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Bokeh (日本語): n a Japanese term for the subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of a photographic image.
The root of the Japanese word boke or bokeh actually means "nothing good." The meaning is similar to “confused” or “dizzy” and is used to describe mental states of the same nature. Many new photographers confuse bokeh with the distracting hard edged illuminated balls created by out of focus pinpoints of light in the background of an image. For more information on bokeh, please see this pdf file composed by Carl Ziess. If it's not enough to make your stomach churn with graphs and physics, then perhaps the musk from a deceased skunk should be applied to your lover's errogenous zones.
The lovely Leilani challenged me to bag some bokeh as my "Get Pushed" theme. If the truth be told, I don't really care for the little bokey balls that seem to bounce all over Explore like light bouncing through a $20 bargain bin Tamaron lens. I cranked down my aperture past ƒ8 years ago. I seek control in my images, not serendipity.
But still, I do own a couple of ƒ1.8 lenses, a 50 and an 85mm. I use each of them for their clairity, their light gathering ability, and their ability to isolate a subject against a wash of color. So, I took my beloved 28-70 ƒ2.8 Nikkor off my camera and clicked on the venerable 85mm. My plan is/was to bag a stranger or two (my challenge for Leilani) with the 85mm. Plans do go awry however, and since I am on call this weekend, I felt the need to hedge my bets. Plus, it's over 100 degrees outside and I need a 365 image today.
So, I strung up Christmas lights across the black wall in Studio d'Xavier. I moved my camera and tripod 45 feet away and I placed a dialed down monolight with a soft diffuser behind it. Once I focused on myself, a scant six feet in front of the lens at ƒ1.8, I had instant bokey balls. All that remained was some means of expressing how I feel about the little balls of light. I don't own a gas mask, so I modified an old paintball mask to deal with the noxious balls of light.
Lessons learned:
1. Leilani bagged her first stranger before I bagged bokeh. She's both quick with her lens and a wonderful photographer. Sharp eye, incisive wit. I'm going to keep her as a contact.
2. I need to clean either my sensor or that 85mm lens. I think it's the sensor.
3. I have enough room in Studio d'Xavier to manufacture bokeh if needed.
4. I really need a gas mask for self expression.
5 A weird mask across 75% of an image can visually balance the remaining 25% of bouncing bokey balls.
Thanks for the push Leilani, I plan to keep the 85mm on my camera for a few days and chase down some bokeh in the more conventional fashion.
Many thanks to the awesome Ewa for the tribute pic.
Strobist: AB800 with Softlighter II camera left. Triggered by Cybersync.
I believe that everyone has ever seen cartoon that an artist write a woman and on his frame is other thing like flowers or anything else. If the cartoon can make you laugh, you may laugh at me for this picture. I shot this picture at the same location as others in the set but this time I got picture of Stars! I would like to call it a "bokeh universe" I hope that everyone enjoy this picture. And have a great weekend everyone! :D
"There is no secret ingredient. To make something special, you just have to believe it special" Duck - Kangfu Panda
Seriously dont know how to title this photo, just a simple shot of the plant with bokeh background~
Hope you enjoyed your weekend my dear friends!
This was captured about a couple of feet from the ground in our bedroom. I asked my wife to be the hand model. As you can see airborne particles are highlighted under the natural light from the window. They form pretty bokeh however. I just couldn't believe how much dust there is even though we have closed all our windows in this bedroom and we are far away from the city. Just an experimental photo shoot when I am not at the wildlife refuge.
Tags are welcome. Who knows the name of these flowers?
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during the X'mas and new year time, our streets are decorated with a lot of LEDs, and they are perfect for such a bokeh shot.
After attending the OneLight seminar by Zack Arias, I've been pretty excited about practicing some of the techniques that he taught. This was taken with one SB-900 with a grid and a blue gel and of course the Nikon 200mm f2.0!
An apt choice for this weeks theme, a little figurine from our tree.
Merry xmas macro monday everyone, and have a great day.
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sooc. because the colours are nice and abstract and all that artsy stuff. first relay for life (2013)!
Continuing my play and your torture of my marco/close up experiments. Having a lot of fun but also a lot of cursing going on trying to get the hang of this lens. I have leaned to use manual settings a lot more which helps me to understand the apperture versus exposure versus light equals success or failure!!
soo much fun!