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04/06/2006 01:53:39 PM · #1
Here is a link with photos from Terri Weifenbach (American, b.1957 )
//www.photoeye.com/gallery/forms/index.cfm?image=1&id=13205&imagePosition=1&Door=1&Portfolio=Portfolio5&Gallery=1&Page=

I've been trying to make identical blurs, but it seems impossible to get closer. Do you know any photos similar to this ones?... Do you know how to do it?

Thanks in advance,

J+
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04/06/2006 01:54:38 PM · #2
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04/06/2006 02:11:48 PM · #3
some of those look like they were done with a lensbaby

04/06/2006 02:26:22 PM · #4
I'm not positive exactly what you're looking to duplicate - something that looks a little like motion blur or more of a depth blur... some of that stuff looks more like motion, but I'm not sure.

Do you mean like these?:


(They aren't beautiful, sowwy. Just ran out and snapped a couple quick shots)

04/06/2006 02:26:27 PM · #5
I may be wrong, but most photos seems to have image stabilisation (Canon's IS) or vibration reduction (Nikon's VR) type of artifact in the out of focus area.
04/06/2006 03:20:43 PM · #6
Have never seen the LensBaby.
Has anyone used it and what do you think?

//www.lensbabies.com

[grammar edit]

Message edited by author 2006-04-06 15:21:21.
04/06/2006 03:23:08 PM · #7
Originally posted by rswank:

Have never seen the LensBaby.
Has anyone used it and what do you think?

//www.lensbabies.com

[grammar edit]


Lot's of folks here with one. Latest thread.
04/06/2006 06:40:24 PM · #8
LensBaby out of focus area is much more creamy looking. The photos in the referenced site above have the kind of busy out of focus elements typically associated with optically stabilized lens.
Am I the only one that think so?
04/06/2006 07:42:27 PM · #9
Originally posted by colyla:

some of those look like they were done with a lensbaby


That's what I thought, too, about some of them.
04/06/2006 07:45:56 PM · #10
Could also be done with a mirror lens--Here's two examples using a Nikkor 500mm mirror lens. Background has similar effect to the photographer; effect is magnified with a close focus object.

04/06/2006 07:49:26 PM · #11
You might be able to do it purely in software as well.

Richard Rosenman DOF generator
04/07/2006 11:14:21 AM · #12
Here is an exemple



It's a diferent tecnique than a 500mm mirror lens can catch

Message edited by author 2006-04-07 11:15:05.
04/07/2006 11:20:48 AM · #13

J+

Message edited by author 2006-04-07 11:22:03.
04/07/2006 11:26:01 AM · #14
Is this done in-camera? I think it is post processed. Maybe the background was shot seperately, out of focus, and then edited to give it a watery look. Hmm...

Or maybe, the backgrounds are not real at all. They might be a painting or something.

Message edited by author 2006-04-07 11:28:05.
04/07/2006 11:40:18 AM · #15
I've just loaded Photoshop so can't speak to that, however there is a tool in PS elements called an impressionist brush which gives that effect. You may have to separate out the background to apply the tool and then caussian blur but I think you'll get that effect.
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