Thanks for the explanation of BOKEH - though I had no idea
what it
meant I HAD thought it was an acronym - wrong there, I see
now.
I have to say I prefer hexagons to circles, myself, most of
the time.
FUnny I should happen to ask about this particular thing
given my
August PUG photo!
ann
"Peifer, William [OCDUS]" wrote:
>
> Ann-san wrote:
> > On another topic, I'm kinda embarassed to ask, but what the
> > devil does
> > BOKEH stand for?
>
> Hi Ann,
>
> If I remember correctly, Mike Johnston had a post on this very topic quite
> some time ago. I believe he even mentioned that the term was first used in
> a photo mag where he was working? It's a transliteration of a Japanese
> term, bo-ke -- refers to the way in which the out-of-focus parts of the
> image are rendered. For example, a particular conventional lens with lots
> of aperture blades might have a pleasing bokeh because out-of-focus points
> of light are rendered very nearly as blurry circles, whereas another lens
> with fewer blades might have a less pleasing bokeh because out-of-focus
> points of light are rendered as fuzzy hexagons. Hope that helps, and I hope
> I remembered the explanation correctly.
>
> Bill Peifer
> Rochester, NY
>
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