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''Bokeh #30'', Thu—19May2016 - © Robert ‘Standing Eagle’ Marshall

In photography, bokeh (originally boh-kay — also sometimes pronounced as boh-kə, Japanese: [boke]) is the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in the out-o...
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In photography, bokeh (originally boh-kay — also sometimes pronounced as boh-kə, Japanese: [boke]) is the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in the out-of-focus parts of an image produced by a lens. Bokeh has been defined as "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light". Differences in lens aberrations and aperture shape cause some lens designs to blur the image in a way that is pleasing to the eye, while others produce blurring that is unpleasant or distracting — "good" and "bad" bokeh, respectively. Bokeh occurs for parts of the scene that lie outside the depth of field. Photographers sometimes deliberately use a shallow focus technique to create images with prominent out-of-focus regions.

Bokeh is often most visible around small background highlights, such as specular reflections and light sources, which is why it is often associated with such areas. However, bokeh is not limited to highlights; blur occurs in all out-of-focus regions of the image.

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