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Pronunciation / Transliteration: boke
"아웃포커싱을 통해 아름다운 보케 효과를 연출했습니다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The aesthetic quality of the blur produced in the out-of-focus parts of an image produced by a lens.
"The portrait had a stunning background with soft, creamy boke that made the subject stand out." - 2
Light orbs or highlights formed in the out-of-focus regions of a photograph.
"Shooting with the aperture wide open at night created beautiful hexagonal boke from the streetlights."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese boke (ボケ), which derives from the verb bokeru (ぼける/惚ける), meaning 'to become senile' or 'to be fuzzy/out of focus'. In photographic terminology, it was popularized in English in the late 1990s by Mike Johnston in Photo Techniques magazine to describe the aesthetic quality of blur in out-of-focus areas of an image.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Boke" is said worldwide
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bokeh
Transliteration: bo-ke
"Le photographe a utilisé une grande ouverture pour obtenir un magnifique bokeh."
Bokeh
Transliteration: bo-ke
"Das Objektiv erzeugt ein weiches und angenehmes Bokeh im Hintergrund."
bokeh
Transliteration: bo-ke
"Questo obiettivo produce un bokeh eccezionale a piena apertura."
bokeh
Transliteration: bo-ke
"El efecto bokeh en esta fotografía resalta muy bien al sujeto principal."
bokeh
Transliteration: bo-ke
"O desfoque de fundo criou um bokeh impressionante na foto noturna."
बोकेह
Transliteration: bokeh
"तस्वीर की पृष्ठभूमि में सुंदर बोकेह प्रभाव दिखाई दे रहा है।"
焦外
Transliteration: jiāowài
"这支镜头的焦外成像非常柔和美丽。"
보케
Transliteration: boke
"아웃포커싱을 통해 아름다운 보케 효과를 연출했습니다."
ボケ
Transliteration: boke
"背景の美しいボケを生かしたポートレート写真を撮影した。"
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