rokket opened this issue on Apr 30, 2011 · 260 posts
bagginsbill posted Tue, 03 May 2011 at 3:48 PM
We're not at all sure that the OP actually meant photorealism as rokket hasn't returned.
However, if you want to mimic what we're used to seeing in photos, then DoF is more than a matter of taste. Apparently you've never heard of the almost rabid quest for "bokeh" among photography enthusiasts and pros. This is the pleasing smoothness associated with the out-of-focus areas produced by the best, most expensive lenses. Google bokeh. It's fascinating.
This is bad bokeh.
Submit this to a photography forum and you'll get slammed immediately, ten times worse than around here for lack of good shader work.
Renderosity forum reply notifications are wonky. If I read a follow-up in a thread, but I don't myself reply, then notifications no longer happen AT ALL on that thread. So if I seem to be ignoring a question, that's why. (Updated September 23, 2019)