[rodi]

Originally Posted by Chewy734

That 2nd shot is really good rodi! I do have one clarification to make though... correct me if I'm wrong professor.

Bokeh are not necessarily circles in the background... the dots occur because you have bright light sources in the background, but bokeh is all of the blur that happens beyond the DoF.

If you take a photo that is evenly lit and exposed correctly, then you get a bokeh with no circles (smooth/creamy), but if there are some light sources then even with an evenly lit background you'll still get the bokeh circles you see in your 2nd pic.

i have no idea.
That's a Dave question.