Project: Blurry aka Bokeh

Blurry shots taken while driving back from South Beach. I was intrigued by the shapes of light when the camera was just out of focus.

While they are still categorized as "Bokeh", they are just plain blurry.

Nevertheless, the shapes and hues were fascinating.
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From Wiki:
Bokeh (derived from Japanese, a noun boke 暈け, meaning "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. Different lens bokeh produces different aesthetic qualities in out-of-focus backgrounds, which are often used to reduce distractions and emphasize the primary subject.

Origin:
An example of the bokeh effect produced by a Canon 85mm prime f/1.8 lens.
Mike Johnston, former editor of Photo Techniques magazine, claims to have coined the bokeh spelling to suggest the correct pronunciation to English speakers, replacing the previous spelling boke that derived directly from the Japanese word for "fuzzy" and had been in use at least since 1996. It can be pronounced /ˈboʊke/ or /ˈboʊkə/ (boke-aay or boke-uh).

The term bokeh has appeared in photography books at least since 2000.
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5 comments:

  1. My Pic Mania January 13, 2009 at 5:23 PM

    Great project, love the results :)

     
  2. Graphis Operandi January 14, 2009 at 8:31 AM

    Thanks Vickie! Just trying to "mix it up" a bit...

     
  3. My Pic Mania January 14, 2009 at 8:57 PM

    it's 100% successful in my book :)

     
  4. Dying February 3, 2009 at 4:42 PM

    I like these... you should try selling your photos as stock on istockphoto.com...

     
  5. Graphis Operandi February 4, 2009 at 10:11 AM

    I was just thinking about that man... I swear that Jedi mind thang runs deep...