I agree. Such a pretty axe and wheel, yet it's hard to tell without looking at the SBS.

Oh, that's a building. I thought it was some sort of Guitar fretboard.

Alternatively, if 3ds does not have such settings, you may render the background, blur it in photoshop, then render the foreground with a transparent background and overlay it on top of the image you just blurred.

The aperture on a camera is what determines the amount of blur and depth of field (the area in which an object is in focus) and is measured in f-stops. A good understanding of depth of field (Google it) will allow you to better understand what should be blurred, how much blur, and when to blur. I don't know anything about 3ds, so someone else would have to confirm, but you should have a setting on the camera that allows you to adjust the f-stop; a close up model with an f-stop of 2.8 would produce the effect that looks ultra real, and may even reduce your rendering times as well.

Fantastic! Overall looks great, but the simulation of a large f-stop is throwing everything off. The blur almost looks like it was added in after the render, rather than being part of it. I only say this because the face of the chair is sharp, while the edge is blurry. Also the edge of the box seems to blend into the background, as if it were masked then blurred. Oh, and you forgot to blur the cabinets behind the chair

Ha Ha - Love it!

Awesome!

No SBS?

Fantastic photo!!

My favorite so far.

This is a brilliant contrast. Was it cleaned up?

Very nice

I like this.

Very nice, sir.

Hey, you're just trying to win by...

Looks like the focus wasn't completely on the skull.

I agree. The contrast is not very pleasing in this image.

If you'd accept some input, it's not very pleasing on the eye. The HDR effect (and I call it that because it's not true HDR) is blown out, causing way too much color and light radiation coming off the objects in the picture.

a lot of color here.

My favorite, by far.