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What is “bokeh”?

I am going to take a wild guess and say that it is not what most people reading this article think it is. “Bokeh” has become one of the most misused terms in the lexicon of photography over the last few years.

First let me tell you what it is not. Bokeh is not a fancy, interchangeable word for “depth of field”. “Depth of field” is that part of an image which is in “acceptable focus” and is determined by aperture size, focal length and subject distance. ...

Well it's the first day of summer, or at least it is in my odd little universe.

Yesterday I took the winter wheels off the Golf (15" alloys with Bridgestone Blizzak LM25s all around) and stuck the summer wheels on. I now have 16" alloys on with new Dunlop SP Sport Fast Responses on each corner. I'll need to tip-toe a bit until they're nicely scrubbed in! They're pleasantly quiet after the rumble of the Blizzaks and the change in profile makes he handling feel quite ...