On Jul 6, 2005, at 11:53 PM, Jay Taylor wrote:
Here is a shot of my daughter with my grandson. Too bad I had too
much DOF. When I have time in Photoshop, I'll try to blur the
distracting background. Shot with the *istDS and the DA 18-55 kit
lens.
http://i.pbase.com/v3/87/63987/2/45850053.DanielleDariusJune05.jpg
Great shot! Don't bother blurring anything ... Just crop it and
darken what you don't want to see. I sent you an example. :-)
Godfrey
As Godfrey and others have said -- I don't think the background needs
blurring. I think that with the subjects looking right at the camera,
and with more light on the subjects than in the background, the
background does not in fact distract. It does, if you consciously decide
to pay attention to it, provide a context (nice for a family photo -- in
years to come, they look at it and have those clues to remember on what
occasion the photograph was taken.) But I'm not in favour of applying
Photoshop to fix stuff that "ain't broke" (waste of effort in my own
lazy opinion!)
I really like their expressions. It's a nice, happy photograph.
ERNR
