Benjamin Dobson
Foreground Blur
I've been getting quite a few people coming to this page from Google searching for how to blur the foreground of a photo. So, er, here's my take:
There's no good way to do this digitally. In almost any situation, the results would be unrealistic. But to do this *as you are taking the photo* is easy. Simply have something in the foreground which is out of focus. This is easiest if you have manual focus and a low f-number (aperture).
If you want to make the entire picture blurry, than either you can do a Gaussian Blur effect on your computer, or you can simply set your camera to manual focus and push it either to the foreground or to infinity (depending on the situation).
I hope this answers your question (and I hope I'm not just talking rubbish). It's actually quite difficult to find the answer when you don't know exactly what is being asked.
Foreground Blur
I've been getting quite a few people coming to this page from Google searching for how to blur the foreground of a photo. So, er, here's my take:
There's no good way to do this digitally. In almost any situation, the results would be unrealistic. But to do this *as you are taking the photo* is easy. Simply have something in the foreground which is out of focus. This is easiest if you have manual focus and a low f-number (aperture).
If you want to make the entire picture blurry, than either you can do a Gaussian Blur effect on your computer, or you can simply set your camera to manual focus and push it either to the foreground or to infinity (depending on the situation).
I hope this answers your question (and I hope I'm not just talking rubbish). It's actually quite difficult to find the answer when you don't know exactly what is being asked.