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 02/05/2008 06:36:28 PM · #1
Okay, not a great photo, but wondering if this is foreground bokeh or something else?

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 02/05/2008 06:42:56 PM · #2
Originally posted by gwe21:
Okay, not a great photo, but wondering if this is foreground bokeh or something else?

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Yes it is.. :) good one too :D
 02/05/2008 06:54:57 PM · #3
and here is the other one that I blurred the background

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 02/05/2008 07:18:14 PM · #4
Can someone explain to me how's that foreground bokeh in the first photo posted? It seems that the child is simply out of focus. For bokeh, I thought there would have to be some light reflecting off of the child...
 02/05/2008 07:23:54 PM · #5
I think the face on the first image rounded because of bokeh. When subject looses its shape and started to get rounded like that "I think" it's called bokeh. If there was something shiny, you would probably see the round shapes better...

I need a clarification from some as well :)
 02/05/2008 07:27:32 PM · #6
Originally posted by treyvus:
Can someone explain to me how's that foreground bokeh in the first photo posted? It seems that the child is simply out of focus. For bokeh, I thought there would have to be some light reflecting off of the child...

Notice the girls face/head/arm has a quality where it looks like you can see through it. This is Bokeh. Granted it's easier to see Boken when there are lights involved because we know that lights are points of light and when it's a large ball you notice it.
 02/05/2008 07:58:01 PM · #7
Doesn't it translate directly as "blur" from the Japanese? And blurry it is, so it's bokeh.

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 02/05/2008 08:59:08 PM · #8
One of the all-time favorite subjects at DPC! :-)

Here's a couple of threads from the Bokeh challenge last Nov 2007.

Bokeh A technique
Foreground bokeh

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