"Mike Raiford" <mraXXXiford.at.@g1023mail.com> schreef in bericht 
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> Ah, but I was going for something different. I wanted the focus to be on 
> something different. I have many pictures of my cats with their eyes in 
> focus.... Rules are meant to be broken. He often sits with his front paws 
> outstretched and together like that, so I thought I'd emphasize the paws. 
> I see it didn't work, and the intent is lost on people ;)

Yes, I am afraid your intention was good, but it did not work out as 
intended, and I would say the same about your glass animal. To return to 
that one, I would be interested to see the same more focussed in a neutral 
but interesting environment slightly out of focus. In the present shot the 
"material" does not really "speak" while it looks suggestive but is blurred 
by the soft focus.

> My feelings are not hurt, I take lots of Okay photos, and lots of bad 
> photos... Depending on who you ask, this one is either a masterpiece, or a 
> train wreck :) I think it's somewhere in between. The bicycle in the back 
> killed it, and I don't think my focus/DOF was where I really intended it 
> to be.

I sincerely think that honestly and freely discussing issues is a great way 
to progress. We may not agree, even fundamentally, but at least we both 
learn something I am sure.

I would not call your cat a train wreck myself, but an interesting attempt 
at a different "angle" of interpretation or awareness. I think that the real 
culprit is the cat here! He is way too interested and looks too intelligent 
to be caught into that trap. Your attempt therfore might well have worked 
with another "subject" :-)

Thomas

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