Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/11/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It looks like you have the technique down pat. By itself, I would have liked it. When compared to the original, I think the crowd is down-played enough, if not out of focus, it is at least underexposed enough. For me it is a toss up. I think the original has its merits too. Your call. Daniel On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Peter Cheyne <geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk> 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 >