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Originally Posted by skinrock
I don't agree that you can separate them, though. Bokeh just describes how the out of focus areas are rendered. In my opinion, pleasing bokeh should act as a backdrop for your subject. When the subject is on a flat plane, like most of the bird shots, the background should have minimal details and draw your attention to the subject...
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I agree on the pleasing (would also add "interesting") backdrop comment, nice way to describe it. My feeling is that most people use the term incorrectly when looking at an image with shallow (or narrow) depth of field. Shallow DOF seems to be very en vogue these days, especially for things like food photography. Also referring to something as "out of focus" is not really correct either.
This another image I was considering using, but not really bokeh. Extremely narrow DOF, yes.
