13) "Before" Here's an easy copy and paste excercise in photoshop. I was very proud of myself when I took this shot, till I got back at the apartment. To my horror, I found the main subject out of focus. I used a 1.8f aperture to create the blur in the BG. When the aperture is wide open the focus area is very narrow, if I had used 22f aperture everything would be in focus. At this critical aperture I like to set the focus manually. I must have leaned forward as I snapped the shot, thus this kakadudu, go to next posting #14. D70, ISO 200, Auto Shutter 1600, Lens: fixed 50mm 1.8f (digital 80mm), f-stop set at 1.8, Manual focus, Camera file format saved as Jpg fine large. Exterior Paris, sunny.