Well, bokeh is the term used to refer to the out-of-focus points of light in a picture. Thats all. So in the blurred out part in a picture, bright discs caused by illuminated points, are simply called bokeh. When the DOF is shallow, there's only a definite small planar area in focus and the rest of it is blurred and out-of-focus. The points of light, which are out-of-focus, appear like discs of respective brightness and color. This part of the image is referred to as bokeh.
Also, a friend of mine, Nidhi, brought to my notice after reading a magazine that Bokeh actually means "blurred" in Japanese! So there you go guys! Thanks Nidhi!
You may also hear the phrase "HBW" quite often on the internet, which actually stands for Happy Bokeh Wednesday. Its just a phrase which is used to categorise a picture that has a lot bokeh in it.
Notice the upper right corner of the image, the points of light appear like discs. This is bokeh.
©Aditya Prabhu | 2009
excellent pic Adi...! n thnx for that info abt bokeh... i was plannin to google it...
ReplyDeleteThanx a lot! Your doing a great job by introducing these terms to me.
ReplyDeleteWhen I used to see comments under some great photographs about DOF, Bokeh....I was completely blank....know I'm understanding.
Awesome it helped you people out!
ReplyDeletehey... just read in a mag.. bokeh = blurred in Japanese... u might already knw but i tght it wud be ok to add it here... my tiny contribution!
ReplyDeleteThanks for that Nidhi! I was not aware of that! Will edit and add it in the post!
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