{"id":339,"date":"2008-12-07T21:16:55","date_gmt":"2008-12-08T02:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedirtroad.net\/jeff\/journal\/?p=339"},"modified":"2008-12-07T21:18:50","modified_gmt":"2008-12-08T02:18:50","slug":"create-custom-bokeh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedirtroad.net\/jeff\/journal\/2008\/12\/07\/create-custom-bokeh\/","title":{"rendered":"Create custom bokeh"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m always looking for new ideas and techniques to try with my camera, especially if they are cheap or free. I saw this on Flickr’s blog and I couldn’t resist.<\/a> Bokeh is a Japanese term for the area that is out of focus in a picture. Lenses that have a open aperture produce a shallow depth-of-field and can keep some objects in focus while throwing other objects out of focus. The 50mm f\/1.8 lens is perfect for these kinds of shots (or even the 50mm f\/1.4 if you’ve got the money.) Points of light give a nice circular bokeh shape from the blades inside the lens, but if you put a filter on the front of the lens, you can control the shape of the objects by giving the lens a custom aperture. <\/p>\n

It’s not hard to create the filter. I took a piece of cardboard and cut a star shape out of it. Then I built a little collar around the filter to make it easy to mount onto the lens. I used some electrical tape to put it together so that light wouldn’t leak into the connections where I taped the cardboard together. Admittedly, I’m not really an arts and crafts type of person, so it’s not perfect, but it’s not bad for a first try. <\/p>\n

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Here’s the filter mounted onto my lens.
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The result is some pretty cool pictures, especially with Christmas trees and Christmas lights….
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I’m looking forward to trying this out on some other Christmas lights around the house and perfecting it, but it’s a lot of fun for not a lot of money.<\/p>\n

We also have pictures of our girls for Christmas for your perusal, but you’ll have to go here to see them<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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