Leafs in the Water
by BJokerud

Comment:
I feel like this could've been a very cool minimalist shot, by focussing on the water's surface perhaps between the leaves using an extension tube. As is, it's just a blurry shot with no isolation.

Secret Rendezvous
by andrewt

Comment:
Good fit for challenge, but would have preferred a bit more blur to the supposed subjects. Lower aperture/longer focal length lens may have helped exaggerate this, as would gaussian blur.

Analog
by Jesuispeure

Comment:
While there are certainly lensbaby shots that I love, I have a hard time justifying this one's place in the missed focus challenge, as nothing is in focus and I feel like the lensbaby could have been utilized much better.

Wrong target
by Vanagas

Comment:
Guessing from the photo, I'm looking at a bow and arrow, with the place where the sight is aimed in focus? Cool effect, but I fear too many will miss what this is.

Lady with hat
by tinkie2010

Comment:
Hooray! An entry which uses an improper focal point to amplify the meaning of a single element. Good choice, and that grandiose hat is certainly a subject in and of itself.

Colors
by ondninja

Comment:
You've got a good scene going here, that much is clear. However, I don't feel like the photo would have been better by focusing on the "subject" of the photo. The dandelion pales in comparison to that which is behind it. If I had taken this photo, I would have depressed the dandelion so it didn't ruin my shot, not make it a central focus.. You also appear have some haloing around the central trees.

Anticlimactic
by George

Comment:
I don't personally see how the missed focus has added anything to this shot. There is no clear focus for the viewer to be drawn to, leaving me wondering what the intention really was.

The Other Side
by elsapo

Comment:
Super cool photo. The moody lighting with the dark on the right really helps things along. Great entry- expect to see it at the top.

Eucalyptus
by naomik

Comment:
While I think this would be an awesome shot in focus, it doesn't strike me as anything more than an intentionally unfocused shot. Something else to focus on would have helped, especially if the OOF object wasn't the sole object in the frame.

OOF Square and Triangles
by amateurboi

Comment:
Hello and greetings from the Critique Club-

Firstly, congratulations on your new personal best!
On to the photo though- I like where you went with this. It’s an interesting contrast to a lot of the photographs on DPC. Firstly, you’ve somewhat downplayed the colors in a photo with a butterfly, and muted them. I think this is a good choice, and fits with how the background looks in general. Your placement of the butterfly in relation to the background elements is also very good. You didn’t do the same sort of lighting effects with bokeh that many others did, but this doesn’t mean it’s not a good choice. Your overall editing and scene fit together very well, and having the illuminated circles in the bokeh would have gone counter to the generally somber mood of the photo. It’s very sparse, and your editing works with that instead of against it. Looking at your outtakes, I think this and img_1846 were the strongest. The other subjects suffered some from an awkward control of depth of field, where the subject itself had bits that trailed into and out of focus in a somewhat uncontrolled fashion. In the highlight of the background, immediately behind the butterfly, you’ve got some weirdness going on. I’m not entirely sure it’s just noise, it almost looks like its bits of clipping too, so lowering exposure, or using curves to specifically tone that down a little, might have been a good option, as well.
Overall, a good entry.