"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept"

[lynnb]

Helen, I love the pictures you've posted in this thread!

 

[lynnb]

 

[lynnb]

 

[lynnb]

 

[robert blu]

Arles, 2011, Leica x1

 

[peterm1]

Sometimes it can be deliberate, like this................

Afternoon tea for two by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

Or this..............

Hong Kong dawn and mist 5 by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

And sometimes it can be accidental...................

Blue chairs by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

But not every photo needs to be pin sharp to be effective.............

Cranes on the skyline by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

It just needs to tell a story..................

City impressions 1 by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

Or hint at one....................

Pizza by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

 

[airfrogusmc]

 

[rhl-oregon]

G1 45/2 1/8s

With a GR on my knee...(2s)

 

[p.giannakis]

Poland June 2008 Ilford FP4 Plus
Zeiss Ikon Nettar 518/16

 

[13Promet]

Admittedly unsharp by mistake
M6, Voigtlander 35 1.4 MC, Ilford XP2

Lady in an alley (Kuala Lumpur - Malesia) by S A, su Flickr

 

[jukka]

A very enjoyable thread. This was taken with the 50/1.2 Nikkor wide open.

 

[kuuan]

fabulous Jukka!


veiled by Andreas, on Flickr, S-M-C Takumar 3.5/28, Pentax *istDs

 

[airfrogusmc]

 

[airfrogusmc]

 

[Taipei-metro]

Captains, China Southern Airline


Cathy Pacific FAs...hong kong bound

los angeles international
t a i p e i-metro
canon dslr, canon lens

 

[Taipei-metro]

arcadia, california
sony dslr, sony lens
by
t a i p e i-metro

 

[jordan.dickinson]

bicycling by Jordan Dickinson, on Flickr

 

[emraphoto]

shabiha
south of Aleppo

 

[grouchos_tash]

Leica M6 - Kodak Tmax 100 - ID11 - Chieti, Italy

Untitled by Gary Harding, on Flickr

 

[music_healing]

Lady by William Jusuf, on Flickr

35mm Neopan 400

Sincerely
William Jusuf