some from the garden

[skyblue]

mainly after rain

 

[Thornless]

Ooo love the roses

 

[HottyToddyChick]

So pretty!

Yellows with pink/red tips are my faves

 

[Guyzerr]

Nice job on the roses.

 

[HottyToddyChick]

I do have a question though. Is the bokeh (I think that's what y'all are calling it) a new technique you've just started working on are or further developing?

 

[Siphorous]

Good pics as usual Ian. I love the last but one rose pic best

I do have a question though. Is the bokeh (I think that's what y'all are calling it) a new technique you've just started working on are or further developing?

Bokeh we've chatted about a lot recently but to define bokeh simply would be "how good the out of focus (blurry) areas look aesthetically".

e.g. Often people look at a subject and not always pay too much attention to the background - so that when a shallow(ish) depth of field occurs that causes the bokeh/blurry bits, it's not always that nice aesthetically.

You can't always compose a picture and set it up so that the background is pleasing even when blurred of course but that's all bokeh is.

If you're wondering what depth of field is - take a look at this post:

http://www.offtopicz.net/showpost.php?p=1546413&postcount=7