least one of the saturated pixels values are extrapolated from the other image at least a portion of a third image is blurred and re scaled including pixels having the extrapolated values application_number US 25383908 A description techniques and components for obtaining a more realistic blur in a digitally acquired image similar to the low dof blur generated by a conventional film camera are provided the low contrast and sharpness associated with conventional blurring techniques are mitigated or reduced or eliminated in accordance with embodiments described herein furthermore lens effects of circle of confusion are emulated as described in more detail below as illustrated in fig2 a 2 b saturation clipping leads to a loss of high dynamic range hdr information about the image in one embodiment of the present invention this information is advantageously recovered to provide a more realistic blurring of an image of a scene referring now to fig3 a low resolution non flash image of a scene herein after referred to as a preview image is captured at 100 prior to capturing a full resolution flash image of a scene at 110 however it will be appreciated that alternatively the preview may comprise any one or more of a series of captured non flash low resolution images alternatively the non flash image of the scene can be captured after the full resolution flash version and as such may be a post view image the preview image may also be another full resolution image or a down sampled version thereof.