The first day of each month is a theme day for members of City Daily Photo, and for November, that theme is Out of Focus, as chosen by Wilf, who blogs from Torino in Italy. You can find out how other photobloggers from around the world are interpreting his choice here.
Back in April I did a series from within the Canadian Museum of Nature here in Ottawa. Within the Earth Gallery, there was a camera display that allowed one to metamorph their face with two different controls, one for changing shape, the other for changing colours. The results seemed suited for this theme (and fitted my weird personality), and so here are the results of my fooling around with the controls.
This one was taken on our Doors Open weekend in early June. I was walking into one of the destinations, had my camera on, and heard the click as I inadvertently took a shot. The blur seems entirely appropriate for this theme.
And this last one is from the Fortissimo event I attended on Parliament Hill in July. The military marching bands were passing by after the ceremony was over, moving quickly enough that they had a ghostly, out of focus feel in this shot.
cool shots
ReplyDeleteI like your experiment with the head!
ReplyDeletethe pinhead and swirls are fun. :)
ReplyDeleteYou also teach us to take bad photos ...? (Just kidding).
ReplyDeleteTomás.
Very creative, William.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you had fun with the head shots!
Janis
GDP
I really like that last shot. I mean, if you're gonna shoot outta focus... :)
ReplyDeleteVery cool.
ReplyDeleteWell you had a bit of fun here William ☺ super fun shots for the theme!
ReplyDelete@Hilary: thanks!
ReplyDelete@Marianne: I found it amusing.
@Tex: I imagine kids would find it to be a blast.
@Tomas: hah!
@Janis: I did.
@Lowell: yes, it worked well that way.
@Linda: thanks!
@Grace: thank you.
The first photos end up pretty weird. It's fun to use a program like that and be creative.
ReplyDeleteThat camera thing has taken you apart!! I love that accident shot. It's very abstract looking.
ReplyDeleteNice playing with that camera, but for todays theme I prefer the shot you took by accident. :-)
ReplyDeleteThose Museum of Nature shots are a riot! Well done.
ReplyDeleteNice shots to the theme.
ReplyDeleteI like all of these! Those swirly self portraits would make me feel a little seasick. (grin) And the accidental shot is pretty wonderful.
ReplyDeleteHa ha cool! The 7th photo is my favorit - weird wave :)
ReplyDeleteI especially like your last shot of the out of focus band walking past the building which is in focus. Those first ones you posted are rather interesting. I had such a hard time deciding on an out of focus shot that I decided to do a series this month. Hope it doesn't get old!
ReplyDeletethat last shot is super cool. blur & all. ( :
ReplyDeleteI really like the shot of the band, William!
ReplyDeleteSome really cool fun shots William. What a great tool to play around with.
ReplyDeleteThe third and fourth photos must have been taken on one of your bad days, William. They look, well, scrambled! (Just kidding!)
ReplyDeleteVery interesting. Good take on the theme but.....
ReplyDeleteI FORGOT
I set the blogging aside yesterday because I was going to have a super and then my brain was, i guess 'out of focus' and I FORGOT!!
MB
@Red: kids must enjoy getting to use that thing!
ReplyDelete@Sharon: it did have that abstract sensibility to it.
@Jan: and usually it would be a photo one would discard.
@Stuart: they were ideal for the theme.
@Orvokki: thanks!
@Kay: thank you!
@Birgitta: I enjoyed messing around with that thing.
@Susie: it was entirely by chance a photo, that last one, one of the last shots I took on a wonderful evening. Fortissimo is a beat retreat ceremony held each year.
@Beth: they were like ghosts.
@RedPat: me too.
@Bill: it was!
@Norma: hah!
@MB: oops!
Very high tech! That reminds me of the technique used on the Ministry of Culture in Paris. A Renaissance painting was distorted by computer until the people in the painting "dissolved into arabesques" (http://www.aussieinfrance.com/2011/12/1029/ just in case you want to see it!).
ReplyDeleteI have to say that my favorite is the one your camera decided to take :). The abstract design looks really cool to me.
ReplyDeleteI prefer the last two photos, William.
ReplyDeleteThis would not be a difficult theme day for me. :-)
ReplyDeleteFun post, would love to play with that camera display...:)
ReplyDeleteThe 2nd out of focus photo is beautiful!
@LDP: thanks for pointing out that post.
ReplyDelete@Lauren: it was to me as well.
@Catalyst: thanks!
@Revrunner: I have had my share of blurry shots!
@Wilf: it was fun to mess around with that device.
That would fit my twisted view on things. The unintended shot drew the eyes though.
ReplyDeleteThey are all great! I really like that last shot.
ReplyDeleteA fun series! I like that face
ReplyDeleteYour Doors Open and marching band shots are terrific. I have made some of those inadvertent shots, too, and some made me pause for a bit (before I clicked on the delete key).
ReplyDeleteInteresting self portraits, William, and the ghostly effect in the next to last photo was intriguing.
ReplyDeleteThe first shot looks quite normal, but things sure get weird as you changed things up. The tiny head is quite funny. I took some similar distorted photos in my stainless steel mug once when it was new and not all scratched up.
ReplyDeleteI like that last shot of the marching band ... looks like they're in a hurry to finish up and get home.
Wendy
I like the photos with the swirls!
ReplyDelete@Mari: I was pleased to use that unintended one for this.
ReplyDelete@Lois: thank you!
@Cloudia: I couldn't resist using those shots for the theme.
@Jack: usually I'm given to deleting, particularly when I see them in full size on a computer screen, but this suited the theme quite well.
@Beatrice: they did look quite ghostly!
@Wendy: yes, the tiny headed one makes me look downright alien.
@Kate: so did I.
Love the ghost soldiers.
ReplyDeleteI do too.
DeleteI don't know about those morphed shots! But I do like that accidental one!
ReplyDeleteIt felt quite artistic!
DeleteWhat is it about those silly computer things that are fun!
ReplyDeleteThat feature at the museum certainly is fun!
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