Reverse "Bokeh"

As many photo junkies can tell you, the term bokeh refers to focusing only on the desired subject in a composition, using a large aperture (a shallow depth of field) to render the background out of focus.  My suggestion for our second expedition was that we reverse the technique from the usual foreground subject in focus to the actual background.  For example, I chose to set up my camera where something was obstructing my view of the desired background.  By purposely focusing on the background, the closer that the foreground object was to my camera, the more out of focus (and transparent) it became.  Here are the two images that we selected.  My friend chose the lantern image taken through a wood and glass coffee table as her favorite, but I actually like the second image better.  It is the image of the rosebush (the same one used in the first assignment) as seen through a wicker patio chair.  What I like most about it is that although the wicker is actually pretty solid, the background can be seen fairly clearly through it as if it were merely a screen or a scrim (something used to stop down amounts of light).  In fact, because the chair stops it down so much that it is slightly underexposed, the saturation of color is increased.  Very cool effect, especially since I normally would have moved the chair or my camera to a different position prior to shooting to avoid obstruction!