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.

Bottled wallflowers...
by anniek

Comment:
I don't particuarly understand how this is missed focus, as the glass objects clearly have defined texture. It is only the background that is not focused... which would have been werid if you had focused on that in the first place?

"Cabin View"
by Joker1114

Comment:
To me, this is another example of a meaningless missed focus. The lack of focus does not benefit the photo. Considering the ruleset, a more effective approach would be to choose either foreground or background (infinity) focus and then exaggerate it in processing.

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.