Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/11/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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