Bokeh

Quick meaning: Bokeh is a noun meaning (photography) A subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of an image projected by a camera lens.

Meaning

(photography) A subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of an image projected by a camera lens.

Example Sentences

More expensive lenses usually go down to f/2.8, letting you shoot at faster shutter speeds and get great, creamy bokeh in your background.

Shooting with natural light, I used a long lens (200mm) to compress the space and slightly blur the background by photographing at a large open aperture (f/2.5). This resulted in gorgeous bokeh, putting the city into a blur while keeping the couple razor sharp.

Word Forms

• bokehs
• boke

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include halation, focus, lensing, ghost, perspective, bloom.

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