Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The crowd-darkened version obviously does a better job of focusing my attention on the wrestlers. Either way, you have caught a great moment. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Nov 29, 2010, at 10:57 AM, Peter Cheyne wrote: > This weekend I visited Fukuoka to attend the Sumo finales. I wanted the > closest seat I could get, so stumped up for the 540 dollar ticket. > However, my seat was in the furthest row (the 8th row) of the pricey rows. > Because I wasn't as close as I wanted to be, my 200mm wide open at f/2.8 > didn't throw the crowd out of focus as much as I wanted. > > I thought later I would try to selectively blur the background, as I > remember Tina did for a couple of her photos. However, I don't know how > to do that, and I think I wouldn't be so proficient in that Photoshop > technique. So I decided to stay in Lightroom and use the brush tool to > darken the crowd instead of blurring. > > So, I'd like anyone's opinion on how this treatment looks compared to the > original. Also, if anyone thinks using Photoshop's blur tool would help, > please give me some pointers as to how to apply it. Would I just choose > the gaussian blur and wave the brush around the areas I want blurring? > > I know the real solution would to have been to get closer to the action. > Next year I will book my tickets well in advance and request a front row > seat. > > Here's the crowd-darkened version: > > http://tinyurl.com/27d7xlh > > And here's the original: > > http://tinyurl.com/2c4ougb > > All the best, > > Peter Cheyne > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >