The ultimate Bokeh thread; pics please

I missed the focus, but the bokeh is very pretty ;-)

Summilux 75/1.4, Kodak Ektar 100 :

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Some interesting bokeh anomalies I spotted in a recent scan - anybody care to venture a guess as to a technical explanation? I believe a 250mm f/2.0 with a minimum focusing distance as close as this one is just about as shallow as depth-of-field can practically get :p

Who ate the bokeh?
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(Ilford Delta 400 - 35mm, Zuiko 250mm at f/2.0, Olympus OM-1n)
 
I have not made up my mind about the bokeh of the Zeiss Planar 80 f2.8 CFE for Hasselblad yet, not really liking it so far, but wanting it, to be liked by me …

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The more I develop / print large format negatives shot with the Nikkor-T*ED 360mm f/8 large format lens, the more my appreciation for its absolutely neutral and pleasant out-of-focus rendering grows. You just can't make it behave badly:

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(Ilford HP5+ 4x5in pushed to ISO1600, Nikkor-T*ED 360mm at f/8, Linhof Technika V)
 
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