So from what I have learned on my short time here, macro is focus on a close subject with a fuzzy background, and bokeh is a fuzzy background. So my question is, whats the difference between the 2?
Is there a difference??
Macro is just a close up of anything. Doesn't have to have a blurred or fuzzy background.
Bokeh is not a fuzzy background. It is the quality of the out of focus light in a photo.
Bokeh
Macro (maybe not great but I don't have a macro lens lol)
Macro with a fuzzy background - but NO bokeh :)
You get a "fuzzy" or blurred background from having a shallow depth of field. Which means a low f-stop, or wide open aperture (same thing) so f1.8 will give you a very shallow area of focus (see the bee).
You need a shall depth of field to capture bokeh, but not all photos with a shallow dof produce bokeh (bee again!)
@chasingwishes This is macro - close-up photography of very small subjects or very small areas of a subject. Background can be fuzzy or no, makes no difference:
I'll leave it to others to show/explain bokeh, as I'm not touching that with a 10-foot pole right now. :)
I just read over someones post about bokeh and he and alot of the comments explain very well what the real meaning for bokeh is. I've seen bokeh being used alot and thought it was over rated and now I know why. Bokeh is a fairly new word that I too just recently learned about. I'll let this guy explain it, made perfect sence to me.
In a nut shell bokeh all has to do with dept of field and apature. A fuzzy background does not mean bokeh. (fuzzy background is called dept of field (DOF))
@beautifulthing I got caught up in all his comments and explainations that I started researching it myself and got caught in the hype. We all have to learn somehow :)
Micro can be Any thing and bokeh is out of focus light along with maybe something in focus in the foreground, there is a photo that I saw. Not to long ago. That had a miri ladybug in the foreground as a 'micro' and in the back ground a ' it was really pretty! xx Hope I helped,. xx
@lauriehiggins That would have been no use :) Before I joined this site I know absolutely nothing! @jannkc Thank you. @chaostheater I read that thread as well, and think I've explained the same thing here re bokeh.
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Bokeh is not a fuzzy background. It is the quality of the out of focus light in a photo.
Bokeh
Macro (maybe not great but I don't have a macro lens lol)
Macro with a fuzzy background - but NO bokeh :)
You get a "fuzzy" or blurred background from having a shallow depth of field. Which means a low f-stop, or wide open aperture (same thing) so f1.8 will give you a very shallow area of focus (see the bee).
You need a shall depth of field to capture bokeh, but not all photos with a shallow dof produce bokeh (bee again!)
I'll leave it to others to show/explain bokeh, as I'm not touching that with a 10-foot pole right now. :)
I just read over someones post about bokeh and he and alot of the comments explain very well what the real meaning for bokeh is. I've seen bokeh being used alot and thought it was over rated and now I know why. Bokeh is a fairly new word that I too just recently learned about. I'll let this guy explain it, made perfect sence to me.
http://365project.org/discuss/tips-n-tricks/9737/the-bokeh-issue-please-read
In a nut shell bokeh all has to do with dept of field and apature. A fuzzy background does not mean bokeh. (fuzzy background is called dept of field (DOF))
@jannkc Thank you. @chaostheater I read that thread as well, and think I've explained the same thing here re bokeh.