"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept"

[jamin-b]

I thought it would be fun to see folks' favorite not particularly sharp focused shots - where the content overrides the lack of technical perfection.

A couple of mine...

Dec15_TriX_HC_FM3A_50_20 by Ben Sandler, on Flickr

nov2013-2 by Ben Sandler, on Flickr

 

[p.giannakis]

One from me too

 

[uhoh7]

I did get the pancake....


snarklepus by unoh7, 75 Lux

 

[charjohncarter]

flipped woodies by John Carter, on Flickr

 

[sara]

I don't think my photos are ever "sharp". 😀

 

[Brian Legge]

 

[Michel154]

right between the two
with a 28mm now that is a skill

 

[kuuan]

Takasuzu by Andreas, on Flickr


Geikos by Andreas, on Flickr


Untitled by Andreas, on Flickr

 

[kuuan]

Untitled by Andreas, on Flickr


Untitled by Andreas, on Flickr

 

[pechelman]

L1001435-Edit by pechelman, on Flickr


L1001414 by pechelman, on Flickr


DSCT1293 by pechelman, on Flickr

 

[ferider]

 

[ferider]

Taken with my Diana

 

[ferider]

Noctilux (not mine) in fog

 

[Muggins]

Amateur Photography spring meeting in Oxford by gray1720, on Flickr

Taken with a Coronet Popular Twelve box camera. I'd think someone had flipped the lens, except I have the very similar Dynamic Twelve, and it's just the same!

Adrian

 

[petronius]

Helen, that lady picture is extraordinary!

[/url]2002-D.0201 by petronius, on Flickr[/IMG]

 

[coelacanth]

Fuzzy Memories by Suguru Nishioka, on Flickr

 

[kuvvy]

R1042849 by kuvvy, on Flickr

 

[CK Dexter Haven]

There's a fine line between when something looks 'evocatively unsharp' and when it looks like 'a mistake'/technical incompetence. Lots of positive examples here.

I do tend to have a firm expectation of what i want an image to be as I snap it, and I probably discard/disregard my own images when I don't get that expected result. This thread is good for teaching us to keep our minds open to 'the failures.'

 

[danielsterno]

 

[hlockwood]

Watching HER Leave by Helen Hill, on Flickr

Oh, Helen, that is such glorious shot. Wish it were mine.

HFL