The only times out of focus foregrounds look good is when they are a complete haze of color. If they are too defined, they will be distracting if not visually annoying. In order to create a haze of color like I did in this shot of tulips in Keukenhof Gardens, Holland is to use a long telephoto and place flowers very close to the lens. The foreground tulips in this shot -- the ones that create the color haze -- are 5 to 10 inches from the 248mm focal length I was using (I shot this with the new Canon 100-400mm telephoto zoom). In addition, use a large lens aperture. For this picture, I shoot wide open at f/5. I hand held the camera, and the shutter was 1/640 with an ISO of 400.
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