I spent long hours seeking out cool bokeh shots over the weekend, with many promising ones... and then I snapped this one almost by accident. :-/
I had one daughter looking at me while the other one tossed a pile of leaves in the air over her head (just to see what would happen). I got lucky on the eye, but sure wish I could get rid of that annoying spot on her cheek! I don't think it's a typical DPC-ish shot, but let's see what happens...
Nothing fancy on the processing: Crop, Levels, Channel Mixer, HSL and USM.
Ugh... never in a million years would I have guessed a below-6 score on this one. It's fairly dripping in bokeh! While there is foreground bokeh too, most of the bokeh in this shot is in the background. :-(
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I'm new around here, but I have to say that I agree with you. This is a beautiful shot... technically and for the shear art value. It's interesting to see what shots get scored higher... or well.
You got nailed, probably, by the literals who think if:
a) you can tell what the out of focus stuff is or
b) there aren't little circles or
c) you didn't meet their own private little definition
then there is no bokeh.
I missed this photo in the challenge but had I voted on it I probably would have given it a 6 just because it's different but overall it has little appeal to me. The sense of movement is interesting but it doesn't go well with the stationary subject who to me seems a bit disinterested.
Anyway, just my opinion.
P.S. Sorry Scalvert, I'm just looking around trying out my harsher critiques. :)
Gotta agree with the comment about this one scoring a below 6, I would have given it a 9, only leaving out the 10 because I would have wanted to see a stronger focus on her eye, it seems a little bit out of focus (at least I assume that is the problem as motion blur seems out of the question at 1/350) Really dig this shot and the coloring, composition and moment are ACE. Went to my favorites.
I'm pretty well disappointed in the voting crowd, for many reasons lately, least of which is this much under-rated shot here. This deserved top-10 at the very lowest, top five in all honesty. If you want to switch places, let me know, because this shot totally blows mine out of the water.
You got nailed, probably, by the literals who think if:
a) you can tell what the out of focus stuff is or
b) there aren't little circles or
c) you didn't meet their own private little definition
then there is no bokeh.
I figured it would be above a 6. I gave it a 6. Very nice colors and the bokeh is really good. The picture was just a bit too busy for my tastes. I found my eye traveling all over the place on it. Very respectable score, but I understand we all have our bars/expectations set in different places.
Mine got a reality check this morning in one of the new challenges.
Keep up the creativity. You are a very talented photographer.
Interesting take on the challenge theme. Nicely executed and well composed. Would have been nice to see both eyes but that was probably difficult enough to capture as is. :)
Nice - excellent use of foreground bokeh. I really like the varying degrees of blur thorugh out the picture that lead right back to the girl. Great timing.
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