catchlight.. Loc: Wisconsin USA- Halden Norway

Sorry but there is no bokeh in the photo. Bokeh is a desirable effect caused by the number of aperture blades and the particular lens characteristics. I added an example from google...

Certain lenses are sought after for this effect, and some can actually have bad bokeh, and are avoided.

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Streets Loc: Euless, TX.

A perfect example of "BROKEH". That and the doughnut O.O.F. effects of reflex lenses are the photographic equivalents of fingernails on a blackboard.

Ysarex Loc: St. Louis

That is an incorrect definition of bokeh. Bokeh is the aesthetic character of the out of focus region of a photo and is not restricted to "bokeh balls" that reflect the aperture blades.

Joe

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Bokeh is overall pleasing to my eyes, great shot, Streets.

catchlight.. Loc: Wisconsin USA- Halden Norway

Wikipedia, Bokeh

Bokeh characteristics may be quantified by examining the image's circle of confusion. In out-of-focus areas, each point of light becomes an image of the aperture, generally a more or less round disc. Depending on how a lens is corrected for spherical aberration, the disc may be uniformly illuminated, brighter near the edge, or brighter near the center. A well-known lens that exhibited the latter "soap-bubble" characteristic was that produced by Hugo Meyer & Co.

In photography, bokeh (/ˈboʊkeɪ/ BOH-kay;[1] Japanese: [boke]) is the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in the out-of-focus parts of an image produced by a lens.[2][3][4] Bokeh has been defined as "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light".[5] Differences in lens aberrations and aperture shape cause some lens designs to blur the image in a way that is pleasing to the eye, while others produce blurring that is unpleasant or distracting ("good" and "bad" bokeh, respectively).[6] Bokeh occurs for parts of the scene that lie outside the depth of field. Photographers sometimes deliberately use a shallow focus technique to create images with prominent out-of-focus regions.

Bokeh is often most visible around small background highlights, such as specular reflections and light sources, which is why it is often associated with such areas.

Streets Loc: Euless, TX.

Joe, you missed my play on words. I wrote B-R-O-K-E-H.

woodweasel Loc: bellingham Wa

I agree that the bokeh would be considered creamy , still a nice capture

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

For the most part, Bokeh is an unintentional out of focus backround or foreground. While the human eye has the ability to focus most objects with the same depth of field, the camera does not do so well. Instead when photographing someone looking at themselves in a mirror when focusing on the reflection of the person in a mirror the actual object of the person will be out of focus. Another example would be a close up photograph of a person's face in a dark room full of multicolored lights. The shutter will be shutter will be slower and the aperture will be wider. The background will be blurred because you have list depth of field.
I hope you understand my take on Bokeh. It is a good effect to achieve when you are fooling around with your camera.

Ysarex Loc: St. Louis

Glad to see Wikipedia agrees with me.

Must have been a slip there when you cut and pasted the definition from Wiki. You left off the last sentence. Here it is: "However, bokeh is not limited to highlights; blur occurs in all out-of-focus regions of the image."

And now I'm glad to see that it's even more clear that Wikipedia agrees with me.

Joe

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

For the most part, Bokeh is often unintended and a failure of a lens incapable to adequately provide good depth of field. It is one of many nice effects to play with and fool around with. When I was in high school I didn't know what it was called. I was able to photograph an empty beer bottle and in the background there was an out of focus school bus. I won several awards for it. The school still has it hanging in the library with my signature and date on the mat.

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

For the most part, Bokeh is often unintended and a failure of a lens incapable to adequately provide good depth of field. It is one of many nice effects to play with and fool around with. When I was in high school I didn't know what it was called. I was able to photograph an empty beer bottle and in the background there was an out of focus school bus. I won several awards for it. The school still has it hanging in the library with my signature and date on the mat.