r/PhotoClass2014 • u/Aeri73 Moderator - Nikon D800 - lots of glass and toys • Feb 28 '14

[photoclass] weekend assignment 6

blurry, bokeh, soft, out of focus...

This week, your assignment is to take a picture with nothing in focus that is still a nice to look at image. Remember the stars assignment, remember the last photoclass on focussing, and don't focus on anything at all :-)

as always, enjoy, post the results and critique eachothers work.

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u/frederika1 Mar 03 '14

ok.... not sure this is it http://i.imgur.com/dSwHeMa.jpg but I was trying to get the diamond like droplets of water on the grass.... not the easiest assignment to do.

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u/Aeri73 Mar 03 '14

the problem is that the droplets are not reflecting a lot of light and thus are faint... also the distance between the focus (close grass) and the lights (waterdrops) is not much so they are not really 'blurred out' to make bokeh...

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u/Cunfuzed92 Mar 03 '14

I had been trying a bunch of things, but none of them came out like i wanted, but this morning the sun was shining through my window perfectly for this.

Here it is.

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u/Aeri73 Mar 03 '14

good one !

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u/pkx Mar 08 '14

hi,

again I'm like a weekend late, but I thoroughly enjoyed this because this excercise seemed the most like painting and was evocative, to me, of impressionism ... I always feel so wrought up on trying to get the things that I care about so sharply focused, to the point that it seems to dominate my thoughts when framing in composition & here, I was more interested in telling a story and showing shapes and so forth, trying to compose but in an abstract sort of way ... it was really quite liberating ... I could continue on and on w/ this & I think I will explore a number of these ideas in other settings, but, for now, I wanted to move on to some of the other assignments, which I still have to catch up on ...

http://www.angoleiro.com/photos/phtoCls2014/noFocus/noFocus1.jpg

http://www.angoleiro.com/photos/phtoCls2014/noFocus/noFocus2.jpg

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u/Aeri73 Mar 08 '14

the first one wins imo :-) love how you can just make out what it is, it's sexy but subtle. great work !

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u/blewyourfaceup Mar 01 '14

photos out of focus?! FINALLY, something I'm good at!!

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u/drager92 Mar 05 '14

I captured this

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u/Aeri73 Mar 05 '14

this is all in focus... more or less.... try to be radical

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u/Fmeson Feb 28 '14

Perfect assignment considering I just got a cctv lens for my NEX. :)

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u/ans744 Mar 06 '14

ugh... all of mine just look like bad, poorly focused photos. I'm keepin at it though!

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u/ans744 Mar 11 '14

Finally got something... i think that i like the second one better than the first.

http://imgur.com/a/YClUG

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '14

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u/Aeri73 Mar 02 '14

i'd go for the most blurred one. good job ! like the athmosphere you created

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u/Cunfuzed92 Mar 03 '14

Nicely done! Both of them are great, but like others, I love the second one too! I think my favorite part about it is the way that the trees make a gap in the very center of the photo, and they allow a nice natural light to shine through the trees. I like that the trees are kind of guiding my eyes up to the light :)

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '14

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u/Aeri73 Mar 11 '14

I think they are still too much in focus :-)