Italian Blur

For some reason my camera refused to get the focus on this photo - I checked the battery - OK. I think it may have been the inside light.
Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. A great place to visit if you have enough time. I walked over 4km today and my feet are aching.

Three good things;
1. I got a good focus as well on this gondola where son and wife and young granddaughter were enjoying the ride.
2. Grandma took the iPad off granddaughter who was in bed with it - for hours!
3. The 'Dodge Caravan' we hired as a 7 seater for us all is so comfortable!

[Allison Williams]

The same thing happened to me when I was trying to get a picture of some birds. So frustrating. Gave up and later turned on camera and everything was fine. Sure wish I knew what caused that issue.

[Simply Amanda]

Came out like a painting m Beautiful!

[Helen Jane]

It may not have been what you intended but I think it is gorgeous.

[Sally Ings]

It looks quite painterly

[Pam Knowler]

Lovely colourful blur!!

[Francoise]

The blur makes it dreamy, i think.

[Loopy-Lou]

Lovely photo

[gloria jones]

Great, colorful blurred image #3...Excellent :)

[Liana Bull]

Mysterious image to go with the mysterious malfunction of the focus. Nice effect though. At first glance, I thought you must have transported yourself to Italy.

[katy]

Very impressionistic is this photo! I love it. I just had to give it a FAV. I especially like all your three good things

[belinda]

you have ended up with a nice effect here. sounds like you are having a fantastic trip by the way

[Maggiemae]

@grammyn Thanks Katy - it took a bit of deep breaths before I could write three good things!

[Maggiemae]

@adayinmallacoota Well, it has its ups and downs, thanks Belinda! Just as usual what happens in life !

[Maggiemae]

@allie912 It happens some times but difficult to work out exactly when, Alison.. In this case as happens sometimes, it wasn't the battery.!

[Chris]

Interesting shot! My camera often has a mind of its own, though I suspectitis always my fault!

[haskar]

Very dreamy

[Nadiya Bilovodenko]

It looks like a picture

[katy]

@maggiemae lol! Good for you!

[PhylM-S]

When lighting gives you low contrast (so the camera won't focus right away), make Monet! LOL You definitely made the best of it. This is a super fun shot!

[CC Folk]

Your shot looks good, even out of focus...still cool! The Venetian is very nice! Enjoy your mini van!

[Lou Ann]

I like the out of focus shot!

[Maggiemae]

@elatedpixie You are so right and I forgot this. Needed the picture right away and I could have anticipated it and focused on a nearby item.

[Tony]

Interesting scene.

[Kerri]

Awesome shot

[Lyn Todd]

it is very interesting regardless of the focus failure! :))

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Every now and then my camera also refuses to focus on something. I'm not sure why but it seems to get confused as to what is the foreground and what is the background. If I have time, I just turn the camera off, wait a few seconds and then turn it on again and it works just fine. This is fun though- even though it's blurry- very dreamy- which I'm sure is what a ride in a gondola would feel like!