floral impressions
by krnodil

Comment by SandyP:
No problem with the composition for me! I love those blues -- and the way those complimenting yellows and greens poke their heads out of the blur. I think its beautiful.

floral impressions
by krnodil

Comment by Jutilda:
Beautiful colors. wow

floral impressions
by krnodil

Comment by Louis:
Whoa.. this is beautiful. Those little green leaves taking up all the focus are bold and delicate. The colour is full of life, and the composition is really quite lovely. Very beautiful.

floral impressions
by krnodil

Comment by Katmystiry:
Wow .. look at all that beautiful aqua blue! Lovely image!

yet another lensbaby flower study
by krnodil

Comment by SandyP:
Yes, this is a beautiful one. Sunshine yellow flowing out of a sea of that most gorgeous ethereal green. Yummy photo!!!!

The Out of Towners
by krnodil

Comment by skewsme:
Nice! You know, I'm just seeing this now. For some reason, I had thought urban motley was your street photo. Really good tonality here! Very crisp. Congrats on 6th highest score. This one won't last long ;-)

yet another lensbaby flower study
by krnodil

Comment by Katmystiry:
Love this! I'm going to have to get my lensbaby back out again and try. It is a frustrating lens to use!

last hurrah
by krnodil

Comment by posthumous:
from the pedagogical thread:

This photo illustrates another possibility for blur. Blur can give a feeling of motion. This is obvious when it comes to "motion blur," duh. But the blur here is not motion blur... and yet it still creates a feeling of motion. To be in tune with the understated title, I would suggest a motion towards death, a curving into oblivion. As you work with blur, I think it's helpful to catalogue as many of these potential effects as possible... as well as discovering new ones, of course!

into the woods
by krnodil

Comment by posthumous:
from the pedagogical thread:

There's an art to blurring an entire setting and yet having it be completely recognizable. The strong geometrical shapes of the stairway and railing and boardwalk, combined with the infinitely recognizable shapes of light through leaves, makes this photo perfectly clear in all its fuzziness. But if we take the time to follow the pathway, it leads us into clarity, where we see a railing and a few stairs. Interestingly, the focused part is at a confusing angle, so is actually less "clear" than the unfocused part. I like the struggle here between clear and unclear.

contrasts
by krnodil

Comment by Bruce_the_Robert:
As has been said elsewhere, here the colors and contrasts take a delightfully shot image and push it beyond ordinary, with soft flow leading to a enough sharpness to tease and tantilize. I might have tried to move so that the petal from the left flower doesn't intrude on the center of the right flower, which to me, breaks the flow between focus/blur a bit.