Is There A Place For Blurry, Out-of-Focus Pictures?

by Jaxon S on June 30, 2009

in Miscellaneous Macro, Tips and Tricks

Sharp pictures are good pictures. Blurry, out-of-focus pictures are bad pictures. Is this true? I wish I had the answer. But if sharp pictures are good pictures, why then there is a need for photo editing software to include tools to soften or blur pictures?

I’ve seen stunning out-of-focus pictures, especially close-up or macro pictures and wished I were the one who took them. The photos below are far from stunning, but really, is there a place for blurry pictures?

Leaves

Feather

Eerie

Blurry Bushes

  • http://www.sharpwebsites.com Kelli Piperata

    LOVE THEM.

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  • http://macro-photography-blog.com Jaxon S

    Some of the shot I’ve seen are blurry and pale, yet they are stunning. I wonder how they shot them… obviously not with a point and shoot camera, I think

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  • http://thefernandmossery.blogspot.com/ Lauren

    Good post. I always struggle with using a photo that has a point of interest in focus but the majority of the image out of focus. I’ve realized I can only pull the “artistic” blurry card so many times before it just becomes tiresome. Sometimes I also think I’m my own harshest critic though.

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