This week in "get pushed," Caryn (@cmc1200) challenged me to: "Capture fall colors. Wherever. However. Not even leaves, necessarily. Get creative."
Here, fall means the beginning of school and the end of the good weather... I was off work today and took the kids to school - in the pouring rain... since posting pics of kids that are recognizable would be a no-no, i thought i would try some intentional blur (what @beachradish was so danged good at!)... it's trickier than it looks!!! anyway, not sure i've quite got it sorted yet, but the concept kind of appeals :)
@chewyteeth Yeah... Its a struggle trying to figure out the right amount of blur... Or maybe there isn't any right amount and the concept just sucks :)
I like this. What I've found is that it does bother some people's eyes because they don't have a resting point of focus, some people prefer just one item in focus and the rest blurred, which in my experience has resulted in using at least two layers and either computer adding the blur or layering a blur with a focused photo. This guy leaves a focus point: http://500px.com/josh23 . This woman doesn't: http://www.evapolak.com/
I think there's something that needs to happen in the brain with the expectation of a photograph vs a painting. When you look at Impressionism paintings the focus can vary quite a bit from artist to artist. But I think the general perception of the brain is that photographs come with a more clear focus than a painting does because it is supposed to be realism. I'm just sort of rambling. Here and adding my two cents. It's been a rambling sort of day.
Oh, and so my point... *blush* I think the expectation of photographs being a form of realism makes it harder to subconsciously see the blur for an intended Impressionism effect.
@hellcat hmmm... i didn't give huge amount of thought as to what i was going for... however, i think i LOVE the photos from the first two links... holy moly... truly humbling!
Aren't they FANTASTIC!? Why I feel School Daze works is because there is definition in the forms of the body. The viewer can truly make out what he or she is looking at without a problem, and it leaves enough mystery of action that one can make up the rest of the story. Truly I do like it and your people shots have inspired me to give it a go again.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/blurism/
other than that, and beachradish's work (did you follow her while she was on 365?), i know nada about it...
i found it tricky to figure out what the right amount of blur is and how to achieve it... not sure i was particularly successful, either!
http://365project.org/hellcat/365/2012-09-15#comment-11147136
I think there's something that needs to happen in the brain with the expectation of a photograph vs a painting. When you look at Impressionism paintings the focus can vary quite a bit from artist to artist. But I think the general perception of the brain is that photographs come with a more clear focus than a painting does because it is supposed to be realism. I'm just sort of rambling. Here and adding my two cents. It's been a rambling sort of day.