Happy Bokeh Monday!

Bokeh comes from the
Japanese word
'Boke' which means blur. Bokeh refers to the blurred, out-of-focus areas of the photo caused by the lens of the camera usually set at the widest aperture. This out-of -focus area tends to cause the primary subject in the photo to stand out.Bokeh can be circular in shape, completely smooth, or a mix of the two. Some lenses produce a geometric shaped bokeh which some consider undesirable.

There are many groups on Flikr that concentrate on just Bokeh and the artistic sense of it.
Photographers have found many ways to create bokeh from anything from Christmas lights in the background to adding a shape to the lens to create a new style of bokeh. This is something I would love to experiment with.