great image.

[Lee]

Interesting shot Phil. I found myself looking up the definition of bokeh following the comment from @maggiemae. Having read several definitions your background here looks like bokeh to me, but the definitions are open to personal interpretation.

[Phil Howcroft]

@gamelee thanks lee, it was created by the lens, no computer manipulation , it;s real bokeh for sure , Helios bokeh which swirls and twirls :)

@kiwichick thank you lesley :)

@lynnz thank you for your visit lynn :)

@fbailey shame about the phojo felicity, we all get it and then something inspires us to get back on track :)

@maggiemae thanks maggie , the blobs are genuine bokeh :)

@photographycrazy thank you so much :)

[Dean Robieson]

Don’t think you need to worry about ‘if it works’... absolutely beautiful ! Fav