Bokeh Bloom
Ume tree at Kitano Tenmangu Shrine
Photo of the Day: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together.
This series features travel photos from my archives, shared with you while staying close to home.
July 29th, 2020
Just a photo today — one of my favorites from Kitano Tenmangu Shrine of a Japanese plum tree blossom. I like the bokeh effect, which is defined as “the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light.” You can achieve this effect by shortening the depth of field with the aperture setting on a DSLR or SLR. Bokeh comes from the Japanese word boke which means “blur.”
More tomorrow from Japan.
Oyasumi,
Kelly
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It’s never “just a photo” with you Kelly, it’s always something special like this beautiful branch of plum tree blossoms made even more so by the always creative bokeh effect. Just lovely.
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Thank you!! 🙂 You always see the beauty I try to convey. So nice!
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I’m a big fan of bokeh but haven’t played with it much lately. This beautiful photo may prompt me to do so!
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Yay! It’s fun to play with the effect, and depth of field in general.
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Quite nice, Kelly. I’ve always felt that the blurring effect is most powerful with flowers. –Curt
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Thank you, Curt! You’ve summed it up perfectly.
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Beautiful example Kelly
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Thanks Tina!
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