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Challenge: Missed Focus (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 2009
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon
Location: Plano, Texas
Date: Sep 19, 2009
Aperture: F7.1
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Transportation, Blur
Date Uploaded: Sep 20, 2009

 The State Farm balloon passes by at the Plano Balloon Festival. I glanced over and the two folks to my side were pointing forward in unison, with the balloon between them. Recognizing a potential shot for this challenge, I flipped off the autofocus and fired off a couple of blurry rounds before the balloon moved on.

I like the way that in spite of the out of focus aspect, I still snagged some dimension from the depth of field.

Pre-challenge notes:
Though I have gotten some positive feedback on this, and like it myself, I am not really sure how it will do in the challenge. Only one way to know.

Anticipated critiques:
-Woman's elbow is cut off at the edge of the frame.
-Too centered.

Post-challenge notes:
Did well enough for a challenge that was a difficult stretch for many. I may have done better if I had entered one of the motion blurred images I had from the same day, but I really did not feel that was the topic.

Statistics
Place: 38 out of 122
Avg (all users): 5.6174
Avg (commenters): 7.3333
Avg (participants): 5.6275
Avg (non-participants): 5.6094
Views since voting: 945
Views during voting: 351
Votes: 115
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 01/05/2013 01:54:42 PM
I love the composition. It's really cool that both the lenses are pointed in the same direction (nice diagonal).
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 09/27/2009 08:07:06 PM
Hey!! We're back to back! Great shot!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/27/2009 05:47:18 PM
This is definitely one of my favorites for this challenge. Wonderfully done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/26/2009 06:21:25 AM
I like the composition of this, though I'm not sure the missed focus makes the image or the subject more compelling. In fact, I'm not quite sure what the subject is. 6
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 09/25/2009 02:58:24 PM
Great ummmm saturation :) There is no reason to like this. 9. :)
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 09/22/2009 05:59:59 PM
I like this composition - one is free to imagine the foremost subject is just another view of the second subject, and the balloon behind is what the lens(es) represented here are pointing at. I also like that you resisted putting anything fully in focus here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/21/2009 04:50:25 PM
Hmmm...I would be confused to what to focus on too..lol!
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 09/21/2009 12:52:23 PM
I like the composition and the blurred background turned out very good, but I think you would have gotten a much stronger shot if the lens/hand in the lower right corner were in focus. Maybe just my interpretation but I don't believe that *everything* needs to be out of focus to meet this challenge. /6
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