{"id":518,"date":"2010-10-20T07:42:25","date_gmt":"2010-10-20T05:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.olafbathke.de\/photography-blog\/?p=518"},"modified":"2010-10-20T07:42:25","modified_gmt":"2010-10-20T05:42:25","slug":"blur-in-landscape-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.olafbathke.de\/photography-blog\/2010\/10\/20\/blur-in-landscape-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Blur in landscape photography?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Blur in landscape photography?<\/p>\n

I am rethinking my landscape art and working on my style. This is more an intuitive process than a plan. But I am rethinking systematically. I am observing myself and asking questions.<\/p>\n

When I take pictures of people I use blur most of the time. In landscape photography blur<\/strong> is something that I try to avoid.<\/p>\n

Why do I try to avoid blur in a landscape photo when I use it creatively in people photography most of the time?<\/p>\n

Paradigm: A landscape photo has to be sharp<\/h3>\n

I am not used to see landscape photos that are using blur for a creative effect. Most landscape photos tend to be sharp. Every book, workshop, online course or blog post teaches you how to take sharp landscape photos. If I would offer a lesson to shot blurred landscape photos my clients would be confused. Landscape photographers are taught and used to think<\/em> sharp<\/em>. No people photographer would calculate the hyperfocal distance while taking a wedding photo. Only landscape photographers are wasting time with maths.<\/p>\n

Blur in landscape photography: Technical limitations<\/h3>\n

Wide Angle lenses are the first choice for landscapes and they are normally not made for blur. They are primary build for the customers demand of sharpness. You need a really good and expensive lens to create blur with the camera. Not many people could afford a 24mm 1.4 or a 24mm 3.5 T&S. Because of this technical limitations blur is not easy to produce while taking a picture. Most people have to retouch it later. So it is not easy to think<\/em> blur<\/em> while taking pictures.<\/p>\n

Blur in landscape photography: Orientation<\/h3>\n

A sharp perception<\/em> is human. It is a kind of reflex to orientate in nature. If somebody could not orientate he would probably get mad. There are some serious psychic illnesses that have disorientation as a theme. Place disorientation occurs when people lose a sense of where they are. That is why most people first tend to see everything and not a fraction of something. And a landscape is not a part of something it is more something out of many parts.<\/p>\n

Is it possible to produce landscape photos with blur when you are not recognizing the whole landscape?<\/p>\n

I would say: Yes, blur in landscape photography is an option:<\/p>\n

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  • You have to find something, that is representative for everything.<\/li>\n
  • You need to suggest other parts in the blur.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    I think there are some advantages in blur:<\/p>\n

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    • You can get rid of stimuli that disturb your vision.<\/li>\n
    • You can stand out against the mainstream of all those sharp images.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      And now I wanted to know: What do your think of blur in landscape photos?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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