Shallow Depth of Field: Field Blur

Before (Deep Focus) vs. After (Simulated Shallow Depth of Field)

Original street photo Street photo with Photoshop Field Blur

In this exercise, I used the Field Blur tool in the Photoshop Blur Gallery to simulate a shallow depth-of-field effect. I placed a blur pin on the subject to maintain sharpness and added heavier blur pins to the background to create a sense of depth that wasn't in the original shot.


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