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**rennycornelius** · 09-21-2010, 04:14 PM

Originally posted by ravi@17bhp View Post

Renny, bokeh (background blur) is very important for closeup shots to make them look great. The next time when you take pics, see that the back ground is very far from the object. Look at this photo, the subject is focused and the background is blurred.

Roger that.
In the pics i took, the wall was hardly a feet away from the flower.

**soumya_digi** · 09-25-2010, 09:55 PM

My H50B shot with my mob cam....

**fast_ferocious** · 09-25-2010, 10:20 PM

Originally posted by ravi@17bhp View Post

Renny, bokeh (background blur) is very important for closeup shots to make them look great. The next time when you take pics, see that the back ground is very far from the object. Look at this photo, the subject is focused and the background is blurred.

How about this Ravi?

Don't ask me the bird's name pleeeeeej!

**ravi@17bhp** · 09-25-2010, 10:32 PM

^^ Though there is a little blur, that is not sufficient. The background is still distracting. You could have shot the bird from a better angle than this. The only way to get a good bokeh with the normal consumer cameras is to shoot at higher optical zoom possible (more the zoom, more the bokeh), standing away from the subject, and keeping the subject at a distance to the background. More the distance of the background, more the bokeh.

Professional lenses with high aperture values (F 1.4, 1.8, F2, etc) would produce too much bokeh even when you are close to subject. If you shoot at 1.4 aperture, you can focus the eyelashes and blur the eyeball

**fast_ferocious** · 09-25-2010, 10:39 PM

Originally posted by ravi@17bhp View Post

^^ Though there is a little blur, that is not sufficient. The background is still distracting. You could have shot the bird from a better angle than this. The only way to get a good bokeh with the normal consumer cameras is to shoot at higher optical zoom possible (more the zoom, more the bokeh), standing away from the subject, and keeping the subject at a distance to the background. More the distance of the background, more the bokeh.

Professional lenses with high aperture values (F 1.4, 1.8, F2, etc) would produce too much bokeh even when you are close to subject. If you shoot at 1.4 aperture, you can focus the eyelashes and blur the eyeball

Thanks, but that was shot using my mobile phone. But will surely try with some better angle and more distance from the background next time.

**suvo** · 09-26-2010, 04:32 AM

**roshan3440** · 09-26-2010, 10:56 AM

First attempt at HDR

Camera used DSC S60 4mp cam
Software: Photomatix ,AdobePS
The close up in the evening before sunset where as the one with clouds is early morning just after sunrise

**snapppy** · 09-27-2010, 10:04 PM

Just decided to get myself a Nikon P100... thought abt the Canon SX30IS too.... right decision?

**Aryan** · 09-27-2010, 10:08 PM

@Suvo: Very nice picture.

**d@rk nemesis** · 09-27-2010, 10:48 PM

**shabbarak** · 09-28-2010, 12:07 AM

Originally posted by suvo View Post

Suvo excellent click . Very soothing colours all around.

**varun_r15** · 09-28-2010, 12:13 AM

If I haven't posted this before

A HDR of sea Link, Mumbai

**Aryan** · 09-28-2010, 12:17 AM

@Varun: Very nice HDR there; love those colors!

**budding_biker** · 09-28-2010, 12:43 AM

**varun_r15** · 09-28-2010, 01:13 AM

Originally posted by Aryan View Post

@Varun: Very nice HDR there; love those colors!

Thank you dada

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