Hey!
Yesterday I discussed about how you can create bokeh (a shallow depth of field) in your photos, even with a mobile phone. While I mentioned up to three ways to create bokeh, I failed to make an example for the third one. So to fix that, here's a photo shot with the smartphone (not edited):
Creamy Bokeh with smartphone!
To create a truly shallow depth of field on a smart phone is actually easy. Make it a macro!
What you need, is a small magnifying glass that fits and can be easily attached over the smartphone camera lens. Mine is an 8x magnifying loupe that I've taped onto my phone.
Try this out on your own phone, it will definitely make your photography fun!
I'll be seeing you again tomorrow! :)
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Yeah I want to learn deeper how I can use my smartphone to take this blur photography! My phone have that feature, but so far I didn't get it well :/
Cheers~
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Forget using all effects, the only way to get a real blur is to focus close enough so that the plane of focus gets shallower as it gets closer.
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Tape it to the lens. Ha. I will try that just for the fun of it. I have to be honest. Most people can do things with their smartphones that I can only do with my regular camera.
They have made them so amazing that it really would benefit me to be able to flip back and forth.
Thanks for the tip.
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So! You have given me s very useful to for my smart phone! I will have to look for a magnifying glass!
Thank you very much.
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Hey, don't stop and keep making this content. I love your dedication to your project.
Keep up the good work and etc... :O
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Seconded. I was standing next to our photography teacher when he took these. The sun was shining very brightly but there was a stretch of forest next to the clearing where there was a ski trail the condition of which I wanted to check out on our way to get lunch.
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I have a theory about you and Jaro, but I won't tell it out loud. I'm 85% confident I'm right :D
Mysteryyy... wooo
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Thanks for the tip. I noticed that there was a set of lenses (it had a few cheap lenses) for sale at Kärkkäinen for about €20 a couple of months ago. I was apprehensive about buying it as I was unsure as to whether it was possible to use it with my phone. Should it be possible to use them with all phones? (When I saw, I was a bit strapped for cash but now I'm in a better place.)
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Just order them from eBay like I did. I hadn't read this post but I coincidentally happened to order new lenses for my phone because I am too lazy to open up my drawer and look for the old ones. These are basically free https://www.ebay.com/itm/3in1-phone-clip-lens-fisheye-wide-angle-for-iphone-6s-plus-5s-5-htc-samsung/351773584499?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&var=620696508011&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
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If really that technique is great .. In my country, they would tell you. Who knows, knows
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Started with the Bokeh in the forest, Now Bokeh with a razor.
I demand Bokeh with a pastry!
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you're like an academy of photography. nice & useful discussion carry on @gamer00
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Is there any alternative aside the magnifying glass?
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A real camera perhaps.
I'm sorry but I can't figure out a better way if you really want a truly shallow focus. Software blurring only goes so far, and it is often hit-and-miss, rarely giving an acceptable result.
Here's a photo I took 8 years ago with a pocket camera that was nowhere near to getting a decent blur. I edited the "bokeh" in, and tried emulating the plane of focus (badly):
Looks very artificial if you ask me, and nowhere near to the quality I can get from the Canon with a good glass.
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I really like these photography advises.. would come quite handy in the very near future! Will try take some nice shots on my trip to Thailand in 10 days! Doubt they will be any way near your level of photography but I'll try and be a fast learner! :)
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The more I see the photos you take, the more they look like art to me. Cool.
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Hello Friend. today after so much time, finally start with the project of a daily photo. Just as I had said months ago that I would do it in Spanish, only that the photos will be taken with my cell phone since I do not have a digital camera.
And just today that I start with my project of a daily photo, you give me this excellent information or technique to make the boken
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I really liked the concept of bokeh but I only have a cell phone that was the best I could get some advice? just play a little with the depth effect of the cell phone, do not alter anything in the photo with any program, anyway I do not have any program. Well I really like it
Photo taken with my Htc One S cell phone to my LG TV control
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There's a misconception here about what is and what isn't a program, as in computer software.
Your Android smartphone is effectively a computer (and a quite capable at that), and everything that runs on it is software, a.k.a. programs. The camera is no exception. Every effect you apply on your photos in your smartphone is thus created programmatically, not with the camera hardware (lenses, aperture and sensor) only. There is a plethora of software that edits the photo for you, often while you shoot it. Thus there is no post editing, but the resulting image itself is still edited.
Now, on to your picture. We can see the channel selector button is almost fully in focus, but everything else is not in focus. This is a tale-tell story about the failings of software based blur. In an actual camera, there will be a plane of focus that can be seen throughout the photo, especially in a situation where the focus is supposed to grade out to the distance. In this example, the plain of focus should run horizontally across the remote control, then somewhat lower, on the table.
I will try to show you (roughly) how:
The green line represents the middle of the plane of focus, that is where the full focus, the most clarity in the photo should be. The yellow lines represent the extremities of that plane, where the focus will shift to blur. If you use a small aperture, the yellow lines will be further apart, and if you use a large aperture, the focused area between them becomes shallower.
In your photo, the focused area is only on one button, which makes the bokeh effect look very artificial. At the very least, the "volume" button, "ratio" and "mute" buttons, and the text "page" should be in focus to make it look more real. The "Q.Menu" button should be at least as blurred as the "studio" button beside it.
I'm going under the assumption that we are using normal rectilinear lenses instead of a tilt-shift, fish-eye or any kind of special lenses that might shift the plane of focus which normally shouldn't be the case when shooting with smartphones.
But hey, I hope this helped. In case it didn't, worry not! I'll likely talk about focusing again soon.
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That's interesting. I tried that same thing on my Samsung S6 in the Pro mode. To me it looks like this defocus is all natural. What do you think?
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Very natural. That's exactly what I would expect from a smartphone close-up shot.
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@gamer00 Thank you for taking the time to respond I appreciate, I suppose you are right, every effect you use with either with the cell phone or the pc can be considered as an editing process, genuinely your explanation is very clear and of course it helps not only me but also anyone who wants to try this technics
No special lens type I do not have that kind of equipment and I'll likely read a bit more about focusing so I will remain attentive. Best luck.
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Haha, cool I'll try to play around with it!
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Thank you for this valuable information
I want to ask you
I am a lover of photography
But I do not have a camera
I just have a smartphone
I want to buy a camera
Good quality and guaranteed quality
As you advise me
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Well I did advice you 2 months ago, have you forgotten?
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Yes i forgotten @gamer00
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@gamer00 - Sir I have Samsung J7 Prime mobile phone... But I don't know how to blur a photography by using it Sir... :(
+W+
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Get very close to your subject, you might be able to. :)
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Clicked with great precision .
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amazing tip @gamer00 i will definitely try out this tip thank you so much
for all tricks and tectics 😇😇
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Good to know! Thanks for sharing.
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This is amazing you are my favorite blogger sir,love your blogs a lot.
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awesome photography bro. keep up the good stuff. as usual share the quality photographs with our steemit community.
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your macro lens is definitely better than my macri lens.
your photo is very nice gamer00
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Wow...really it’s an amazing shot...
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really it's great shot
thanks for sharing
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I am still waiting for your post @gamer00
ha ha
I want to ask, is there a way to make a smartphone a good camera?
thank you very much @gamer00
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Bokeh interest seems to be rising and growing.. I think many a smartphones are having the feature...
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