Bokeh on plants

This image was photographed when i was walking on along a small road in my hometown Tenghilan, Sabah, Malaysia.  Its actually a wet land plant which grows on a small canal built to water a rice paddy field.  I dont know the name of this plant but i was thinking this could be a worth subject to shoot for my bokeh excersises.

Canon 1000D; 18-55mm lens; FL 34mm; ISO 400; f/7.1; 1/250s on AV mode

Water plant

Exercising "BOKEH"

"Suffice to say that different lens designs have an effect on the appearance of the out-of-focus areas in photographs.

Some photographic styles commonly use selective focus to bring the viewer's attention to the subject. That means the subject is focused but the non-subject areas are not. If those unfocused areas are busy and distracting, the objective of bringing attention to the subject is lost. That's why portrait photographers in particular care about bokeh.

There are a couple of myths about bokeh:

Bokeh is controlled by the roundness of the lens diaphragm.

Faster lenses have better bokeh."

http://www.rickdenney.com/index.htm

Canon 1000D; 50mm prime lens; FL;50mm; f/2.5; 1/200s

Metering mode = Partial

Flash = fired.

Model : Memey Erra http://www.facebook.com/rara93

This is my another work on bokeh potrait with a shallow DOF.

"To get great bokeh, you not only need a wide aperture, but you also need to get close to your subject. This will really separate the subject from the background."

Another work of "Bokeh" photograph on potraiture.

This photograph was taken on an evening with telephoto lens 55-250mm to get close to the subject.  This is another way to get bokeh effect besides using the wide open apperture.

Canon 1000D; 55-250mm EF-S IS lens: FL 131mm;ISO 200; f/5.6; 1/160

CLOSED-UP & BOKEH

"Bokeh simply means fuzzy or out of focus. It is used to refer to the effect of shallow depth of field that creates a pleasing blur of color behind the subject. The type of lens and the depth of field play a large part in determining how out of focus the area is and whether or not it creates a pleasing effect in the image."

Aku pasti ramai yang suka ambil foto "bokeh".  Sebabnya, ia akan menonjolkan subjek kerana background dan foreground akan samar.  Pada mulanya, aku pun tidak tahu macamana sebenarnya untuk mendapat foto yang macam itu. Setelah membuat kajian dan banyak bertanya baru lah aku tahu tenik sebenar untuk mengambil foto "bokeh". ,Apa lagi, aku buat lah praktikal dengan kasut lusuh aku ni :)

Guna aperture yg besar, gunakan focal length yg besar, pastikan kita berada lebih rapat dgn subjek, rancangkan kedudukan subjek agar background berada lebih jauh ke belakang dan kalau nak lebih lagi bokeh, guna kamera yg saiz sensornya lebih besar. 

I'm sure most photographer like to shoot "bokeh". Why, because it will highlight the subject while background  and the foreground will look blur. At first, I really do not know the how to shoot one, so i did some research and i asked around.  It really worth it when i took this photo and managed to get one :) just in a singlle shot :)

Canon 1000D; FL 55mm; ISO 100; f/4; 1/128s