Comments on: Responding to the Blur Haters and Answers & Lessons https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2014/04/27/responding-to-the-blur-haters-and-answers-lessons/ The blog of bird photographer Arthur Morris Mon, 18 Aug 2014 08:33:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: John Beasley https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2014/04/27/responding-to-the-blur-haters-and-answers-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-1035769 Mon, 28 Apr 2014 16:42:18 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=19647#comment-1035769 I’ve been trying to think what it was about this one that defeats the effort to mimik a painterly effect with a camera blur. There was that other one – in the series of horizontals you posted earlier, one of which was particularly nice. For that one, the tulips had been sufficiently blurred to translate into strips of color, with just the few red dots above the lowest strip to suggested (to me) a complementary impressionistic element. With this one, the impressionistic intent is pervasive. Unfortunately, at this level, the mechanical nature of your medium (the camera) is amplified to render an effect that is too even to successfully imitate what a human being would render with a paint brush.

It was never my impression to mimic anything. I simply asked a question of Jack. If you don’t like it you dot’t like it and I am fine with that. artie

ps: i am somewhat mystified that so many folks have a problem with me trying new things and having fun while doing so….

]]> By: Fran https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2014/04/27/responding-to-the-blur-haters-and-answers-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-1032617 Mon, 28 Apr 2014 02:21:12 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=19647#comment-1032617 I find this blurred image too bright and there is really nothing to focus on. Yes I agree the texture added looks like a tapestry. Pleasing to me would be with a softer blend mode. and have one group of flowers dominant for the eyes to focus on. JMHO.

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