riggin

<p>Autumn vineyard</p><div></div>

<p>Something from this week in Italy</p><div></div>

<p>Lamp</p><div></div>

<p>Thought this looked like some celestial body passing in front of the Sun.</p><div></div>

<p>Vineyard</p><div></div>

<p>Vevey festival of street artists, last weekend</p><div></div>

<blockquote>

<p><em>"Love the old wooden boats. Am I imagining it, or do the houses look like there's a curve to them? Or is it barrel distortion?"</em><br>

Tim<br>

Thanks for the comments. The rooves were certainly old and twisted, but I think the general curve is due to the wide angle of the lens.</p>

</blockquote>

<p>Desenzano, Lake Garda</p><div></div>

<p>Another from the Tour de France last week.</p><div></div>

<p>Yellow Jersey<br>

From Stage 16 of the Tour de France, yesterday.</p><div></div>

<p>Summer Parade, La Tour-de-Peilz last Saturday</p><div></div>

<p>This a band called Soma playing at the Vevey music festival this weekend</p><div></div>

<p>Grabbed this yesterday evening ...</p><div></div>

<p>From the annual tulip festival in Morges, Switzerland</p><div></div>

<p>Taken last Sunday in the Alps</p>

<div></div>

ok, i only have CS, but here when you create a layer mask from the menu, you have the choice of create layer mask->reveal all or create layer mask->hide all. If you choose "reveal all" your mask will be empty (ie it will reveal everything in its layer) as you paint onto the mask you are slowly hiding its layer (in this case the blurred layer) allowing the underlying layer (the sharp one) to show through. You can also do the opposite - create a "hide all" mask (so all of the blurred layer is masked and only the sharp layer is visible) and then use the erase tool on the mask to display the parts of the blurred layer you want. Remember that the mask goes with the layer and affects only that layer, it is not a layer itself.

This is how I do it.

Duplicate the layer and apply a blur, as you have done.

Instead of using the history brush I create a layer mask (reveal all) on the blurred layer. A mask icon will now show up in the layers pallette, click on it to select the mask, then paint with whatever brush(es) you like - as you paint the blurred layer is masked to reveal the sharp image below.