Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an image blurring method, an electronic device (700), and computer readable storage medium. The method includes obtaining (S302, S402) an image to be processed and physical distance information corresponding to each pixel in the image; detecting (S304) a first area comprising a part of a photographed object in the image, obtaining physical distance information corresponding to a second area comprising the photographed object and obtaining physical distance information corresponding to a third area other than the second area in the image according to the physical distance information corresponding to each pixel and the first area; obtaining (S306, S406) a blur parameter corresponding to the third area according to the physical distance information corresponding to the second area and the physical distance information corresponding to the third area; and performing (S308, S408) a blurring processing on the third area according to the blur parameter.