blur background?

Question

how can i get the pic's background blur using just a normal digital camera (nikon P5100) not any type of dslr camera..?
higher aparture?

Answer 1

The Nikon 5100 is very suitable for this type of effect, because it allows you to control the aperture, while it automatically keeps adjusting the shutter speed to keep the exposure correct.
Turn the Mode control knob to the "A" position and then you will be able to move the black rotating command button side to side while you look in the screen and see the aperture number is changing. Be sure to select the widest aperture, that is, the one with the lowest number.
The actual aperture number you can get varies with zoom, so do not zoom in too far (zoom towards W not T) and you will get a lower number.

You will be somewhat limited to blur effect because your lens aperture cannot be opened past about f4.6 or so, i.e. you have bought a camera with only a small lens. Your blur will not be very much unless you are focussing on something very close to the camera lens. People and places pictures taken at more than 5 - 6 feet will not be back-ground blurred very much because of the small size of your lens.

Answer 2

f/14 isn't deep enough to exclude all background elements from focus, it is a middle range aperture used mainly for stoping down bright scenes like shooting in open sunlight and will effect overall depth of field depending on the lens used, particularly whether the lens is a wide or telephoto lens. DoF decreases with telephoto lenses over 70mm, and with a long lens focused closely, you will get background blur even at f/14. It would help if you had posted an image with your question.

Answer 3

Like the guy above me said, just focus on the person (object) and hold the button in halfway, you'll see the background going out of focus and take the photo. It also helps to let the person stand closer to you and let the person stand way infront of the background. Will be very dificult if the person stands against the wall or so. Hope it helps. Also, if you can see your camera's F number, make it as low as posible. Hope it helps.

Answer 4

No, you won't get much blur with your camera.

The blur usually is with a telephoto lens. Even at f5.6 you can get background blur with telephoto lens like 300mm or so.

I'm sure you've noticed sports shots in magazine and newspaper, those are done with telephoto lens. So the subject is clear and the background is blurred.

Here is a shot
http://www.flickr.com/photos/curlylocks/314718746/in/set-72157594458537790/

Its done with 70-300mm telephoto lens @ 300, f7.1

Answer 5

The way to blur a background i choose to use is Adobe PHOTOSHOP CS2. Simply use the laso tool (loaceted on the side bar, second row) and out line your background (do this around the picture to the background) once you have done this, there sould be a dotted line around the area you wish to blur.

7 rows down is a picture of a hand pointing. hold down left mouse click untill a menu appears next to it and select BLUR TOOL. it has a picture of a drop of water. dont worry about going over the lines of the dotted area, it will only apply blur to the area you have selected, (the smudge tool also works well)

Answer 6

you place the item that you want to be captured as sharp right in front of the camera then hold down the capture button halfway. this will cause the lens to focus on the item in front hence the background will be blurer. then you CLICK, get the picture with a nice blur background.

Answer 7

You're spot on.

Use the widest aperture you can (the one with the smallest number, e.g. f2.8) and a relatively long lens, such as an 85mm telephoto... wide lenses give sharper background effects.

Answer 8

See Dr Sam's demo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/samfeinstei...