Small rant...

[johno]

Directed at posters in any of the photography groups...

Out of focus pictures are NOT automatically art.

Take a picture of your cat, dog, little sister, a mountain, a tree, a car, etc, etc, and it looks blurry???

Throw it away! Delete it, if digital!

Don't foist it on the viewing public and ask for commentary.
(I won't even go down the "and be nice" clause...)

Because the first comment will be "learn how the focus works on your camera"

{/rant}

Notes:

If you WANT it to out focus and it looks good, then it's ART.
If you got a cool effect, then it's found ART.

Posting a blurry pic and asking "why it's out of focus" is a valid question.

Comments

[succ33d.livejournal.com]

I hope you weren't referring to my pictures because yes, I know they are blurry. I have a webcam and it is hard to focus it when I am trying to take a picture away from my desk. I have to put it on a timer. And if I move at all when the timer goes off, it gets blurry.

[johno.livejournal.com]

Rants are shotguns and thus cover a broad range, whether intended to or not.

So, No, it's not directed at you.

It's directed at the "I'm a shit hot photographer, look at the my great photos", yet when you follow the link/lj-cut, you find blur.

[cambler.livejournal.com]

My blurry photos are caused by manual focus when I've forgotten to set the diopter correction on the viewfinder.

:-)

[johno.livejournal.com]

But you don't post them and ask for commentary.

Unless you are reverting to the 70s and want the blur.