Hi,
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> blur. To get a really nice effect you could do a head shot against
> back light through the leaves of a tree, exposing for the subject's face.
> Make sure the background is way, way back from the subject - ie he's not
> standing against a wall or something. Make the shot at several different
> aperture/shutter speed combinations to judge the effect of the varying size
> of the aperture on the degree of blur.
> This photo (http://www.web-options.com/ethiopia/index.htm) shows something
> of the effect, and it was taken with a cheap zoom with a maximum aperture
> of f/4. Although it's not backlit it shows a nicely blurred background
> which helps to abstract away that person in blue behind the subject,
> and it demonstrates that the effect is easy to get without special equipment.
this is a better example of what I mean:
http://www.web-options.com/Guerrilla/img0035.htm
shot with an MX, SMC A 70-210/4 probably at f/4 or f/5.6.
Bob
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