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You may have moved in too close for the camera to focus on the subject.
Check the minimum focus distance in your manual. I know nothing about the
particular model you are using but if it has a zoom lens go to the longest
setting (ie a 10- 50mm lens you would take out to 50 etc. It may simply not
be possible to get very shallow dof with the camera you are using, in which
case try to put your subject in front of a very plain background like a
cloudless sky.

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"Simon Harris" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hmmm....I just tried and ended up with the opposite of what I wanted!
>
> Background focused, forground subject blurred....I guess this is just down
> to the sample arae that the cam uses to focus???
>
>

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:25:06 +1300, JJD <> wrote:


>A little more work can produce a more realistic result.

A good explanation ..... haven't tried that method, sounds good. Nice
to see some useful advice instead of the usual crap one often finds -
thanks. 8*)

Bob T.

Are you sure you reversed the selection? If you do not reverse, you
will get just what you describe.

Ordinarily, any filter is applied to selected area. If you do not have
a program that reverses selection, you are stuck. But for software that
reverses selection area, this means it applies filter to everything NOT
part of selection.

Simon Harris wrote:
>
> Hmmm....I just tried and ended up with the opposite of what I wanted!
>
> Background focused, forground subject blurred....I guess this is just down
> to the sample arae that the cam uses to focus???

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Oops, I should have said INVERT selection, not reverse it. Sorry for
the slip of tonque.

Simon Harris wrote:
>
> Hmmm....I just tried and ended up with the opposite of what I wanted!
>
> Background focused, forground subject blurred....I guess this is just down
> to the sample arae that the cam uses to focus???

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On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:30:04 -0600, Don Stauffer
<> wrote:

>Oops, I should have said INVERT selection, not reverse it. Sorry for
>the slip of tonque.

He's trying to do it in camera, The software discussion was
incidental.

JJD
>
>Simon Harris wrote:
>>
>> Hmmm....I just tried and ended up with the opposite of what I wanted!
>>
>> Background focused, forground subject blurred....I guess this is just down
>> to the sample arae that the cam uses to focus???

I am aware of that. I was merely pointing out that if he CANNOT get
what he wants in-camera, there is the software backup.

JJD wrote:
>
> On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:30:04 -0600, Don Stauffer
> <> wrote:
>
> >Oops, I should have said INVERT selection, not reverse it. Sorry for
> >the slip of tonque.
>
> He's trying to do it in camera, The software discussion was
> incidental.
>
> JJD
> >
> >Simon Harris wrote:
> >>
> >> Hmmm....I just tried and ended up with the opposite of what I wanted!
> >>
> >> Background focused, forground subject blurred....I guess this is just down
> >> to the sample arae that the cam uses to focus???

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Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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