« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2008, 09:31:19 AM »
it depends on the lens aperture and the distance between your subject and the background. on a dslr with a wide aperture lens like f/1.4 or f/2.8, you can easily blur the background just by focusing on the subject.
here are some samples. for these shots, i'm using a 70-200mm lens with an aperture of f/2.8
subject in focus
background in focus
also based on the book i read, there's what they call good bokeh and bad bokeh. a good bokeh would have even circular white discs and bad ones would be uneven blurred disc (white borders with a grayish/off-white center)
« Last Edit: May 04, 2008, 09:38:58 AM by randymarsh »
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