Time to Be Creative—Blur
By: Knut Kubenz on Monday, November 23, 2009
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Have you ever wanted to photograph moving water, water falls for example, in such a way as to produce a creative blur? This creative blur technique of the falls is usually done using a slow shutter speed and a small aperture opening and yields a dreamy quality in the moving water. These settings however sometimes cannot be achieved because of extremely intense lighting conditions and consequently you end up with a mediocre effect at best.
Well here comes Photoshop to the rescue. In just a few simple steps, using Filters and Layer Masks, you can achieve this effect even if the water appears motionless. Let’s begin.
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