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sarah in the bokeh
Jun. 28th, 2008 11:06 pmOur dog hides in the bokeh, while the backlit grass is sharp.
Note the basic similarity to this album cover of Peter Gabriel's, which took me forever to parse correctly:
Note the basic similarity to this album cover of Peter Gabriel's, which took me forever to parse correctly:
pelargonium
Jun. 28th, 2008 11:04 pm
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akirlu brought home a Nikon D60 from work, for me to try out, since she's been talking about getting me one for my birthday. This and the next few shots are from that. This is one of the very first, showing how the D60 has three focus points (as opposed to the Panasonic Lumix, which has none -- you get what you get).Nice for the backlighting as well, showing off the metering.
Unsurprisingly, it was bohemiancoast who got it right. "hbw" stands for "Happy Bokeh Wednesday." It even has its own pool on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/bokehwednesday/
What I'm guessing is trickier for many people would be, "What the hell is bokeh?" (Let alone, "Why Wednesday?")
Here's the Wikipedia article:
"Bokeh (from the Japanese boke ボケ, "blur") is a photographic term referring to the appearance of out-of-focus areas in an image produced by a camera lens... Although difficult to quantify, some lenses enhance overall image quality by producing more subjectively pleasing out-of-focus areas, referred to as bokeh."
Here's a nice example, from one of the admins of the pool. The strawberries are in focus. The oranges have bokeh.
bohemiancoast who got it right. "hbw" stands for "Happy Bokeh Wednesday." It even has its own pool on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/bokehwednesday/What I'm guessing is trickier for many people would be, "What the hell is bokeh?" (Let alone, "Why Wednesday?")
Here's the Wikipedia article:
"Bokeh (from the Japanese boke ボケ, "blur") is a photographic term referring to the appearance of out-of-focus areas in an image produced by a camera lens... Although difficult to quantify, some lenses enhance overall image quality by producing more subjectively pleasing out-of-focus areas, referred to as bokeh."
Here's a nice example, from one of the admins of the pool. The strawberries are in focus. The oranges have bokeh.
