Chuck,
There are two versions of the same image at the end of the gallery,
the second of which has some blurring applied to the background.
Joel W.
On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Chuck Norcutt
<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm not sure what you worked on except maybe the tiger lilies. I can't
> tell a difference since I hadn't paid much attention to them in the
> first cut. My favorite was #2 and the one I thought could be most
> improved with shallower DOF.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Joel Wilcox wrote:
>> That's maybe looking for a level of refinement an app can't provide.
>> The photos were made rather hurriedly in order to have something to
>> work with in Filterstorm. At the focal length, the DZ 14-45 might
>> have been wide open, but they are slow lenses, so wide open is not
>> very open. I usually use the 45-150 wide open to get more isolation
>> for background.
>>
>> If you care to look again I played with using the brushes feature to
>> blur the background of the last image to create fake bokeh.
>>
>> The backlit touchscreen seems to make most photos look OK, but it
>> doesn't provide as much information as one might think about when the
>> image is just right. Some of my "improvements" made the images worse
>> once I was able to view them on adequate equipment. Thanks for
>> looking.
>>
>> Joel W.
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Chuck Norcutt
>> <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> I like several of those photos except for too much DOF. But it's a
>>> double-edged sword.
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>
>>>
>>> Joel Wilcox wrote:
>>>> You're such a heckler, Chuck. ;^P
>>>>
>>>> Here's a few jpgs "processed" through Filterstorm.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/7734758/1/iPad01?h=194c27
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