In photography, bokeh (Japanese) is the aesthetic quality of the out-of-focus areas of an image. 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 … [Read more...]
Flickr : Bokeh in Black and White
May's photo challenge was a hard one. Originally it was Bokeh and through discussion on the flickr group we upped it to Bokeh in Black and White. Here are the submissions. Thankfully June's theme is considerably easier. Check it out here. … [Read more...]