Weekly Photo Contest: Focus and Blur

[Coollok100]

I was originally going to use the brand new Google Camera app for this entry, but out of the ~30 pictures I've taken with it in blur mode, not a single one has turned out well. Instead I picked one of my older photos (still taken with my Nexus 4 - I believe I was using 4.2 and the old stock camera app) and used After Focus with it. As I don't own the pro versions of this app, I'm afraid to say it's knocked the resolution of the image down a lot, but I couldn't find any good free alternatives. After that, I then used an app simply called Photo Editor to get the blur looking how I wanted it to and do some colour adjustments. Apologies if you're sick of flowers after last week's competition...

Edit: Having used the "Lens Blur" mode some more, in better lighting conditions, it's produced some surprisingly good results (although still not perfect).

 

[avokodo]

Used a Galaxy S4 to take the picture and no editing

 

[Gregzzzy]

taken with my HTC One (m7), i've cropped it slightly using stock editing app
Whilest lying on the beach, i thought it would be a great shot of the rock

 

[Nebu Cherian]

How to upload photo?

Posted via Android Central App

 

[grizzlyzp]

Made with Galaxy Note 2, edited with Google's gallery app.

 

[KrAmzenun]

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/2...xrQmAZltxNBEEovUFK0k9YTnRqh8mRSWkCkx63AQ=s400


Taken from my nexus 5 with the new google camera

 

[expired]

Taken with S4 last summer @ Buckingham Palace! (edited with Instagram)

 

[Liam McGregor]

Taken with HTC One M8 applied ufocus and satura filter using stock HTC photo editing.

 

[thoml67]

Taken with my HTC One M8 with ufocus, no filter, in what is called "Spring" in Minnesota. Mother Nature has a really bad sense of humor.

 

[theabelard89]

Taken by xperia L stock camera and edited with afterfocus

 

[Kfj001]

 

[Mike McQuaid]

Fire truck in Old City (Philadelphia) a day after two alarm fire..

Taken with HTC One M8 GPE w/UFocus Edit.

Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

 

[Fernando Albuquerque]

Camera: HTC/ One Max
Software: Cymera and Pics Art

 

[atit_s]

Taken with My Galaxy S4. No effects.

 

[Abhiagarwal1227]

My twirly cactus plant shot at dawn using Nexus 5 Stock Camera app .
Edited using google+ photos app.

 

[xikle]

HTC One M8 edited with the stock gallery app using zoom blur effect

Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

 

[alexpatcas]

Taken with my Note 3, Lenovo camera app. Tilt shift mode.

 

[squintyboy]

galaxy nexus

 

[ekabon]

HTC One 2014 Stock camera app

 

[blu8503]

Taken on Nexus 5 using lens blur and some tweaking