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Originally Posted by Evening
I've never posted before - just lurked often overawed at the wonderful photos I see. I have read about bokeh. In these photos - the 4.5 and 16 - which has the better bokeh? any why? I haven't got a good understanding of it yet - despite staring blankly at many articles and chapters about it! Someone out there probably has just the right phrase to explain what it is. Should I have a separate thread for this?
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Bokeh is, in my understanding, primarily about the aesthetic effects of blurred points of light. At f/4.5 the background is just a blur. At f/16 there are some points of light so I suppose the latter could be described as better bokeh. However, neither really exploits that as part of the overall effect so I wouldn't tend to classify either under that heading. Take a look at DPS posts tagged
bokeh.
BTW, we're past 8am GMT and so the contest is
CLOSED
although, as always, the assignments stays open.
Wulf