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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tumblr_mw49qemx1x1rx7w9ho6_500-150x150.gif 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tumblr_mw49qemx1x1rx7w9ho6_500-100x100.gif 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/mid0nz.tumblr.com\/post\/66706922563\/a-study-in-bokeh-in-a-study-in-pink-from-a\" target=\"_blank\">mid0nz<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>A Study in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bokeh\" target=\"_blank\">Bokeh<\/a>\u00a0in A Study in Pink<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From a cinematic point of view <em>A Study in Pink<\/em> could just as well be called <em>A Study in Bokeh.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Bokeh comes from the Japanese word boke (\u30dc\u30b1), which means \u201cblur\u201d or \u201chaze\u201d, or boke-aji, the \u201cblur quality.\u201d Bokeh is pronounced BOH-K\u0259 or BOH-kay.<\/p>\n<p>Bokeh is\u2026 \u201cthe effect of a soft out-of-focus background that you get when shooting a subject, using a fast lens, at the widest aperture, such as f\/2.8 or wider.\u201d Simply put, bokeh is the pleasing or aesthetic quality of out-of-focus blur in a photograph. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikonusa.com\/en\/Learn-And-Explore\/Article\/h0ndz86v\/bokeh-for-beginners.html\" target=\"_blank\">nikon.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Steve Lawes (the Director of Photography for Sherlock\u2019s first season) uses bokeh (and framing that mimics bokeh) in so many scenes and for such a variety of effects that it\u2019s actually quite impressive. And it\u2019s not usually pleasing. \u00a0In the case of the program\u2019s first scenes, John\u2019s Afghanistan flashbacks in the bedsit, the bokeh blinds, blurs and disorients. By the end of the episode, in the last frames, the spinning lights of the ambulance transform from menacing (John\u2019s trying to tell Sherlock to STFU about the profile of the cabbie\u2019s killer) to beautiful as Sherlock realizes what\u2019s happened. By the last frames the blurred light positively <em>dances<\/em>, the metaphorical twinkle in John\u2019s and Sherlock\u2019s eyes.<\/p>\n<p>The bokeh in <em>Pink<\/em> is so relentless that once you notice it, it\u2019s difficult not to be hyperaware of the endlessly shimmering circles. But the circular <em>framing<\/em> is just as relentless. The cabbie\u2019s medallion, the foreshadowing mirror in the hallway of 221b, Sherlock\u2019s fingers forming a ring with the pill bottle, the hole John blew through the window with his bullet\u2026 Round is <em>everywhere:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/c6ca70d9ada41a0dc29816a620515756\/tumblr_mw0n2fmfU41rx7w9ho7_r1_500.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>More Lawes Bokeh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s another example from the short film <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/16898584\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Convergence<\/em><\/a> in which Steve Lawes uses\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bokeh\" target=\"_blank\">bokeh<\/a>. This screen cap is from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/DSLR-Cinema-Crafting-Sensor-Cameras\/dp\/0240823737\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1384200349&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=0240823737\" target=\"_blank\"><em>DSLR Cinema: Crafting the Film Look with Large Sensor Video<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Kurt Lancaster. Note\u00a0Lancaster\u2019s interpretation of the effect.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/add4473fd222cf92f6882bd4f883ff03\/tumblr_mw0n2fmfU41rx7w9ho6_r1_500.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Further Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Short Film:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/16898584\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Convergence<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Handbook:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/DSLR-Cinema-Crafting-Sensor-Cameras\/dp\/0240823737\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1384200349&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=0240823737\" target=\"_blank\"><em>DSLR Cinema: Crafting the Film Look with Large Sensor Video<\/em><\/a>\u00a0By Kurt Lancaster<\/li>\n<li>Meta: \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/mid0nz.tumblr.com\/post\/64995159896\/a-study-in-circles-in-a-study-in-pink-the\" target=\"_blank\">A Study in Circles: A Study in Pink<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>mid0nz: A Study in\u00a0Bokeh\u00a0in A Study in Pink From a cinematic point of view A Study in Pink could just as well be called A Study in Bokeh. Bokeh comes from the Japanese word boke (\u30dc\u30b1), which means \u201cblur\u201d or \u201chaze\u201d, or boke-aji, the \u201cblur quality.\u201d Bokeh is pronounced BOH-K\u0259 or BOH-kay. Bokeh is\u2026 \u201cthe &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2013\/11\/29\/mid0nz-a-study-in-bokeh-in-a-study-in-pink\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[3526,15,4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241562"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241562"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241573,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241562\/revisions\/241573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}