An important aspect of the photographic vocabulary, produced by focus selection, limitations of depth of field, optical qualities, subject motion, camera motion, or other technical problems.
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How can I defocus part of an image in-camera separate from depth of field effects?
What physical tools (lenses/filters/etc) can be used to blur a part of an image whilst taking the photo. (I don't mean software filters in post-processing, and I want to blur selective areas ...
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How do I remove the blur in my jewelry picture?
I took this pic with my Canon EOS 550D, using a tripod and artificial lighting. I don't understand why the image is blurred when viewed at 100%. There was no digital zoom. What should I do to get a ...
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How can I undo an intentional Gaussian blur when I don't have the originals?
I have a bunch of old pictures which I had performed a Gaussian blur on to use in a competition years ago and have now realised I do not own the originals anymore. Does anyone know of a tool out there ...
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What causes blurred/non-sharp images taken of stable objects?
I know about two important reasons which are motioning or shaking camera/hands and dust and dirt on you lens but if you have fixed them and still you have blurred/non-sharp results, what can be the ...
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Moving subject picture [duplicate]
Can anyone please explain me how to achieve this kind of pictures?
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how to make this but for pictures instead of videos? [duplicate]
I found this nice video about showing subjects focused and the background blurred or viceversa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7wa-pd6PJU
However, its for video only, the question is how to make it ...
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Help with Blurry pictures
I have a 3 month old Nikon D5100. The closer I zoom in the blurrier the picture. This is on auto. I have two lens and they are both doing this. Any idea?
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How can I fix an out-of-focus blurred photo in Photoshop?
How can I fix this picture? Somebody else took this picture and well he wasn't able to do it very well, and it's blurred.
I have photoshop
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Why does text in a photograph become blurry when I downscale the image?
Recently I created a website where I sell books. I captured some images with a Canon EOS 550, and then I resized them according to the website space, but when I resized the original picture, then the ...
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Why is this aerial picture of an airplane in flight not blurry?
So this might be more a physics question but I was wondering why the plane isn't blurry in this satellite photo? I am assuming the its traveling quite fast!
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Can average and gaussian blur be caused by optics?
I am studying Gaussian blur and average blur. I have been told that this blur can be caused by some camera effects. For example Gaussian Blur can be caused by camera jitters (fast micro vibrations)
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Why are images with my Nikon D7000 and 70-200mm lens soft?
I'm having trouble getting sharp pictures with my D7000. I've tried it with a 70-200 and 18-70 and produce the same results. I've tried AF Fine Tune with one of those focus charts, but the value of 0 ...
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Is it possible to re-focus (recover) an intentionally blurred image?
I have an image which I have modified through Picasa ( using Soft Focus - essentially I am making the faces blurred ).
Question is : If I upload that photo to Facebook, and a user downloads it from ...
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How can I “focus peak” a photograph?
Does an application exist where I can input an image and then the application indicates what parts of the image are in focus? I imagine it as a sort of post-process focus peaking.
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How to stop a high F number from appearing blurry?
I have been out taking some evening photos (just after sunset) and I have noticed that in a number of instances the higher f numbers ( 14+ ) are appearing more blurred than the lower f numbers ( < ...
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Is there any tool to easily blur a picture?
Hey I'm new on that part of the stackexchange and I'm wondering if you guys know a tool to generate a blurry version of a picture, an online tool would be perfect.
I don't know anything about design ...
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How can I take a photo with everything in focus with my DSLR?
I am quite new to DSLRs and one of the first things I noticed was the incredible focus points and depth that you can achieve. That is great in a lot of scenarios, but not in all. When filming a ...
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How to get blurry backlights but sharp focused front face [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I maximise that “blurry background, sharp subject” (bokeh) effect?
How can I take shallow depth of field photos with a point-and-shoot camera?
I have simple ...
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How to record videos with blurred background with Nikon D5100 [closed]
Has anyone tried to shoot videos with blurred backgrounds using the Nikon D5100. I am trying to shoot cooking video, but with the a blurred background.
I have 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF-S DX VR Nikkor Zoom ...
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Why does my Canon 7D get blurry pictures with a 70-200mm f/2.8 IS (series 1)?
I'm wondering if it's normal for a Canon 7D with its crop sensor to get unsharp pictures with a 70-200mm 2.8? I just bought a used 70-200 and it seems a little bit blurry. Maybe it needs calibration? ...
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how does full frame cameras give better bokeh than crop sensor? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
When do the differences between APS-C and full frame sensors matter, and why?
Why does a bigger sensor lead to a shallower depth of field?
When I compare my camera ...
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Why do my photos look like they're painted?
I'm not an expert, but all the photos I take look like they've been painted. It doesn't look like normal blur.
I'm using a FinePix S2500HD and the following photo was taken at 1/2000 exposure. I ...
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All my photos were blurry
I recently did a shoot of a baby and my 6 year old son, and I got some fantastic shots that were super sharp. I then did another shoot of a 6 year old and toddler and every single photo was slightly ...
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How was this blurry background, sharp motorbike effect achieved?
In this photo nominated as Canon Australia Photo of the Week, the background seems to blur while the rider is sharp. Wouldn't this normally be the other way? How was this done?
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How can I repair missed focus in a valuable photo?
The subject in my photo isn't properly focused. I can't take it again because this activity documentation photo can't be redone.
I've tried many solutions such as using shadow/highlight in Photoshop, ...
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Real-time vs post-production blurs — what's the difference?
