Tough challenge to meet, and I'm not sure I've met the challenge. I wanted to blur an image with a liquid on a glass plate, but when I dropped the plate...Oops!
Raw, Adjust EV. Import to PS (16bit), curves, local contrast enhancement. Convert to 8 bit, curves to lighten background, stroke for border, save for web, sharpen with Focus Magic at 50 %, submit, hope and wait.
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The contrast between the sharp focus of the curved lines leads my eye into and out of the 'blurry mess' and that makes this picture work very well for me. Perhaps a tighter crop eliminating the line from the lower left side over to the right side of the photos would not have drawn my attention away from the softening of the sharply curved lines radiating through the colorful rosemary. I also like the 'composure' of the the straight lines coming from the middle left side into the first and second of the curved lines going up and coming together at the top of the photo. Fun to look at and to ponder how did you do this?
I'm really happy to see such creativity in such a tough challenge - and will mention the elements that stand out here. Creative use of blurriness, slightly messy (probably not enough for most voters), and would have benefitted from the glass being completely shattered somehow. I'll add this two cents: the subject isn't much in the way of engaging, but it was interesting enough for me to take a few minutes here. I appreciate an inventive entry - many were simply a "mess". Good job!
Interesting way of taking this challenge, I like how the shatter lines take your eye through the photo. However, I do think it seems a little to "put together" for my taste, and only in this challenge.
The concept is interesting. but the execution and composition could maybe be better... either more herbs, or colored background, or, well I'm not sure...
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