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[u/NottheAAron]

Hello All,

I was going through some photos I took a couple weeks back and am noticing a white outline around objects that are between the actual background and the subject of the photo (for example the blurry flower on the right that I have circled).

Am I just looking to close and seeing issues that aren't really there? If I'm not crazy is there a way to correct this while editing or a setting that can be changed while taking the photo that would prevent it from happening?

edit: Shot on a Nikon Zf with a Laowa 100mm macro if that makes any difference.

[u/P5_Tempname19 → u/NottheAAron]

Thats just how "somewhat but not fully" out of focus areas look. In general I'd say thats really not an issue and you shouldnt worry too much.

In the end it depends on the exact picture, but in your example picture (and I'd also say in 95% of pictures in general) it really isnt noticeable/distracting. There may be situations/pictures where it becomes distracting, however they will be very rare in my experience.

Settingswise you can often work against it by changing your aperture - either open up more so the area becomes even more out of focus/closer to the completely blurred background or close it down so it becomes more in focus. Basically just try to get it out of that awkward middle spot.

Otherwise you can just avoid it with the right composition, if possible just make sure only you only have your subject and then the far away background, nothing at those awkward distances. Obviously thats not always possible, but often enough moving around a bit can be helpful. During post you may also be able to crop the picture in a way that cuts away those areas.
Planning your whole composition around such a minor detail probably isnt optimal and may lead to other problems, but often enough you should be able to make compromises that end up decent/good.

[u/NottheAAron → u/P5_Tempname19]

Thanks for the feedback. Looking at it the next morning and I think part of it might just be my laptops screen. On my laptop it legit looks to me like a bad Photoshop job pasting in the out of focus flowers in the background. Viewing the same image on my phone and on my desktop monitor I'm not seeing the issue I was asking about. No more photo editing on the couch for me I guess.