Couple Tang Photos

[tdgates10]

So, I've been trying to get better at taking photos of fish themselves, so here is what I have so far. The photos are with a stock 18-55mm lens, and then edited in PS. No color edit was done, just blurring and boarders.

 

[Myteemouse]

How you do that blur effect in PS"" where the center is clear but blurs out??
Beautiful fish BTW

 

[tdgates10]

It's just a radial blur set on zoom. Takes some messing around with to get it right but it works pretty darn good!

You want to select the image you want to stay clear with the marque tool. Then under the "select menu", depending on what version of PS, select "feather". I set mine to 15 for a 600 pixel wide image. Select OK. Then inverse the selection. Now everything but the fish is selected. This is when you go to the "filter menu" and select "blur" and then "radial blur". From there I start from 5 to 10 and set it on zoom. That's all there is to it. I use PS cs3 so it might be a little different in other versions.

 

[Myteemouse]

I also have CS3.

 

[Myteemouse]

cool thanks just tried it works good.
There is soo many things in PS I don't even know are there yet..

 

[tdgates10]

I'm glad it worked. Your right, there are so many ways to do the same thing in PS. I'm a graphic designer and I use PS daily and I still find new ways to do things with it.