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Bokeh
Jul 27, 2022 09:23:01 #
rmalarz wrote:
Chuck, pronunciation aside, this might put things into perspective for many.
https://fujixweekly.com/2018/12/16/why-bokeh-is-overrated/
--Bob
https://fujixweekly.com/2018/12/16/why-bokeh-is-overrated/
--Bob
For me, a great link Bob. When I got into photography in the early 60's nobody never mentioned bokeh, obviously it was there but did not seem important until some time later. I think it was maybe 12 or so years ago when I was in Samy's Camera in Santa Barbara with my friend and mentor when the store manager brought up the bokeh of a lens my friend was buying. I had to ask him what they were talking about. When he explained it to me of course I knew but had never paid any attention to it. It did not matter. It still doesn't matter although I do try to use depth of field effectively, the bokeh, specifically, does not matter.
Dennis
Jul 27, 2022 09:24:48 #
Longshadow wrote:
So what was it called before "bokeh" came along?
Seems like a convenient single word descriptor to me.
Seems like a convenient single word descriptor to me.
Possibly a, blur.
Dennis
Jul 27, 2022 09:27:09 #
petrochemist
Loc: UK
Longshadow wrote:
So what was it called before "bokeh" came along?
Seems like a convenient single word descriptor to me.
Seems like a convenient single word descriptor to me.
I think before the term can to light it was just described as the 'rendering' of the lens, or just the look of the images. Neither refer specifically the out of focus portions, but still often considered when looking at the results a lens gives.
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Jul 27, 2022 09:30:09 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
charlienow wrote:
I have never heard this word spoken, always written. I always say it is my head as bouquet like in a bouquet of flowers. Is this correct?
Chuck
Chuck
Google says bow-kay (emphasis on the first syllable). There are YouTube videos (of course) on the correct pronunciation. I’ve heard the pronunciation of the KEH part with a short e.
Stan
Jul 27, 2022 09:32:55 #
User ID wrote:
IOW, good practice is to never speak the word. Even better would be to just delete it from your mind. The word is almost never properly used so its useless. It has nothing to do with visibly OOF blobs in fuzzy backgrounds.
Freshly ground Pepper is almost never properly used. If you try to delete it from MY world you will be in for a fight!
It's all about how those OOF blobs appear in the frame!!
Jul 27, 2022 09:33:16 #
Longshadow wrote:
Just ask Hyacinth Bucket.....
"It's Bouquet! The Lady of the house speaking!"
Jul 27, 2022 09:36:13 #
StanMac wrote:
Google says bow-kay (emphasis on the first syllable). There are YouTube videos (of course) on the correct pronunciation. I’ve heard the pronunciation of the KEH part with a short e.
Stan
Stan
Well, Wikipedia says BOH-kə and Dictionary.com says boh-kuh.... Both very close.
I'd go with them more than Giggle......
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Jul 27, 2022 09:42:07 #
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Jul 27, 2022 09:50:11 #
RichieC wrote:
LOL, I concur. br br Like saying depth of field ... (show quote)
I concur about 90%. ISO is not a word. I.S.O. means International Standards Organization and is pronounced I-S-O
not Eyesoo!
Jul 27, 2022 09:51:27 #
Longshadow wrote:
I wonder... In certain parts of the country would it be pronounced boh-ker?
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Jul 27, 2022 10:09:59 #
Longshadow wrote:
I wonder... In certain parts of the country would it be pronounced boh-ker?
If you are talking with some people in another country and they start using the word Bokeh...you are in a nerd circle.
Shuffle off to somewhere more normal.
Jul 27, 2022 10:13:47 #
Canisdirus wrote:
If you are talking with some people in another country and they start using the word Bokeh...you are in a nerd circle.
Shuffle off to somewhere more normal.
Shuffle off to somewhere more normal.
Normal is relative....
Jul 27, 2022 10:22:19 #
Longshadow wrote:
Normal is relative....
Normal is relative....
Yes, but best to keep the nerdiness local.
We don't want foreign nerds here...and neither do they.
Jul 27, 2022 10:28:25 #
Canisdirus wrote:
Yes, but best to keep the nerdiness local.
We don't want foreign nerds here...and neither do they.
We don't want foreign nerds here...and neither do they.
Why not? What's the difference in "foreign" nerds?
A nerd is a nerd, doesn't matter what location or language.
I was a nerd before the term was coined......
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