"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept"

[Dayrell bishop]

 

[kuuan]

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Your shot, my favorite, well done!

Mike

oops Mike, sorry for the late reply!
Thank you so much! Very glad to know, and thank you again for letting me know
It's a very Japanese gesture, right?

lunch with Kumiko by andreas, on Flickr, Konica Minolta A2, Japan 2007
That girl in the photo you liked is Chinese, taken in China, must be typical there too, but I don't know for sure.


Untitled by andreas, on Flickr, Pentax *istDs + DA21mm, Kathmandu 2009

 

[markjwyatt]

fence by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr

 

[Musashi1205]

The forest. The winter. The night. 1
[url=https://flic.kr/p/2dN7v9Y]Ohne Titel by C R, auf Flickr[/URL]

 

[Musashi1205]

The forest. The winter. The night. 2
[url=https://flic.kr/p/2dN7vaj]Ohne Titel by C R, auf Flickr[/URL]

 

[Musashi1205]

The forest. The winter. The night. 3
[url=https://flic.kr/p/24hAU5H]Ohne Titel by C R, auf Flickr[/URL]

 

[Musashi1205]

The forest. The winter. The night. 4
[url=https://flic.kr/p/24hAU4R]Ohne Titel by C R, auf Flickr[/URL]

 

[markjwyatt]

palms by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr

 

[peterm1]

Portraits can be soft and blurry. Presumably if the lighting is evocative or at least OK. (This image of mine received 25,000 in one night and many faves. Never expected this - go figure)

Age and Grace by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

 

[ckuwajima]

Leica M4, Kodak Tmax 100

 

[dtcls100]

I agree that a photograph need not be sharp to be very good or excellent. A lack of sharpness may create a mood or emphasize movement, change or tumult and be a conscious artistic decision.

 

[peterm1]

Some of my "best" blurry shots are ones where I have misjudged focus or had a too slow shutter speed by accident. And some are ones I have deliberately blurred wholly or partially in post for effect. Makes no never mind to me. As long as the resulting image works I am happy. Serendipity, thy name is photography.

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Sigma Sd Quattro H, Sigma 35mm f1.4 DG "Art" lens
Yokohama, Japan - February 2019

Mike

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Zeiss Biogon T* 21mm f2.8 ZM lens, Sony A7II
Yokohama, Japan - March 2019

Mike

 

[lynnb]

XA4 TMAX P3200 @1600 in TMAX dev

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Sigma Sd Quattro H, Sigma 28mm f1.8 EX DG lens
Yokohama, Japan - March 2019

Mike

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Sigma Sd Quattro H, Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 DC "Art" lens
Yokohama, Japan - March 2019

Walking down the street all fancy free.

Mike

 

[Greyscale]

Nikon F3, Nikkor 50/1.4 Ai, Neopan 400 @ 800 by Mike Novak, on Flickr

 

[Greyscale]

Film Paideia Pub Crawl, San Clemente by Mike Novak, on Flickr

 

[Greyscale]

Film Paideia Pub Crawl, San Clemente by Mike Novak, on Flickr