HOHIMER

Examples of bokeh here:
http://webdesignledger.com/inspiration/30-breathtaking-examples-of-bokeh-photography

Roger Hicks Loc: Aquitaine

The author of this piece is using 'bokeh' in the sense of 'extremely shallow depth of field', whereas the original (and I think more useful) meaning is simply 'the quality of the out of focus image', or as the late Geoffrey Crawley put it, 'good bokeh (preservation of subject shape in out of focus planes)' [Amateur Photographer, 8 August 2009, page 74]. There's quite a lot more about bokeh in http://www.rogerandfrances.com/subscription/bokeh.html

Cheers,

R.

Linden

Hello Roger & HOHIMER, on this subject of Bokeh.......when I analyze the words
"preservation of subject shape in out of focus planes" it actually feels like a misnomer to me....unless you are including the whole image as the "subject".
Which to me would more properly be called the image or photograph.....

The term "quality of out of focus Image" makes more sense to me as it refers to the planes before and beyond the recognizable D.O.F. However still recognizing the subject of the photo as being in focus.

I also think the term Bokeh is maybe being used as a catch all term that includes the likes of artifacts, glare, ghosting, etc, whereas the true meaning even though perhaps an artistic impression, is more about the blur of the out of focus planes and the resulting visible anomalies specifically from that blur.

I am struggling a little with this concept, I would like your opinion of my assessment please.

Best Regards,
Linden

Photoman74 Loc: Conroe Tx

:P Thank you