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accidentally … on purpose

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Ben and I were sitting on the front porch…. looking for a little inspiration.

We spotted this Mama, her baby and sweet golden coming down the street. They were a fair distance away…so I snapped a few shots. I then waited til they ‘strolled’ past the house….and kept going… planning on ‘shooting’ them from behind. 

But at the same time, Mr. Ben spotted a cat, entering our yard…. a big kerfuffle took place, which allowed me just 2 shots before they were out of site.

The first was in focus….and just plain boring… The second… out of focus and so much more interesting.

Do you have any accidental or perhaps on-purpose ‘out-of-focus’ shots you just love?  Please share with us today.

Comments

  10. I took this one a few years back when I was much less sure of how my camera worked. So, after I took this shot, I looked at the image and thought, "yeah, this clearly isn't working".However, once I got it back, I really loved how this looked. It wasn't intentional I loved the blur and fleetingness of the moment that was conveyed. This was my daughter and husband playing tag on the beach at sunset.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/barilynn/3565767014/

  14. To keep the main subject out of focus certainly adds interest to many captures. Your beautiful photo reminded me of a picture I made of my husband and daughter while on holiday in France last summer: http://maketakephoto.com/blog/2011/7/22/out-of-focus.html In hindsight I regret that I didn't take my time to compose it a little better, but I cherish this for its mood anyway. Thanks for sharing, everybody!

  18. Kim, love your capture! I know what you mean – sometimes our "happy accidents" have a mystery that the perfectly focused shots don't, like an Impressionist painting.

    The first shot in the following post has intentional soft focus in some areas, but the last image is one of those "happy accidents" that at first I thought I would delete…. but decided I really liked!
    http://vandemarkdesigns.blogspot.com/2011/07/surprise-visitor.html

  21. i am so loving this – i am such a believer in the truths these "accidental" images tell. this year i inherited my mother's cat, both of us dealing with our loss and figuring our way through it. when i first began to let her outside, i worried. i fretted. trying to take her picture one day assured me she would be fine, and made me laugh.

    http://www.emmatree.com/2011/05/new-song-in-air.html

  23. http://www.flickr.com/photos/charul_ajmera/5591603406/in/photostream

    I always wanted to catch the vibrant and lively colors of rainy season. So I headed to the farms near our house to find this lovely scare-crow. I was so excited and hence took some 3 – 4 shots continuously only to find that instead of focusing on the scare-crow it was focusing on the bushes because I had forgotten to change the mode of my camera. Although this is not what I intended to capture but I just love this pic.

  25. wow, the idea of out-of-focus photography really inspired me!
    tried browsing my iphoto-library but could'nt find any examples so i started fooling around with my iPhone and came up with this image
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/61760618@N08/5964308249/in/photostream/
    there are 2 more in the flickr set but i like this one the most
    i focused on the window in the background, and somehow this gives extra depth to the image
    thanks kim!