24 Beautiful Examples of Bokeh Photography

Bokeh is one of the most beautiful implementations of aperture and depth of field. By using a very wide aperture, photographers are apple to create an incredibly shallow depth of field causing lights and objects in the background to appear like a blurred floating orb.
Here I’ve compiled the best 24 Bokeh photographs on the internet to act as inspiration for your own bokeh photography.

Fallen Cup Bokeh by Krawat93

Fallen Cup by Krawat93

Bokeh after Rain by AgniMax

Bokeh After Rain by AgniMax

Little Fireflies by *prismes

Little Fireflies by prismes

Red One

Red One by ~ shannkat ~

Web Bokeh by Inertia09

Web Bokeh by Inertia09

Garden Fireworks by Mark-F

Garden Fireworks by Mark-F

Bokeh Drop by *Corrie*

Bokeh Drop by *Corrie*

Liquid Gold by Sandy515

Liquid Gold by Sandy515

Let's Watch Together by and[w]

Let’s Watch Together by and[w]

Shallow Depth of Field by Casper in Lefkas

Shallow Depth of Field by Casper in Lefkas

A Summer Dream? by honeycorn

A Summer Dream? by honeycorn

Leaves Bokeh by all17

Leaves Bokeh by all17

Velvet Bokeh by Savatey

Velvet Bokeh by Savatey

LED Lights and Bokeh by rogvon

LED Lights and Bokeh by rogvon

All Those Bokeh I by Savatey

All Those Bokeh I by Savetey

.Luminous by fragilesimplicity

.Luminous by fragilesimplicity

Blue Hour by Will Montague

Blue Hour by Will Montague

Bokeh by 1maliniak1

Bokeh by 1maliniak1

Bubble Bokeh by purplerainstaken

Bubble Bokeh by purplerainstaken

Liquid Bokeh by simoendli

Liquid Bokeh by simoendli

Blue Bokeh by Jenni77

Blue Bokeh by Jenni77

Starry Night by impressionenmeer

Starry Night by impressionenmeer

Water Bokeh by RaisedOnViolence

Water Bokeh by RaisedOnViolence

Meeting by simoendli

Meeting by simoendli

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This post was written by Ash Davies.

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13 Responses to “24 Beautiful Examples of Bokeh Photography”

  1. Beautiful! A great collection.

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  2. Lovely pictures, inspiring

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  3. I have never heard of Bokeh.. But very nice work.

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  4. Inspiring – as ‘e cigarette” wrote I also have never heard of Bokeh … well worth seriously considering.

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  5. You can also change the shape of your Bokeh by using this technique:
    http://www.diyphotography.net/diy_create_your_own_bokeh

    You can also just buy a kit to help:
    http://www.bokehmasterskit.com/

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    Ash Davies Reply:

    Thanks. That looks really cool :)

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  6. I didn’t know about bokeh! Than I discovered this site and I made the tutorial and created a lovely bokeh!
    Thanks for the lesson!

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  7. Awesome and such beauty. Can’t wait to try this.

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  8. Bokeh photography is my favorite bt to master it is bit difficult.. To see the bokeh of your lens, simply focus on an object from a very close distance making sure that there are no objects at least 5-6 feet behind it. Do not use a plain wall as your background – try to find a colorful background, preferably with some lights on it.I make sure to set my camera to “Aperture Priority” mode and the aperture to the lowest number..love the drops in the pics..great examples on bokeh photography vry nice to view them…

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  9. really lovely!! i loved the last picture!

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