Day 1: Nettle-eye View
by bobonacus

Comment:
I follow your idea OK, it doesn't come thru in the finished product, alas. It needs more interesting light in the BG, more shadows, less saturation, less subject in FG. You know, you might like to try something out that I enjoy--shooting blind. Line up the focal plane of the camera parallel to the area of the subject you want to be most in focus, without looking at the viewfinder. You can tilt the camera left/right & up/down. Look at the camera, look at the subject, but don't look at the LCD or the viewfinder. The trick is to listen for the sound your camera makes when it's OK to shoot (& know the sound it makes when it's not OK to shoot, too). You can place your camera right on the ground or over your head--lots of places you could never get your eye behind the camera for!

Born To Be Wild
by dwinner

Comment:
this works for me on so many levels--artistically, emotionally, technically. 10

breaking wave
by saltwatershots

Comment:
simple & powerful w/great color, not the ordinary ocean shot but still ver evocative of the ocean. 10

Joy of Life
by blazelle

Comment:
this is a beautiful soft focus shot

Eating on the Run
by BarbB

Comment:
this is gorgeous, not blurry enough for me, sorry

Vehicle Rollover response
by NathanWert

Comment:
moody, soft-focus documentary of the scene of the accident

Journey Home
by magpie5212

Comment:
Well-blurred but not engaging, sorry

Surfer at last light
by louinsd

Comment:
conservatively blurred & the light on the top of the surf is perfect

A blur on the hillside
by geo

Comment:
lovely field of poppies

Rain
by jonlarson88

Comment:
nice bokeh