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With digital, can you do selective focus or depth of field adjustments after the fact.
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One of the updates that Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop added about a year ago now is the ability to add blur and "bokeh" to a background. With that feature you can set at what depth of field you want the blur to occur. However, I rarely use it. It can be a bit finicky, and it doesn't always get the masking between the background and the subject correct. I have several faster (f/1.4 to f/2.8) lenses and when you shoot them wide open, that's what obliterates the background like in the butterfly and the woodland sunflower image. Both of those shots were taken with my Nikon D810 and Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6 lens at about 15'-20' distance. Same thing happens there, and you get a lot of compression in the background. I've got an AF (full frame) Nikon 12-35mm f/2.8, Nikon AF 24-70mm f/2.8, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8, 200-500mm f/5.6, 50mm f/1.4, 50mm f/1.8, and a 105mm f/2.8. All of those lenses, when shot at their largest aperture blow out the background and separate the subject instead of doing it in post (editing).
There was a camera manufacturer about 6 years ago that came out with a camera that you could supposedly correct out of focus images, remove motion blur, alter focus points, etc. after the shot was taken but right in the camera. In fact, one just came up for bid a couple of months back on a photography gear site I follow. I thought about buying it and playing around with it, but after reading the articles and reviews on it, it didn't really work as advertised (not surprising).
Topaz Labs has a newer feature in their editing software that can remove some motion blur and improve sharpness from either the whole image or you can do selective masking and only apply those fixes to a specific area in the photo. I've used it when I'm doing photo restorations of old photos for my mom and it can work ok. Not perfect, but here's an example of what it'll do....
This is a shot of me sitting on my Great Grandmother's (Zella) lap along with her mother (Inez) my Great Great Grandmother that I scanned...
and here's my restoration....
Not perfect, but definitely an improvement.
