The way lights blur in a background when a large aperture is used is called
bokeh. If you maximize the effect with a mask on the lens, instead of circles or hexagons you will get the shape of the mask. My kids are really into Legos so I thought I'd give Lego man a shot. It worked fairly well. The plan was to get a portrait of one of the boys with the X-mas bush in the background using the Lego man bokeh mask. Getting him (the boy and the Lego man) to hold still was challenging. I had one cool one but it was out of focus. Even this one is not all that sharp but it was a busy weekend. I would like to try this again with the boys. It's sort of like using a fisheye lens, in that it's not something you'd use every day but it's kind of cool.
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