Bokeh?!??
Jun 5, 2014 13:14:37 #
I keep seeing forum members referring to "bokeh". Could someone please explain what it is, how to get it, and when it might be wanted?
Just dumb it down for me.
Thanks guys and girls
Just dumb it down for me.
Thanks guys and girls
Jun 5, 2014 13:16:07 #
RWR
Loc: La Mesa, CA
MadMikeOne wrote:
I keep seeing forum members referring to "bokeh". Could someone please explain what it is, how to get it, and when it might be wanted?
Just dumb it down for me.
Thanks guys and girls
Just dumb it down for me.
Thanks guys and girls
It's a Japanese word for "blur."
Jun 5, 2014 13:22:50 #
Type in bokeh in the search function at the top of this page...and hold on...lol
Jun 5, 2014 13:36:29 #
MadMikeOne wrote:
I keep seeing forum members referring to "bokeh". Could someone please explain what it is, how to get it, and when it might be wanted?
Just dumb it down for me.
Thanks guys and girls
Just dumb it down for me.
Thanks guys and girls
Mad, welcome to the Hog.
Sorry, but I'm all bokehed out right now.
There was a recent Weekly Photo Challenge, that I believe was about Bokeh in landscapes. Look for that, or maybe St3v3n might be so kind as to add a link to the contest shots.
Those pics will be worth many 1000's of words! ;-)
SS
Jun 5, 2014 13:51:27 #
Bret wrote:
Type in bokeh in the search function at the top of this page...and hold on...lol
I did that and my head spun around, flew off and across the room, and broke my big bay window.
That's why I am asking youz peoples!
Jun 5, 2014 13:52:38 #
MadMikeOne wrote:
I keep seeing forum members referring to "bokeh". Could someone please explain what it is, how to get it, and when it might be wanted?
Just dumb it down for me.
Thanks guys and girls
Just dumb it down for me.
Thanks guys and girls
The term "bokeh" has been dumbed-down so much already only dumb photographers use it. :-) <joke>
Jun 5, 2014 13:52:40 #
SharpShooter wrote:
Mad, welcome to the Hog.
Sorry, but I'm all bokehed out right now.
There was a recent Weekly Photo Challenge, that I believe was about Bokeh in landscapes. Look for that, or maybe St3v3n might be so kind as to add a link to the contest shots.
Those pics will be worth many 1000's of words! ;-)
SS
Sorry, but I'm all bokehed out right now.
There was a recent Weekly Photo Challenge, that I believe was about Bokeh in landscapes. Look for that, or maybe St3v3n might be so kind as to add a link to the contest shots.
Those pics will be worth many 1000's of words! ;-)
SS
Thanks SS. If he does not post the link, I may just PM him.
Jun 5, 2014 13:53:04 #
amehta
Loc: Boston
MadMikeOne wrote:
I keep seeing forum members referring to "bokeh". Could someone please explain what it is, how to get it, and when it might be wanted?
Just dumb it down for me.
Thanks guys and girls
Just dumb it down for me.
Thanks guys and girls
I would say it is the character of the image as things get out of focus. With good bokeh, you can still tell what the OOF stuff is, but it is not distracting. With bad bokeh, there are optical artifacts like non-circular light circles and odd edges which are distracting.
Jun 5, 2014 13:53:26 #
wilsondl
Loc: Lincoln, NE
It's not blur it's how good the blur is! I like the blur my 135mm spirtone pre-set lens from the 1970's gives with it's 15 blade aperture. That's all I need to know. - Dave
Jun 5, 2014 13:54:12 #
I see...well kind looks like this...although the last time I was in Japan it looked different as best I can recall....lol
Jun 5, 2014 13:57:29 #
Bret wrote:
I see...well kind looks like this...although the last time I was in Japan it looked different as best I can recall....lol
There's a lot of noise in that blur... should we call this bokehnoise? :-)
Nice shot though.
Jun 5, 2014 14:03:51 #
Bret wrote:
I see...well kind looks like this...although the last time I was in Japan it looked different as best I can recall....lol
Thanks Bret.
This helps, but brings up another question.
Is bokeh the same as DOF? That's what this photo brings to mind.
Jun 5, 2014 14:07:38 #
MadMikeOne wrote:
Thanks Bret.
This helps, but brings up another question.
Is bokeh the same as DOF? That's what this photo brings to mind.
This helps, but brings up another question.
Is bokeh the same as DOF? That's what this photo brings to mind.
Bokeh is not the same as DOF, but it is related.
DOF defines the "thickness" of the band of acceptably focused region in front of the lens - smaller aperture leads to a thicker DOF.
Bokeh refers to the "quality" of the out-of-focus areas; how smoothly the various shapes and colors blend into each other, etc. Depending on things like focal length, aperture, distance to subject, number of diaphragm blades, etc., different lenses might have smoother or "rougher" looking out of focus areas.
Jun 5, 2014 14:09:10 #
Bokeh is outside the DoF...well out of focus. The bee is about 2 feet away at F13...not very much of a DoF with an 85mm macro lens.
Jun 5, 2014 14:13:53 #
Bret wrote:
Bokeh is outside the DoF...well out of focus. The bee is about 2 feet away at F13...not very much of a DoF with an 85mm macro lens.
That helped A LOT! DOF and bokeh are not the same. I am finally getting it.
Thank you so very much.
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