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jeanette62 · Sep 10, 2008, 2:35 AM

Ihave seen photos with boken in the tags what is it ?

tjsnaps · Sep 10, 2008, 8:37 AM

You mean "Bokeh"? it simply means an out of focus background or foreground, a shallow depth of field. Confussed me at first too.

http://forums.steves-digicams.com/fo...amp;forum_id=2

jeanette62 · Sep 10, 2008, 11:40 AM

hi thanks for your reply does this seem ok is this what it means coz if it is its just depth of field isnt it ?

tjsnaps · Sep 10, 2008, 6:26 PM

Yep thats all it is

Bob Nichol · Sep 11, 2008, 8:39 AM

Bokeh can also refer to the quality of the out of focus elements. Some lenses can have harsh bokeh and others have pleasing bokeh. It has a lot to do with the shape and number of blades in the diaphragm.

tjsnaps · Sep 11, 2008, 8:43 AM

Or it could just be a speech impediment

"Ah shoot I dopped my camea and it bokeh"

BillDrew · Sep 11, 2008, 8:54 PM

I wonder if a description of a photo which includes the phrase "good bokeh" isn't much like a programmer yelling, "That is not a bug, it is a feature!"

TCav · Sep 11, 2008, 9:12 PM

Perhaps if someone could post some examples of bad bokeh ...

For instance, http://www.dyxum.com/dforum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11342

tjsnaps · Sep 12, 2008, 12:26 AM

bad bokeh .... No Photoshop!

BillDrew · Sep 12, 2008, 8:09 PM

TCav posted a good link to photos taken with a catadioptric lens that is well known for producing dougnut boheh. Some of the photos are just fine, and some have very distracting background. Not all of the distracting backgrounds are due to the dougnut effect - some are simply due to the background being to messy (branches).

My feeling is that if the background attracts comment when the foreground is the subject, it is bad bokeh. (In general - there are alway exceptions.)

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Sep 10, 2008, 2:35 AM	#1
jeanette62 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 83	Ihave seen photos with boken in the tags what is it ?

Sep 10, 2008, 8:37 AM	#2
tjsnaps Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Sacramento, Ca Posts: 652	You mean "Bokeh"? it simply means an out of focus background or foreground, a shallow depth of field. Confussed me at first too. http://forums.steves-digicams.com/fo...amp;forum_id=2

Sep 10, 2008, 11:40 AM	#3
jeanette62 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 83	hi thanks for your reply does this seem ok is this what it means coz if it is its just depth of field isnt it ?

Sep 10, 2008, 6:26 PM	#4
tjsnaps Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Sacramento, Ca Posts: 652	Yep thats all it is

Sep 11, 2008, 8:39 AM	#5
Bob Nichol Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Eastern Ontario Canada Posts: 823	Bokeh can also refer to the quality of the out of focus elements. Some lenses can have harsh bokeh and others have pleasing bokeh. It has a lot to do with the shape and number of blades in the diaphragm.

Sep 11, 2008, 8:43 AM	#6
tjsnaps Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Sacramento, Ca Posts: 652	Or it could just be a speech impediment "Ah shoot I dopped my camea and it bokeh"

Sep 11, 2008, 8:54 PM	#7
BillDrew Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hay River Township, WI Posts: 2,512	I wonder if a description of a photo which includes the phrase "good bokeh" isn't much like a programmer yelling, "That is not a bug, it is a feature!"

Sep 11, 2008, 9:12 PM	#8
TCav Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Washington, DC, Metro Area, Maryland Posts: 13,755	Perhaps if someone could post some examples of bad bokeh ... For instance, http://www.dyxum.com/dforum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11342

Sep 12, 2008, 12:26 AM	#9
tjsnaps Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Sacramento, Ca Posts: 652	bad bokeh .... No Photoshop!

Sep 12, 2008, 8:09 PM	#10
BillDrew Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hay River Township, WI Posts: 2,512	TCav posted a good link to photos taken with a catadioptric lens that is well known for producing dougnut boheh. Some of the photos are just fine, and some have very distracting background. Not all of the distracting backgrounds are due to the dougnut effect - some are simply due to the background being to messy (branches). My feeling is that if the background attracts comment when the foreground is the subject, it is bad bokeh. (In general - there are alway exceptions.)