Hey, Olaf,
Yup, the bokeh topic does tend to be taken out, dusted off and drummed loud
and long every now and then, hmm?
I'm not sure I'd call the background in Ranjal's spiderweb photo "bad" bokeh
because in the context of that image it echoed the geometric patterns of the
spiderweb itself. So, to my tastes, it was an acceptable and even desirable
manifestation of that optical characteristic.
And, as you said, there's more to bokeh, good or otherwise, than the element
of iris-shaped flare or highlight patterns. So much depends on the
background itself.
BTW, the emu may have been drunk. It was feasting on rotting fruit in our
orchard, which often smells like a brewery in late summer. She was an
escapee from a neighbor's pen while they were on vacation. We sheltered the
hairy critter 'til they returned.
Lex
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