bokeh..?

[tevo]

have seen the effect before, quite fond of it actually.


how exactly is it achieved, and are there any "tricks of the trade"? (so to speak )

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...ery/183470-school-me-bokeh-pics-included.html

There's plenty more info where that came from.

 

[tevo]

thanks much, once again. [:


thats what i love about this forum, its a priceless resource of knowledge and information, fueled by people like you.

 

[Geaux]

you GO Bitter, with yo bad selllllllllf lol

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

Heh, fueled by everyone and the search button.

 

[tevo]

shh, ill never tell

 

[KmH]

Just be sure you don't confuse bokeh with depth-of-field (DOF), they are not the same thing.

DOF is qualtifiable, bokeh is not.

Bokeh is entirely subjective and is a function of the mechanical attributes, glass properties, and construction of a lens, mainly the number and shape of the lens aperture blades.

A larger number of aperture blades that have nicely rounded edges usually produce a more pleasing bokeh effect.

A great comparison is to look at the jarring, jittery, odd looking bokeh produced by Canon's inexpensive, 5 bladed aperture, 50 mm prime lens and the super smooth, cream cheese, bokeh produced by Nikon's, 9 bladed, AF 85mm f/1.4D. The Nikon lens is nicknamed "The Cream Machine" because of it's remarkably smooth and homogenous.



Two kinds of bokeh are generally recognized as being desireable and pleasing:

1. Cream Cheese Bokeh
2. Hollywood Bokeh

Bokeh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia