30mm f/0.47 - 1/400th, iso100 ● 103x68mm ● 184mp ● A7+C85/1.2 x38 ● London
Cars make a great subject for Bokeh Panos. Their size is perfect for emphasising an extreme effect, while their details offer great focal points. It can be difficult to choose a single point to focus on with a car. I've settled on aligning the front wheel and the logo on the front.
38mm f/0.56 - 1/200th, iso100 ● 130x90mm ● 294mp ● A7+C135/2 x62 ● London
I often process an image as a black & white if the subject looks like something old (shame about the other cars and vans here), but a Bokeh Pano can help a lot here too because it can make an image look like it was taken on an old large format camera. This was because they had much larger sensors than we can emulate here, but they didn't often have depth of field quite this shallow because they couldn't have a lens like an 85mm f/1.2, they would more likely have a 300mm f/5.6 (53mm aperture), but where they would catch up is by projecting to massive sensor, or in their case an 8x10 inch sheet of film.
GALLERY - CARS
23mm f/0.33 - 1/500 - 100 ● 98x65mm ● 268mp ● A7+C85/1.2 x37 ● Göteborg
Being a city-dweller most of my life I have never owned a car, but if I could have anything it would be one of these. I love the idea of exploring the wilderness with one of these and a Sony A9 in the glove box... I can dream.
32mm f/0.44 - 1/1250 - 100 ● 97x61mm ● 164mp ● A7+C85/1.2 x29 ● Göteborg
It's taken me a long time to get a nice Ferrari in a Bokeh Pano. Ideally I want a car this special to have nothing in front of or behind it. It can't have anybody inside it, of course, because I'm not going to ask permission and I want a decent background (this one is OK). Ideally I would like to organise a shoot with a car like this so that I can get it posed in a nice forest road or something, but so far none of my friends have bought one (damn them!).