Little Fringe Dancer

Thank you very much, Lorena.

I blurred the background in Hoop Dancer, but used gaussien blur. I like the energy that the radial blur gives to this photo and it accomplishes the same thing. This was done in two duplicate layers. In the top layer, I selected the dancer and all the fringe (that’s what took all the time) and deleted the background. I then used the radial blur on the layer underneath and flattened the layers. I do think that a little of this effect goes a long way, so you won’t see it in too many of my other photos.

Thank you very much, Jamie.

Thank you very much!

Thank you, Linda. I tried it on my Hoop Dancer and only wish I’d known about this effect when I posted it to RB and printed it for display at the Camera Club. I like it much better, but a little of this effect goes a long way so I won’t be posting it to RB anytime soon.

Thank you very much, Barbara!

Thank you very much!

Thank you very much.

Thanks very much, Trish. Wish I’d discovered this effect some time ago although it’s not something I’d want to use in very many of my photos.

Thank you very much, Karen.

Thank you, Judith. It certainly eliminates the distracting background that’s inevitable at these events.

Thank you very much, Dyle.

Thank you very much, George!

Thank you very much, Linda.

Thank you very much.

Thank you, Anna.

Thank you, Dana.

Thank you, Linda.

Thank you very much, Esther.

Thank you very much. I’ve struggled with this problem and usually use gaussien blur, but when a friend sent me a RB member’s photo with this technique and asked me how to do it, I realized it was the perfect solution. But I wouldn’t want to do it with all the photos with a distracting background.

Glad you enjoy my photos. The technique is really quite simple. Make a copy of the background, select the subject, inverse so that you’re working on the background and use the radial blur (filters>blur>radial blur). The cool thing about this is that you can place the center of the blur anywhere in the photograph you want.

Thank you, Donna.

It’s very difficult getting rid of background distractions at an event like this, but this one works perfectly, especially with the motion of the subject. I wouldn’t want to do it to all this type of photo though. It could be overdone.

Thank you so much, Sharon! I really appreciate it.

Thank you, Scott.

Thank you very much.

The technique is simple, Geoffrey, using the radial blur filter in Elements, but selecting out all that fringe took lots of time and patience.

Thank you very much, David.

Thank you very much, Susanne!

Thank you.

Thank you very much, Ann.

Thank you very much.