Thanks! I, too wasnt sure about the second one. I tried tilting the camera, to give it a slightly different angle, but I guess it still didnt work.
All of this was in someone's yard, in Asheville, NC. I had planned on talking to the creators of these things, but there was only one parking spot, and I guess the guy's wife came home as I was taking these shots.. She honked the horn and yelled for me to get out of her spot, which I promptly did.
Next time I go back, I'm going to park somewhere else and try and talk with the owner.
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Here is my first attempt at blurring a background, and it turned out looking fake and... well just not good. Other than going back to the original location (4 hrs away) and reshooting with a different depth of field, is there an easier way to do this in photoshop? I attempted to select with lasso, blur background and then used the blur tool to go around outline. I still have some learning in PS to do..
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