http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/bokeh.htm http://www.slrphotographyguide.com/tips/bokeh-DOF.shtml http://mansurovs.com/what-is-bokeh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokeh This one compares the looks , Click on diff lenses: http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/bokeh-comparison.htm#18135 This is where the real art comes in.. Probably the most elusive quality a photographer can impart to a picture!!!!!!! Lets see some Good Bokeh!!
Someones Quote!! Note, sometimes 'bokeh' will also be spelt as 'brokeh' by those not fully familiar with the term. 'Bokeh' is what you can achieve with a prime lens. While 'Brokeh', on the other hand, is what your wallet looks like when you buy that expensive lens! (Get it ... the lens costs so much, you're broke eh?) Ok, I'm not that good at jokes
hmm... Most of my favorite photographers are landscape artists who stop down and shoot near the hyperfocal point for extremely wide DOF, so there's not a whole lot of bokeh to speak of. Bokeh is for weddings (j/k)
Here are a few of mine, I don't have it much with the stuff I normally shoot Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Since bokeh is lens specific, you should note the lens along with examples. #1 - 58mm f1.2 Noct-Nikkor #2 - 50mm f1.0 Noctilux Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Learn something new every day... I've been in photography since 1980, with 10 years as a professional. And NEVER heard that term "bokeh" before.... must be some relatively new term. Either way, I understand the idea and LOVE the results. Jedi
I don't have my full library with me, but here are a few I had on Flickr. 1. Canon 100mm f2 2. Canon 100mm f2 3. Canon 17-40mm f4 (f4 doesn't seem like enough, but with a minimum focal length of less than a foot you can get some great results.) 4. Canon 17-40mm f4 Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Fun thread. I love shooting with a shallow depth of field. Here are a few I have taken: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Now that everyone is aware of Bokeh... We will alltry to capture Better Bokeh in the months to come! This is Macro Bokeh Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
It's a property of your lenses (quite often the geometry of the aperture blades, from what I understand).
This is my understanding as well. Generally the more blades there are then the "better" the bokeh is, especially wide open as you get neater circles on the out of focus areas.
None of the blades or geometry mean a thing without a particular lighting or focal distance.. Which we can control! Bokeh describes the appearance, or "feel," of out-of-focus areas. Bokeh is not how far something is out-of-focus, bokeh is the character of whatever blur is there.
We can control how much or how little of the frame is in focus. That's technique and an understanding of DOF and the hyperfocal distance. What I was saying is if your lenses produce 'bad bokeh', it's not something you can work on. It is what it is.
