Bokeh

pete4130

Ultimate Cheese fest.

melekalikimaka

i love bokeh


especially when its used in the correct sense

AnimalRights

What's the incorrect way?

melekalikimaka

some believe bokeh is basically the oof blur. i however am adiment that is not bokeh

DaireQuinlan

melekalikimaka wrote: »

some believe bokeh is basically the oof blur. i however am adiment that is not bokeh

Thats ok, I often make up completely wrongheaded private meanings for otherwise well understood words aswell

AnimalRights

Not time to digest these replies as I'm out but I love background blur/bokeh and really miss this on my f4 24-105L....I far prefer this lens to the 24-70L cept for the bokeh.
I hate the way Canon take so long to release good quality L lens replacements.

Captain Flaps

Were you intending for the bokeh to look like hearts or was that just a happy coincidence?

melekalikimaka

http://www.diyphotography.net/diy_create_your_own_bokeh

charybdis

melekalikimaka wrote: »

some believe bokeh is basically the oof blur. i however am adiment that is not bokeh

What is bokeh?

melekalikimaka

charybdis wrote: »

What is bokeh?

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/bokeh.shtml

the dots of out of focus light... in a nutshell


imo

Ricky91t

Now i want a 50mm f/1.4 even ore :pac:

DaireQuinlan

melekalikimaka wrote: »

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/bokeh.shtml

the dots of out of focus light... in a nutshell


imo

I'm confused as to why you link to an article that, if anything, actually CONTRADICTS your opinion ?

Anyhow, the general understanding of the word 'bokeh' is the 'quality' of the OOF areas. Its a qualititive term. So it's not actually accurate to describe an image as having 'bokeh' as such. It might have smooth bokeh, or harsh bokeh, or (worst of all) nisen-bokeh :rolleyes: and other pixel peepery terminology

dakar

charybdis wrote: »

What is bokeh?

Bokeh is a Japanese word that doesn't translate easily into our western cultural experience, and is not easy to explain in a simple phrase but the closest equivalent is 'when two or more otherwise vaguely rational individuals cannot come to an agreement about what a Japanese word means'.





:P

humberklog

dakar wrote: »

Bokeh is a Japanese word that doesn't translate easily into our western cultural experience, and is not easy to explain in a simple phrase but the closest equivalent is 'when two or more otherwise vaguely rational individuals cannot come to an agreement about what a Japanese word means'.





:P

Clear as crystal now...if a bit (controlled) blurry in the background.

It could do with a Haiku to explain it.

Covey

AnimalRights wrote: »

Not time to digest these replies as I'm out but I love background blur/bokeh and really miss this on my f4 24-105L....I far prefer this lens to the 24-70L cept for the bokeh.
I hate the way Canon take so long to release good quality L lens replacements.

Prime lenses... way to go :D

dakar

humberklog wrote: »

It could do with a Haiku to explain it.

I love a challenge!:) No strictly in the classical style, but the best I can come up with at short notice:


In light rays scatter

Softly blurred or circle bright

Seeds of discord sown

democrates

I looked into this. The word boke used in Nippon to describe blur or haze actually derives from the Manchurian concatenation of bo-kai which meant 'confusing outlook'. This was recorded in clay tablets dated to ~5,500BC in a dig but these were being carried by obsidian traders returning to mesopotamia, so according to scholars it's most likely original derivation is therefore from the Babylonian phrase 'pok-ai' or in middle english 'poke eye' which as Baldrick will testify yields the optical condition beautifully illustrated by the OP. OP means Original Point.

Barname

yeah, love bukkake . . .

KarmaGarda

An argument on Bokeh could go on for aaaages! But the best description I've heard for bokeh is anything with backround blur in the oof places... BUT, there's a difference between good bokeh and bad bokeh. If it just looks out of focus or jaggy, it's usually not good bokeh. It's very subjective all the same so I won't even try pretend it's black & white.

Nisio

In some parts of the country (northern predominently) if some one mentioned they were looking for a good bokeh you'd stand back to mind your shoes (or hold their hair back if they were a girl)

(something about the onamatopoeia of the word/action)

Barname

Nisio wrote: »

In some parts of the country (northern predominently) if some one mentioned they were looking for a good bokeh you'd stand back to mind your shoes (or hold their hair back if they were a girl)

(something about the onamatopoeia of the word/action)

no, that would be bukkake not bokeh (both are 'Japanese' words)

Rb

Barname wrote: »

yeah, love bukkake . . .

DaireQuinlan

Brief note to the curious. While in work do NOT ...
1. Google for 'bukkake'
2. Click on 'images'
3. Turn safesearch 'off'

Goggles, real acid, they do nothing, blah blah blah

Morrisseeee

Brief note to the curious. While in work do NOT ...

Damn, now you tell me. Too late I'm afraid, my supervisor just happened to be standing behind me ! and then Alanis Morrissetteeee (no relation:D) comes on the radio singing........"Isn't it ironic" :eek:

Bring back DOF Friday I say !!!!!!
Anyone remember that ? eeek

pete4130

C'mon guys, just enjoy the pretty heart shaped lights while you can.

I'll get the girl in the photo and see if she wants to do a bukkake series......I just asked her she's up for it!!!

Fajitas!

I can +1 that the girl in the photo is well up for it.

Borderfox

pete4130 wrote: »

C'mon guys, just enjoy the pretty heart shaped lights while you can.

I'll get the girl in the photo and see if she wants to do a bukkake series......I just asked her she's up for it!!!

Great shot Pete

and everybody else, shut the f**k up about bleedin bokeh. Every thread on the forum becomes a shouting match about pure sh**e

pete4130

Thanks Keith. I was hoping for other people to jump on the cheesy shaped bokeh buzz for this time of year

Borderfox

Very cool Pete

Fajitas!

Bonus points for Christmas tree shaped bokeh.

pete4130

Fajitas! wrote: »

Bonus points for Christmas tree shaped bokeh.

Voila!

Excuse the poor Xmas tree shape!

sineadw

pete4130 wrote: »

Voila!

Excuse the poor Xmas tree shape!

Fix!

kumate_champ07

bokeh is not just the quality of the OOF areas, its how the IF mets the OOF, how they blend together. the shape of the aperture/amount of blades(circular anyway at widest) doesnt effect the smoothness, it only effects the shape of the bokeh rings which are just 1 part of bokeh

And its more than just harsh or smooth, theres different qualities in smoothness particularly in the mid tones I believe

DaireQuinlan

Fajitas! wrote: »

Bonus points for Christmas tree shaped bokeh.

Doubleplusgood bonus points for christmas tree shaped bokeh ... on a picture of a christmas tree ...
Oooooo
Probably have to wait a bit for that one, though, depressingly, not too long.

Fajitas!

sineadw wrote: »

Fix!

Nevar!

AnimalRights

Lemon shaped bokeh to the left of the picture.





I've never seen Keith cuss b4, shocked tbh.