Faking Depth of Field with Spatially Varying Blur

Faking depth of field with spatially varying blur. In DOF 1 the foreground and the far background have been blurred, creating an effect resembling depth-of-field. In DOF 2 the foreground was kept sharp, while the background was blurred.

Instructions: Roll your mouse over each thumbnail to see a larger version of the image appear below. This makes it possible to easily flip back and forth between the images.

DOF 1 Original DOF 2