On 15 Feb 2001, at 0:45, Chris Brogden wrote: > On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Cristobal, Rey Bernard wrote: > > > Mates, > > I already saw this word come out of the discussion twice. what > > does it mean? > > "Bokeh" refers to the out of focus areas of a picture. We use terms like > "good bokeh" and "bad bokeh" a lot to refer to the quality of the > out-of-focus areas. This evaluates things like the smoothness, size and > shape of the out-of-focus areas (with round generally considered to be > more pleasing than flat-sided). In addition: It is a term borrowed from Japanese culture but has recently been fairly widely accepted in english photography terminology. The edges of the out of focus areas also are an important part of the subjective comparison of bokeh between lenses. An internet web search on altavista etc will reveal many pertinent articles. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 Fax +61-2-9554-9259 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
