"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept"

[Yokosuka Mike]

Grey day in Yokohama
I intentionally took this picture out-of-focus because I thought it looked better that way.

Sigma Sd Quattro, Sigma 30mm f1.4 lens

 

[markus_h_photography]

DSC_3443a by KymarPhotography, on Flickr

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

I guess this is what I've become, a person that loves capturing the beauty of everyday people.

 

[Moogie77]

[/url]Top by Miguel Buschhauer, on Flickr


Away by Miguel Buschhauer, on Flickr[/IMG]

Both from Shenyang, China

 

[lynnb]

gulls at Sydney's Dee Why beach, 2013

morning gulls in flight, Sydney coast 2013 #358 by lynnb's snaps, on Flickr
XA Tri-X D76

 

[lynnb]

Freshwater beach, Sydney

XA Tri-X XTOL

 

[jamin-b]

Nice ones, lynnb

Sent from my HTC U11 using Tapatalk

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Slumming at the sidewalk cafe
Yokohama, Japan

 

[Shab]

lynnb, these are really good pictures!

Storm is coming!

OM-1n + Zuiko OM 21mm 3.5

Cycling

OM-1n + Zuiko OM 24mm 2.8

 

[lynnb]

lynnb, these are really good pictures!

Thanks - so are those! Looks like the cyclist's power is exploding out of the picture!

More seagulls..

taking flight #3282 by lynnb's snaps, on Flickr
Nikon 1 V1 18.5mm f/1.8 (50mm equivalent) 1/25 f9 iso100

 

[reagan]

Couldn't take my eye off the hat.

 

[Pioneer]

A Conversation at the Carnival

A Conversation at the Carnival

 

[jamin-b]

a couple more:
Canon A-6 (underwater camera, wet lens):
Aug17_68_400_CanonUW_41-Edit by Ben Sandler, on Flickr

Aug17_68_400_CanonUW_36 by Ben Sandler, on Flickr

 

[Moogie77]

Abandoned_High_Heels by Miguel Buschhauer, on Flickr

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

I fall in love too easily

Sigma Sd Quattro H, Sigma 35mm f1.4

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Sigma Sd Quattro H, Sigma 35mm f1.4

 

[robert blu]

I fall in love too easily

Sigma Sd Quattro H, Sigma 35mm f1.4

Love this, beautiful!
robert

 

[robert blu]

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Love this, beautiful!
robert

Thank you, Robert, your complement is much appreciated.

I think that taking pictures out-of-focus is a technique that if done intentionally is hard to master and even when done well seems to be rarely appreciated. I'm working on it and it's very hit-or-miss for me; of course I'm judging my own work.

There's a photographer here in Japan named Tommy Oshima that is my insperation in the art of out-of-focus photography; he's got it down pat.

Anyway, thank you again for the complement.

All the best,
Mike

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Yokohama, Japan

Sigma Sd Quattro H, Sigma 30mm f1.4