What the Heck is Bokeh

Bokeh is this week’s 52 Snapshots’ challenge and, yeah, I had to look it up. The original definition I read described it as blur and if that is right, then TW achieves bokeh in all her photos. Unfortunately for her,  bokeh is attractive blur, not what she takes. I’ll admit that faux bokeh is not one of our favorite effects, however we’ve used it as an overlay in Photoshop (see above) and will no doubt use it again.

The image below is prolly the closest TW has ever come to taking a pic with real bokeh in the background and it doesn’t really come close. She took it in her old backyard. She’s never had a good enough camera or lens to achieve it. This was taken with her analog Olympus and a mackerel lens. We had to scan it so hopefully it didn’t loss too much in the process.

Thanks to Christina and The Lazy Pit Bull for hosting the 52 Snapshots of Life photo challenge this week and every week throughout 2015. For those who would like to participate, next week’s theme is Neighbor. Don’t tell me I’m gonna have to take a picture of Bijou.

My lead bokeh image is gonna double as my submission in the Caturday Art Blog Hop. That image was done in PS using a rainbox bokeh. The image below was done as a filter in Pizap. I don’t like how it turned me into grayscale but you get what you pay for.  Either one would be classified as faux bokeh. Which one do you prefer?

Thanks to Athena and Marie for hosting the pawsome Caturday Art Blog Hop every week. Without it, TW would still be clueless about photoshop. Click the link to see more creative anipals displaying their art projects.