Challenge 2: Blurry Backgrounds

[Guest]

stunning photos from everyone

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here is another shot taken last year, the blurred background is achieved in a completely different way, but still a pleasing affect

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last one from me



taken with a 300mm lens in close with an aperture of F/4 to blur the foreground and the background

[sarahewoods]

Am I ok to join?

If so here's mine, it is of our rabbit Bella, thinking about jumping off the decking.

[sarahewoods]

This is one from last summer, I really love how the wind is blowing the fuchsia bush.

[tinkerbell5]

I am a bit confused. I have tried and can not do it, I have a Panasonic Lumix Tz18 point and shoot, how can I get this affect? thanks

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Originally Posted by tinkerbell5

I am a bit confused. I have tried and can not do it, I have a Panasonic Lumix Tz18 point and shoot, how can I get this affect? thanks

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with a point and shoot where you cant select the aperture setting the best way to get back ground blur is described in the cars post above

the best way to get background blur with a point and shoot is to make sure you have a bit of distance between the subject and the background

then move back as far from the subject as you can and then zoom right in and focus on the subject, you should get a good effect with the 16X zoom on the TZ18

[Florida_Bear]

Originally Posted by tinkerbell5

I am a bit confused. I have tried and can not do it, I have a Panasonic Lumix Tz18 point and shoot, how can I get this affect? thanks

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Join the club, I have a Panasonic FZ-28 and I have tried with an aperture of F2.8 & F4 & F6 but still no joy ?
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Originally Posted by Florida_Bear

Join the club, I have a Panasonic FZ-28 and I have tried with an aperture of F2.8 & F4 & F6 but still no joy ?
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a shallow depth of field or a blurred background is hard to do with point and shoots but not impossible

for some reason even using F/2.8 on a point and shoot gives a large depth of field and very little image blur as you have found out

try and set up a shot outside where you can get some distance between you and the subject and some distance between the subject and the background, set the camera to F/2.8 and around 28mm focal length take your shot

then move back to around 10 X zoom or 280mm still using F/2.8 and take the same shot again, compare the two shots and see if that makes any difference

[tinkerbell5]

Originally Posted by Florida_Bear

Join the club, I have a Panasonic FZ-28 and I have tried with an aperture of F2.8 & F4 & F6 but still no joy ?
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I cant even find the aperture setting on mine, , i am no good at all this,