Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]While the second isolates the subject more and could be thought of as more pleasing, I like the first more. Much more believable. Also, in the 2nd version, if the background was thrown that out of focus, either the subjects probably wouldn't be fully in focus across their full depth, or the subject-background separation would have to be larger than it was. I don't know. I'm of the opinion that there are way too many portraits of people with just an eyelash in focus or uniform blurred backgrounds. I like context for my pictures, so the first one wins for me, even if it is a crummy tarp. On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 5:58 AM, Didier Ludwig <leica at screengang.com> wrote: > Me, too, opt for the second picture. This software might be be able to > stop my lust for fast and expensive lenses :) > Didier > > > >>PESO: >>After the disastrous bokeh last week, I decided to download >>and try out the Bokeh program from AlienSkin. ?You can try >>it for 30 days for free. ?It's not hard to use but there are many, >>many choices of different kinds of bokeh - some based on >>Nikon, Canon, and Zeiss lenses - NO LEICA!! ?I just used the >>default to experiment with. >>Before: http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/110546858 >>After: http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/110546877 >>What do you think? ?Believable? ?Better? ?Worse? >>Suggestions? >>TIA. >>Tina > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >