Messed Around with the Live Focus Mode (Bokeh Effect) of My Phone Today by harlot

photography · @harlot · Jun 28 '18

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Messed Around with the Live Focus Mode (Bokeh Effect) of My Phone Today

![image](https://img.esteem.ws/oophx5hsw0.jpg)
Today while hanging out at Starbucks I decided to shoot photos with the Live Focus Mode of my Galaxy S9+ today, which I don't usually use as I have a shakey hand and my subject are always inanimate objects which are not recommended subject for the Live Focus mode. But I still have it a go.

So as you can see the first picture shows a blueberry cheesecake and it has successfully blurred the background really well. It was so good that even the plate of the cake itself is blurred out. But if you zoomed in a little bit you will see that some part of the cheesecake particularly the blueberry has been blurrwd which I think is one of the struggles in image processing of Samsung.
![image](https://img.esteem.ws/hey4w9t3ta.jpg)
Here is where the camera really struggles as the subject of the picture is just the red chair. The image overall is not bad but I don't think it is good either as the image generally looks blurry.
![image](https://img.esteem.ws/h0w75e0fg4.jpg)
For you to have an idea this isa picture of the camera's auto mode and I have point and shoot at the same location to where I was sitted. Images in Live Focus mode usually is zoomed in as it is using the two lenses of the camera to create the bokeh effect. Although after the pocture you can see the Wide Photo version of it which also has a bokeh effect.
![image](https://img.esteem.ws/k3ur0fbgk2.jpg)
So I tried another subject and that is the girl alone in her table. And the camera failed to do so as it instead made the table infront of her be the subject. The girl became part of the backgroun as she was also blurred. And honestly it was my fault as the camera's recommended range was 5-6 feet away from the subject. The Girl was too far for the camera.

That is all for this post. I hope that you liked it, and if you have any comments or suggestion leaving a reply below the post will be entertained. Also leaving an upvote will truly be appreciated.

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@epicsounds · Jun 28 '18

Very beautiful, i love it :D

👍 cheneats, sou1iane

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@photocontests4 · Jun 28 '18

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@fiberartists · Jun 29 '18

I really enjoyed the bokeh effect.  Looks like the S9 has a decent camera.

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@bengy · Jun 29 '18

Nice, I also tried experimenting with the similar setting of the OP5 that I have when I first got it. I have to say, the Samsung phones have a much much better camera though...

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