My Journey to become Visually Literate.: Post 26- Blurry backgrounds

I have recently been experimenting with blurry backgrounds. Those in the know call this effect Bokeh and rave about it. There is a growing trend to use vintage lenses attached to modern cameras because these lenses are said to produce softer or creamier bokeh. That may be so but I am not keen enough on the effect to invest in such lenses even though they are a fraction of the price of modern lenses.
For months now I have been starting to take pictures of flowers and these lend themselves to being framed so as to accentuate the bokeh. Moy and I went out one late afternoon last week to Darley Park and spent an hour capturing images of dead and dying flowers. A year ago this prospect would have filled me with horror but I actually had quite a good time and produced a number of really nice images. I used my normal zoom lens and am quite pleased with the soft backgrounds the images had. I need more practice to fully understand the bokeh effect but feel I have made a reasonable start.
Here are some of the images.