"Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" wrote:
>
> Personally I am more interested in the buject and sharpness thereof than the
> out of focus areas.
Generally speaking, I'd agree with you. BUT, there are cases where
bokeh is important (to me, at least). If you have lots of out of
focus highlights, like e.g. the sun shining through a tree in the
background or reflecting from a rough water surface, the differences
are very noticeable and influence the overall effect of the image.
So I think, bokeh is not an esoteric topic but very real and sometimes
quite important.
It's also not quite right to speak of "good" and "bad" bokeh.
In most images one might prefer a smooth rendering of out of focus
highlights. But there are also situations, where a supposedly "bad"
bokeh, even a doughnut shaped like with a mirror lens, can really
make the image.
Thomas Bantel
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