Quote Originally Posted by OldClicker
I believe that the Japanese term 'bokeh' refers more to the quality of the OOF, not just OOF. It means seeing the OOF background as an important artistic part of the photograph. - TF
This pretty much sums up my understanding of the word as well. You can have good bokeh, which imo is creamy and smooth looking, and you can have bad bokeh. A good example of bad bokeh for instance might be that of a mirror lens where the background looks like a bunch of circles, or doughnuts. I've also seen bokeh that looks all blotchy, and or spikey, which might actually distract from the image.
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