The book explained that if I wanted a circular bokeh, I would shoot wide open, cause the aperture basically does not constrict the light and the bokeh just mimics the shape of the lens barrel. If I wanted a hexagonal shaped bokeh, I would just need to step the aperture down. Reason being, the aperture when constricted is not perfectly circular, but more of a hexagonal shape. When I read this it was one of those WOW moments, no matter how obvious/simple that realization was, I now know a simple trick that is subtle but could make a big difference in a future photo.
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Hmm, lots of photography verbs i don't understand.. Anyway, it a really nice bokeh shots u got^^ I guess bokeh is the circle shaped light?
Bokeh in general means out-of-focus or blurry/fuzzy from a shallow depth-of-field, so the picture in general falls into the category bokeh. But yeah, the circular lights are results of the shallow depth of field and a distant light source (in my case Christmas lights).
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