Friday photo challenge: Bokeh

Bokeh (derived from Japanese boke, a noun form of bokeru, “become blurred or fuzzy”) is a photographic term referring to the appearance of out-of-focus areas in an image produced by a camera lens using a shallow depth of field.[1] Different lens bokeh produces different aesthetic qualities in out-of-focus backgrounds, which are often used to reduce distractions and emphasize the primary subject. –wikipedia

This week, create a photograph with out-of-focus background to emphasise the subject, either using the photo editor of your choice, or by focusing ;)

Happy weekend!

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4 Responses to Friday photo challenge: Bokeh

  1. Ichimusai says:

    Tips in English

    Tips for those who are not sure how to use their cameras to create a shallow depth of field necessary to cast the background in bokeh blurr.

    Set you camera to aperture priority, this is the “A” mode. Then use the selector to select the lowest possible number of the aperture. This is the biggest aperture and gives you the most shallow DOF.

    Go closer than usual and then have some distance to the background and you should be able to do this quite easily.

    • The longer the focal length, the more shallow the dof.
    • The bigger the aperture, the more shallow the dof.
    • The closer you focus, the more shallow the dof.

    Tips på Svenska

    Tips för de som inte är säkra på hur man får till en oskarp bakgrund och få en skön “bokeh”.

    Ställ in kameran på bländarprioritet, brukar vara “A”-läget. Använd sedan tumhjulet eller motsvarande för att välja lägsta möjliga siffra, detta ger dig största bländaröppningen och kortaste skärpedjupet.

    Gå närmare objektet än vanligt och skapa samtidigt lite distans till bakgrunden om det går.

    • Ju längre fokallängd på ditt objektiv, desto kortare skärpedjup
    • Ju större bländare, desto kortare skärpedjup
    • Ju närmre du fokuserar, desto kortare skärpedjup
  2. Ichimusai says:

    Nu får jag skämmas. Jag har helt glömt bort den här. Och i morgon åker jag på julfest i England. Så jag får ta tag i det när jag kommer hem igen.

    Huvva.

  3. Eva the Weaver says:

    Winter is not the best time for bokeh, when you do it with the supermacro setting of a compact – but I did try a few shots last sunday.

    Here’s one
    Grass Bokeh

  4. Ichimusai says:

    I am just devoid of inspiration right now. Today I shot this just to get something, it’s part of what I am working on right now.

    My Work

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