I've always been a huge fan of blurry photos, I guess in part because almost any camera is able to take blurry photos, though some better than others.
What's the difference between real-time and ...
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Which Lensbaby Sweet 35 or Edge 80 effects are harder to reproduce post-processing?
I want some suggestions from Lensbaby users.
I have the plastic optic, double glass and fisheye optic. I use the composer.
The recent new optics: Sweet 35 and Edge 80 seem very intriguing and I ...
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What is causing the cyan outline in the building in the background of this image?
I took this picture the other day. It's a JPEG from the Fujifilm X-Pro1. The sky is overexposed as was necessary to light Anya brightly — and because I was playing with shooting wide open, and that ...
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How can I prevent blurred images when using a tripod?
I'm doing panoramic HDR photography for work using one of those stupid cheap mirror balls mounted on a tripod (not my decision!) and I am noticing on my longer exposures that sometimes I'm getting ...
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Can this photo be considered to have bokeh?
This photo was accidentally captured by me. Can it be considered to have bokeh? I am confused, because it does not have any foreground in focus.
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What's the difference between Bokeh and Gaussian Blur?
I have heard multiple times in photography, the words Bokeh, and Gaussian Blur. To me, it seems that the words are used almost interchangeably, but in some instances, I have heard them contrasted. ...
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How does Photoshop CS6's deblur feature work?
This video shows a sneak peek of a new Photoshop feature for Creative Suite 6, called 'deblur', which is able to take a blurry image and make it sharper: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxjiQoTp864
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How can I get non-blurry gymnastics pictures with my entry-level DSLR?
I have a Nikon d3100 with 18-55mm and 55-200mm lenses. My issues are the lighting and the shutter speed for fast moving objects. My aperture is set to f/3.5, shutter at 1/1000th of a second, and ISO ...
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Clear and sharp shot of a static object on a very blurry background (EOS550D) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I maximise that “blurry background, sharp subject” (bokeh) effect?
I am trying to achieve clear and sharp shot of a static object on a very blurry ...
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Where does the ¹/shutter speed = focal length rule for hand shake come from?
The generally accepted rule of thumb is that the shutter speed must be the same or larger than the inverse of the focal length.
As is, it seems that it makes no sense as is:
On a 24 Mpixels ...
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What program can blur a photo to show motion?
I have a picture in the woods of a path. I want to blur the woods so they look like they are being run by really fast, not just plain blurry. The best analogy I can think of is like cars look on ...
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Why doesn't the background become blurred when I change the aperture on my Fujifilm S4000?
I am sorry if my question is too naive, but I am a complete beginner in photography, and I think I still need to understand well what aperture is. I have a Fujifilm S4000 camera, and I know I can't do ...
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What is the best setup for shooting sports at night with a point & shoot camera?
I always try to take good photographs in soccer matches or in races at night, not using flash, and I have always the same result: too much blurred photos.
I don't have an SLR, but I'm sure that's not ...
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Why would one shoot a fully blurred picture?
Focus and blur have a reason in a picture when they come together. Blur alone is just a loss of an important element in the photography art, unless it has a reason, like obscuring nudity or creating ...
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Is there a script which will detect camera-shake blur? [closed]
Is there any existing script, either standalone (python, perl, etc.) or bridge/aperture plug-in that will detect blur of the type where you move the camera when taking the picture? I know this can be ...
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Why are my night photographs always blurry?
I was shooting the lighting of the city that is visible at the top of the trees if you shoot landscape.
No matter what I do, the image is blurry. What have i done:
ISO 100
Manual focus towards ...
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Why does a larger aperture cause more blur of the background? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Technically, why is the out of focus area blurred more when using a bigger aperture?
Why is it that a larger lens aperture produces a shorter depth of field, causing the ...
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What are the benefits and costs of an image stabilized, slower lens vs a non-IS faster lens?
I am going thru a trade off decision between a 24-70 f2.8 lens and a 24-105 f4 IS lens from Canon. My dilemma is that the 24-105 focal length better matches my needs, but the f2.8 would occasionally ...
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How can I achieve this effect, where the flower is sharp and everything else is blurry?
I was wondering how it is possible to take a picture like this.
Please have a look here for some example pictures. The flower is sharp, and everything else looks like taken with a long shutter.
Is ...
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How to shoot good night photos with Nikon S8000?
Some time ago, I bought a Nikon Coolpix S8000, with big satisfaction for daylight shoots, but in using it I realized that my night shoots were more frequent than I expected.
I tried to use it by ...
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Is the bokeh in this picture naturally occurring, or added in post-processing?
Click here for picture
I feel like the blur is not natural. Looks like it was Gaussian Blurred with the couple as the center. What do you guys think?
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Why are my pictures blurry/soft?
Ok so I shoot basically one thing....real estate. I am in the market for a new camera so I borrowed a friends canon 50d. I have been using a Rebel xti and been getting good results but I want to ...
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How do I blur the subjects other than main one in photoshop?
I have some photos in which I have a lot of subjects, but I would like a single person to be the main focus.
Now I would like to blur other people and subjects in that photo using Adobe Photoshop.
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What plugin for Photoshop can I use to remove camera-shake blur?
What is the best anti blur plug-in for Photoshop image editor and how effective can it be without compromising with the image quality or increasing sharpness/noise?
I am especially interested in ...
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Is there a theory behind 'Blur Detection'?
I am trying to implement a blur detection algorithm for my imaging pipeline.
The blur that I want to detect is both -
Camera Shake: Pictures captured using hand which moves/shakes when shutter ...
