December 04, 2008

A haiku to bokeh





bare winter branches
quick, cover them up
with bokeh*

*Bokeh is photographic term that derives from a Japanese word that roughly translates as "blur". The qualities of good bokeh are smooth gradations and spherical out-of-focus highlights (as opposed to those with jaggies).

6 comments:

  1. wonderful pictures, great work!
    rainy greetings from germany
    geisslein

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  2. Beautiful!! Love this time of year ~Tracy

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  3. i can't tell how much i love these. perfect for inspiration.

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  4. I love bokeh so much. Yours is absolutely yummy!

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  5. absolument géniale, cette série !

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  6. There must be something in the air, this is a technique I've been experimenting with too!

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