In photography, bokeh is the blur, or the aesthetic quality of the blur, in out-of-focus areas of an image, or "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light." Differences in lens aberrations and aperture shape cause some lens designs to blur the image in a way that is pleasing to the eye, while others produce blurring that is unpleasant or distracting—"good" and "bad" bokeh, respectively. Bokeh occurs for parts of the scene that lie outside the depth of field. Photographers sometimes deliberately use a shallow focus technique to create images with prominent out-of-focus regions.

Bokeh is often most visible around small background highlights, such as specular reflections and light sources, which is why it is often associated with such areas. However, bokeh is not limited to highlights, as blur occurs in all out-of-focus regions of the image - wiki.

G-Force by Ed McGowan

Day One Hundred Five by Dustin Diaz

dockscape by Jes

water droplets in the shower - o.k. bokeh by Peter Allen

On Canal St. New Orleans by Alfonso Pompo Bresciani

Amazing Bokeh by Kevin Dooley

amazing bokeh by mister bokeh

lantern fest by Kevin Coffey

Boquet Bokeh by Jeff Farmer

Insane bokeh by Giovanni Orlando

object colors by toomanytribbles

Bokeh man vs the colour wall by Mark Emirali

happy bokeh wednesday by Adam Foster

Through the The Mist by Lisa Bettany

a colorful life... by crazyfrogleg

Golden Apple by Typologic

Rainbow Rose by Joshua Liberman

Lite Brite City by Kirk

This long silence by Marko Kirin Photography

Dreamcatcher by DianaCretu

Leaf by Mordsitha

Winterness by BenoitPaille Photography

f a l l i n g by hellfirediva

...Smartie anyone?... by Geoff Dunn

Music Galaxy by Demon Mathiel Photographer

Comet by Gosia

wINTERNESS 3 by BenoitPaille

Icy Winter Days in Germany by Batikart

with love by Adrian V. Dalca

Distillate of bokeh by ubyside

Abstract hearts by Arjun Purkayastha

grater by Justin Lim

disco net by artsychameleon

40 Days and 40 Nights by Huck

crystal by John Downs

Are we human, or are we dancing bokeh balls of light? by Kirk

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