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misfocus, blur, movement - are these still photographs?
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Continuing on the misfocus thread in Techniques... I admit these are unsharp Laughing and violate nearly every technical rule (save exposure, thanks the the ES-II auto exposure)... are they still worthy photographs?



The Linn and the Dove by Nesster, on Flickr


fly by Nesster, on Flickr

Both Fomapan 100, Pentax ES-II, and a Vivitar 135/2.8


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I like the second one.
First one reminded me of what Orio have said on a different thread about ghosts.
Now, assuming that that turntable is inside the house, what the dove is doing there?
Wrong assumption?


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I like this kind of pictures. Firstly , for me and surely for other, at least i hope so, a picture works not only because it's oh so sharp, and stuff, but also there's one thing called emotion. You can have a superb composition, sharp as hell, and the pic is plain boring, on the other side you have pictures like you show, totally unexpected and much more "talking" to our imagination.


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That's our pet dove, we found him tail-less (thanks to crows) in our back yard. He got an entire room to himself in the old big house - what used to be my stereo room Sad


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Hey Jussi: I don't get much thrill from the first one, but the second image does have a unique look. It's great to
see some experimentation, and you show the mettle to give everyone a vew.


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I'm partial to the 2nd one as well. It reminds me so much of an original charcoal piece I have hanging up in my home:


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the second one is great, really makes me feel the presence of a living being, a 'soul'
Blurred photos can be pleasing, often very interesting!

Nesster I take this as an 'open thread', and 'we' can post follow up photos, right?
Not sure if anyone likes this, but for some reason I did not delete:



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Sure, pile em on! It's good to be sharp and precise, and it's good to take a break from that as well.

Your pic looks like a 70s reggae album cover


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Bumble-butt!



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nice musicophile pigeon! this could win a contest
I also make blurred pics and I keep some because hard disks are cheap Very Happy
this one show how dumb I am to make pics at 0.8sec


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I think it can work well in sport photos...with a little fine tuning..Very Happy

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