Pigeon Marks the Spot
by Ammie

Comment:
Overall the image appears a little too dark. But nice fit to the challenge.

Over
by soup

Comment:
I love the simplicity of this photo. The white background works wonderfully! Great impact!

Head out, boys
by Melethia

Comment:
I love this! The tones are wonderful, I love the use of the Lensbaby, and the story is hilarious!

Pigeon in blue
by Melethia

Comment:
This is wonderful! It almost makes me think 'the Pigeon who thinks he is a Crow'! I love the silhouette!

Caged
by tanguera

Comment:
This fits the challenge topic very well. I love the orange of the bird, but I am not sure I like the blue of the cage. I wonder what this would look like with Blue desaturated. I am not loving the angle, it appears a bit awkward, though I am sure you were trying to portray looking up. I also think the dark lower right corner distracts from the rest of the photo a bit. Other than that, great photo – and great fit to the challenge!

*&^%b
by chipuc

Comment:
I think this photo fits the challenge topic very well!!! Very much “Missed focus”! Great composition, I love the B/W, and nice bokeh in the OOF areas. Great job!!!

Untitled
by BarbB

Comment:
I love the tone, and I think the photo fits the challenge topic well. The only items I do not like are I think the background is a little busy, and it appears there is a bit of lens distortion on the left (possibly from a wide angle?) But I do love the candid feel! Great job!

Late Summer Hues
by wildiris

Comment:
Beautiful bokeh! It looks like a painting! I love the colors! The only downfall I see is that it doesn’t seem to fully fit “missed focus” but more abstract OOF. In my opinion, “missed focus” is just that – missed, not intentional OOF. But there seems to be quite a few differing views on this while looking through the challenge entries. So besides that, this is a beautiful photo!!! Great job!

Abstract garden
by Rino63

Comment:
In my opinion, this appears to be more abstract extreme OOF, instead of something that portrays “missed focus”. But the colors are lovely. I am not very fond of the dark area in the lower right corner, but the orange and green are very beautiful!

Losing Focus
by ineedauniquename

Comment:
I like your take on this challenge - playing on the "missed focus" as the emotion of your photo. But in the photo, it appears the focus is on the Scotch bottle, which appears intentional and appears to be the main subject of the photo, with the person being just the background (sort of like some stock photography, where an object is the primary focus and the person or people are in the OOF background, just to help personify the photo). I am not sure which way was your intention, but that is my first impression on it.

Besides that, good job!!! – I love your play on “missed focus” as an emotion!