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Mar 11, 2012 13:30:42 #

JanSteen Loc: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Maybe this has been asked before here, but I'd be interested in hearing from forum members what criteria make a blurred image a good or acceptable one?
Thanks for the input (in advance).
Jan

Mar 11, 2012 13:33:00 #

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

JanSteen wrote:

Maybe this has been asked before here, but I'd be interested in hearing from forum members what criteria make a blurred image a good or acceptable one?
Thanks for the input (in advance).
Jan

I don't' know but one thing I DO know....whatever is definition is given someone is sure to disagree with it.... :)

Mar 11, 2012 13:43:46 #

effrant Loc: New Hampshire

rpavich wrote:

JanSteen wrote:

Maybe this has been asked before here, but I'd be interested in hearing from forum members what criteria make a blurred image a good or acceptable one?
Thanks for the input (in advance).
Jan

I don't' know but one thing I DO know....whatever is definition is given someone is sure to disagree with it.... :)

I don't agree.....

Mar 11, 2012 13:47:48 #

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

rpavich wrote:

I don't' know but one thing I DO know....whatever is definition is given someone is sure to disagree with it.... :)

effrant wrote:

I don't agree.....

Methinks that there is a reason that Keef is your avatar :wink:

Mar 11, 2012 13:57:18 #

effrant Loc: New Hampshire

rpavich wrote:

I don't' know but one thing I DO know....whatever is definition is given someone is sure to disagree with it.... :)

effrant wrote:

I don't agree.....

Methinks that there is a reason that Keef is your avatar :wink:

Mar 11, 2012 14:13:15 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

JanSteen wrote:

Maybe this has been asked before here, but I'd be interested in hearing from forum members what criteria make a blurred image a good or acceptable one?
Thanks for the input (in advance).
Jan

Good question. I think it's interesting that there are so many articles and tutorials about how to take blurry photos. By that I mean "old fashioned," Orton effect, motion blur, etc. Such "unsharp" images can be very effective.

For example, we've all seen flowing water shot with a low shutter speed - good blur. Panning with a moving subject gives effective background blur. Using sepia with slight out-of-focus looks like the old days. Having someone bump into you as you're taking a family photo - not so good.

Mar 11, 2012 16:03:54 #

docrob Loc: Durango, Colorado

rpavich wrote:

JanSteen wrote:

Maybe this has been asked before here, but I'd be interested in hearing from forum members what criteria make a blurred image a good or acceptable one?
Thanks for the input (in advance).
Jan

I don't' know but one thing I DO know....whatever is definition is given someone is sure to disagree with it.... :)

i strongly dis agree with that!! :mrgreen: :hunf:

Mar 11, 2012 16:05:05 #

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

docrob wrote:

rpavich wrote:

JanSteen wrote:

Maybe this has been asked before here, but I'd be interested in hearing from forum members what criteria make a blurred image a good or acceptable one?
Thanks for the input (in advance).
Jan

I don't' know but one thing I DO know....whatever is definition is given someone is sure to disagree with it.... :)

i strongly dis agree with that!! :mrgreen: :hunf:

How did I know THAT was coming? :thumbup:

Mar 11, 2012 16:05:21 #

docrob Loc: Durango, Colorado

effrant wrote:

rpavich wrote:

JanSteen wrote:

Maybe this has been asked before here, but I'd be interested in hearing from forum members what criteria make a blurred image a good or acceptable one?
Thanks for the input (in advance).
Jan

I don't' know but one thing I DO know....whatever is definition is given someone is sure to disagree with it.... :)

I don't agree.....

"half of the time we're gone and we don't know where" (Only Living boy in NY)

Mar 11, 2012 16:06:13 #

docrob Loc: Durango, Colorado

Objection: OOF images are unacceptable to you.

Mar 11, 2012 16:06:48 #

docrob Loc: Durango, Colorado

JanSteen wrote:

Maybe this has been asked before here, but I'd be interested in hearing from forum members what criteria make a blurred image a good or acceptable one?
Thanks for the input (in advance).
Jan

the answer is: when it is intentional.

Mar 11, 2012 16:07:15 #

docrob Loc: Durango, Colorado

beat's me but i'm going drumming

Mar 11, 2012 16:12:28 #

MWAC Loc: Somewhere East Of Crazy

docrob wrote:

Objection: OOF images are unacceptable to you.

I did say "For me personally........ "

Which means, that to me OOF images are unacceptable. If you think OOF images are "good" then that's your call.

Mar 11, 2012 16:17:31 #

docrob Loc: Durango, Colorado

MWAC wrote:

docrob wrote:

Objection: OOF images are unacceptable to you.

I did say "For me personally........ "

Which means, that to me OOF images are unacceptable. If you think OOF images are "good" then that's your call.

i do sometimes thanks for making that call

Mar 11, 2012 16:35:11 #

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

docrob wrote:

JanSteen wrote:

Maybe this has been asked before here, but I'd be interested in hearing from forum members what criteria make a blurred image a good or acceptable one?
Thanks for the input (in advance).
Jan

the answer is: when it is intentional.

That seems to be the answer that makes sense to me.

dcrob knows that I pick on out of focus images here all of the time...there is just no excuse for not getting good focus, and not getting a good focus (to me) means culling a shot and trying to get a better one next time.

BUT...

There is a post here on the Hog where a member intentionally put the bird and landscape OUT of focus and only a weed or flower (whatever it was) in focus.

I thought the image worked great because that was obviously the intent and it served the image.

This description gets my vote. :thumbup:

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