Challenge: theme-blur

October 25th, 2010
I think it would be fun to try and out guess Ross on picking the top five photos for theme-blur.

Go through and review all the entries for theme-blur, post a link to your top pick. You don't have to limit yourself to just your top pic, but no more than five, please. Let's compare what we thought vs. Ross.

Please post a short comment on why you picked the entry that you did.

Okay, I'll post mine a little later after I look through them all.
October 25th, 2010
hmmm fun idea. LOTS of entries though, I only looked through the first 10 pages. In no particular order, these are some of MY favorites (my own entry not included ;)

fun colors, love the lights


especially cool b/c it wasn't on purpose!


just cool colors


i like this one for the selective blur--the cars whiz by but the girl is still


just caught my eye, thoughts of fun times :)
October 25th, 2010
That is a fun idea. I will get back to you on that when I have more time, for it is quite a daunting task!
October 25th, 2010
My favorite after viewing 10 pages, for the blur and colors and just because I like it:

My fav 2nd place would be this one because of the bird-like way the leaves look in the blur:

My 3rd place choice is this because I know what this feels like to play music fast
October 25th, 2010
Oh I'm on this. I always guess the ones he picks...he never picks mine though..what's up with that??? (lol)
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And I'm gonna add in mine for good measure...lol
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October 25th, 2010
I do not envy Ross's job.... I want to pick everyone ! But here a few of my fav's.... I go by what really catches my eye.


This is just a great idea and I love the colorful subject


Night blurs with light are always eye-catching, and this one is beautiful. Lots of energy


How did you do this?? Great technique at work here .


Creative technique and interesting piece. The fact that we're related has no bearing here .... I promise. :)


What a cool shot !! Love the energy, color and light!
October 25th, 2010
ooh, great idea!








Wait, that was hard. I wanted to post more, but i will stop with these 5.
October 25th, 2010
oops, that was six. my bad.
October 25th, 2010









.... for a little self-promoting! ;)
October 25th, 2010
I like this idea, however, I am a bit worried that these topics will influence the ones that Ross actually picks. I trust that Ross is an upstanding individual and tries his best not to be influenced, but it doesn't make it any easier on him.
October 25th, 2010
For me the blur has to really add value in terms of creativity and significance. I picked about ten and it was immensely difficult to get these down to the top five, so this is more about outguessing Ross than 'my favs' of this theme:

Red self-portrait




BEST Maple




BEST Specs & buttons.


BEST – sunset and thistle






October 25th, 2010
@byrdlip

better be careful, we might get stuck with this very difficult part of the program.
Hey, here is a thought, how would it be if the one that picks the theme is the one that does the judging??? That way it wouldn't be the responsibility od the same person.
October 25th, 2010
I enjoyed this theme enormously but I will avoid adding my own here, rather I want to acknowledge show some runners up who I would just like to acknowledge, ones I thought were great:
Melting was superb but outside of the dates: http://365project.org/cheetah1713/365/2010-10-24
Puppy blur – reminiscent of the futurist artist Giacomo Balla’s dachshund: http://365project.org/mary1440/365/2010-10-24
Confetti: http://365project.org/v_key/365/2010-10-21
Swoosh: http://365project.org/klocke/365/2010-10-18
Fake plastic tree – very difficult to exclude this beautiful picture: http://365project.org/saintbarry/365/2010-10-22
Glowing Gem, because the blur was used so well to emphasise the beauty of the communal-garden dandelion: http://365project.org/claudishel/floral-or-fauna/2010-10-20
Under my Umbrella – another hard one to exclude: http://365project.org/alisongbradshaw/365/2010-10-19
Fall décor – stunning and the blur made this an outstanding autumn colour pic: http://365project.org/slava/365/2010-10-18
Energy- brilliant use of blur to give that other worldly feel to a Goddess: http://365project.org/devanago/365/2010-10-20

October 25th, 2010


I wish he would pick this one. :) Love it, Krissy!
October 25th, 2010


This one is a winner! My personal blur favorite from Constance. I love Krissy's, too. This one just is just powerful.
October 25th, 2010
@miranda Thank you for the comment on my photo! I didn't realize it was outside the dates...That's what I get for being in the US, it was still well before midnight here, and when I look at the details it tells me it was uploaded on the 24th, but when I am logged out it shows an upload date of the 25th...bummer. I've gotta remember those time zones! Lol.
October 26th, 2010
@wellbride thanks, Jennifer!
October 26th, 2010
@scarlett33 @amyhughes @miranda
Thanks for including my photo! Guess we'll have to see if Ross agrees! :)
October 26th, 2010
are anyone else's pics gone from this post? There are no pics on here anymore...it might be my computer
October 26th, 2010
@amyhughes thanks amy for picking one of my project ... =)
October 26th, 2010
@miranda Ooh thanks you so much for picking one of my photos :-D
I highly doubt i'll make it to the top 5 though lol
October 26th, 2010
@cheetah1713 I think yours is utterly brilliant and wish (and hope) they could bend the rules as you achieved stunning results. Actually, I thought my 'Fallen Pear' was out of date, as per my copy with that, but it is in date, both in terms of when I took it and when I uploaded it, but I had run out of date slots and it ended up sitting in the 25th slot, so I don't know whether that disqualifies me. That said, there are too many other that are way ahead of me, which would be the main disqualification for me!
October 26th, 2010
@rrt That's a good idea! Or at least they have a short list of ten that is whittled down to five jointly with the 365 team.
October 27th, 2010
@rrt That is a great idea. Ahem..Ross? Are you listening? :) It does seem like alot of the same people get picked again and again...no offense to anyone...there are just so many great photographers that seem to get overlooked. i am for a fresh perspective! something to change it up a little! :D
October 27th, 2010
@laceyjogautreau wow!!! thank you for picking one of mine! That was so not expected.
October 27th, 2010
@kellyhaysley lol!! Thanks for picking mine ;) That's my favorite one I did for blur too.
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