What is Bokeh?

[BradT0517]

OK so the title explains it but can you post some pictures and explain what bokeh is

[Livinthalife]

The BG of this pic is out of focus creating a beautiful Bokeh
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b386/atgrzymala/Ducky1.jpg

[crn3371]

First, do a search in the forums, lots of info there. Basically, it's that nice, soft, out of focus background that you see in some pictures, especially portraits. It is the product of aperture, focal length, and lens quality.

[Permagrin]

The BG of this pic is out of focus creating a beautiful Bokeh
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b386/atgrzymala/Ducky1.jpg

Hey, livinthalife, is that your "standard duck shot"?

[Livinthalife]

Hey, livinthalife, is that your "standard duck shot"?

Yes that was my "standard" duck shot when I received my 28-75 :)

[Permagrin]

Yes that was my "standard" duck shot when I received my 28-75 :)

I LOVE IT!!!

(and to get back to the thread...a VG example of bokeh)

[Livinthalife]

I LOVE IT!!!

(and to get back to the thread...a VG example of bokeh)

Thanks!

[BradT0517]

oops sry i wasnt thinking about it when i first posted it to search the forums

[sasa007]

From Photosig...

bokeh n. japanese term for blur, or out-of-focus. Pronounced bow-keh, with the first syllable soft, and the second one hard. The anglisised proununciation sounds more like "bow-ka" with the accent on the first syllable. It's a way of describing how out of focus areas are rendered in the image. Despite popular belief here and elsewhere, bokeh is not limited to describing how actual points of light are rendered. It's just that an out of focus point of light is the best and easiest way of describing and classifying the bokeh of a lens. Classifications includes donut, flat, and indistinct. The latter is generally preferable since it gives a softer and better blended out-of-focus background. Bokeh is subjective however, what looks good to one person may not be good for another.

[Livinthalife]

ah, though in japanese the word for out of focus or blur is
PI-N-BO-KE 　ピンボケ
pronuciation is pee-m-bow-kay

though I had never thoguht of the relation :)
good find sasa007

[calicokat]

Here is an example of Bokeh at F/1.2 I call it, "talk to the hand"

http://calicokat.smugmug.com/photos/78927260-M.jpg

[Pete]

A blurred foreground, is correspondingly called "Fokeh"...

[carpenter]

A blurred foreground, is correspondingly called "Fokeh"...

I usually call my shots with a blurred foreground a fokehp :D

[Permagrin]

I usually call my shots with a blurred foreground a fokehp :D

:lol:

[scokar]

OK so the title explains it but can you post some pictures and explain what bokeh is

Mr Bob Atkins posted this today:
http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/technical/bokeh.html

[newfly5]

carpenter, I about peed my pants on that one!!!

[SoaringUSAEagle]

It's all the fuzzy stuff that we rave about LOL.

[liza]

Mr Bob Atkins posted this today:
http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/technical/bokeh.html

Great link! Thanks for sharing. :)