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Blur

            This is pure fun for me, but I recognise that you may have had enough.... feel free to ignore me!  I continue to search for a better autumn shot!

Photoshop blur/unblur.

(People often ask how this is done, so here goes:

Open the file in Photoshop.

Add a duplicate layer.

Go to the blur tool, choose motion blur.  Select about 650 px and 90 degrees.

Add a layer mask, the tool for this is on the layers palette, the one that is a rectangle with a circle in the middle.

Use the brush tool to unblur parts of the image.  You can change the opacity and flow to varying amounts, say 100% at the bottom, then use 50% a bit higher up, and 10% in the trees…. Its up to you!  

Then, because you’re working on a layer mask, if you do too much you can undo it again by changing from the black to white block (bottom left) and vice versa.

I finish the processing in Lightroom because that’s what I’m used to, tone curve, contrast etc.)

Taken on: November 4, 2014

Tags:

black covert

trawscoed

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autumn

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trees

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Groups appears in: • Canon DSLR User Group • Wales more » • canon photography • Ceredigion • aberystwyth • Wales Photography. • Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM • Canon Camera • WelshFlickrCymru • 'What Digital Camera' flickr group • Aberystwyth Photography Society • Wales Online Photography Flickr Group • Aberystwyth Online Photography Flickr Group • BBC Autumnwatch (Official) • Canon EOS 5D Mark III • Canon EOS 5D Mark III • 5D Mark III only • Canon EOS 5D Mark III + Mark IV + 5DS - 5DS R (TR). • CANON DSLR EXPERIENCE - (TR) - • Galería WoodpaintinG • FLICKROGRAPHY « less

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III, f/16.0, 1/80 sec, 67mm, ISO 5000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens:	EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Aperture:	f/16.0
Exposure Time:	0.013 sec (1/80)
Focal Length:	67mm
ISO:	5000
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.2 (Macintosh)
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