Often with good quality sports action shots (especially football) it takes a moment for the eyes to be drawn to the key players because the players, crowd, or referee on the periphery and background create a distraction. So I searched for a technique to selectively blur the distracting elements of a photo using Photoshop, and after some trial and error, found a tutorial by wikiHow to be very helpful.
This is the original photo:
This is the original photo with a selective blur applied:
This photo is the original photo with the selective blur applied, plus a crop to isolate the key players and action:
Photo buffs may find this technique useful not only for sports, but also for portraits, kids, pets, flowers, and the like. Questions and comments are welcome!
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Finally I’ve found something which helped me. Thank you!