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Maximizing bokeh in the foreground?
Another question asks, How can I maximize the “blurry background, sharp subject” (bokeh) effect?
Rather than the background, I am interested in blurring the foreground. What techniques or advice are ...
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What's worse for post-processing blurriness, graininess or softness?
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Using an a6000, I've been learning a lot about photography and how to control the
depth of field (by changing the aperture), blurriness (by changing the shutter speed), and the noise floor/...
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Night photo with Leica 25mm: blur at f/1.4 [duplicate]
I have an Olympus OMD EM5 and a Leica 25mm which takes wonderful pictures in daylight.
I was trying to take night pictures with this setup and I had the following results (after several tries and ...
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Why doesn't the background become blurred when I change the aperture on my Fujifilm S4000?
I am sorry if my question is too naive, but I am a complete beginner in photography, and I think I still need to understand well what aperture is. I have a Fujifilm S4000 camera, and I know I can't do ...
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Why does a larger aperture cause more blur of the background? [duplicate]
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Technically, why is the out of focus area blurred more when using a bigger aperture?
Why is it that a larger lens aperture produces a shorter depth of field, causing the ...
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