Welcome to PROJECT 52-6 for the year 2014.

PROJECT 52-6-33 FOCUS- Out of focus

Images for Project 52-6-33 are to be taken between the 29th September 2014 and 5th October 2014.


Rules
1. Anyone and everyone interested in the challenge is eligible. The goal continues to be
have fun and share comments, concepts, insights, and techniques with fellow
Pentaxians.
2. Each week will feature a Theme and Sub-concept for you to explore.
3. Post your single picture in Project 52-6 thread for the week. Explain what
motivated you to take the picture and/or how you feel it represents the weekly
theme.
4. Some post-processing is OK (adjusting white balance, exposure, color
saturation), but let's try to stay away from heavily PP'ed images here. Try to
keep the creativity to photographic techniques and the captures themselves.
5. Since this project is about technique, and not camera, shots taken by non Pentax cameras are allowed.
Cameras may be SLRs, DSLRs, Point & Shoot, Medium Format, et cetera.
6. There is one “Theme Concept” labeled “black and white,” but feel free to post
black and white, sepia, monotone, etc., for any of the other themes.
7. The picture you post should be taken during the week in which the theme is
active to be eligible for judging.
8. Any picture taken from thread start date to listed closing date is acceptable. You may request to submit a photo outside of the time frame, but its acceptance is dependent o the judge of the week. Please try and keep to within a day or two (either way 92% the week. This is to make allowances for those that would like to participate, but for one or other reason, are not able to do so during the time given for the challenge, such as illness, weather, travelling etc.
9. The WINNER of each weekly challenge is the JUDGE of the next week's Project 52-6.
10. The Facilitator (in this case noelcmn) may participate in the challenge, provided he/she is not the judge.
11. Closing date for the challenge is Sunday at midnight in your time zone. Late entries are accepted but subject to the acceptance by the current weeks
Judge.

Another challenge involving Focus-this time its out of Focus-one at which, I like so many others, are experts in the business . This should be an interesting challenge, as I am sure none of us like out of focus images-make for a poor self image

Here are some previous winners for inspiration. I have always found selective focusing difficult.








Happy clicking!

Read more at: https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/129-weekly-photo-challenges/273686-projec...#ixzz3Edre50P3

[scomatic]

Bokeh time~!

[tessfully]

Autumn in the Woods

[scomatic]

Picture swap with newly taken photo. where this photo will full fill all criteria of rule for this week.

Picture is taken with Cosina MC at 200mm with F3.5.

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Last edited by scomatic; 10-05-2014 at 08:17 AM.

[patrick9]

Here's mine for this week I took it this morning at an old lumber yard It is an outdoor water faucet. Next to a blue painted , cracked concrete wall.

[mtux]

My entry
Shot it last night with M135/3.5

[noelcmn]

The thumbnail looks nice,but bigger-its atrocious! I hate OOF!

[patrick9]

I hate OOF!

I am really good at missing focus. It is getting it in focus that I haven trouble with. I have never til this week tried to get it out of focus on purpose. What fun it has been.

[ramseybuckeye]

I purposely shot some out of focus pics, this is the closest to what I was looking for:
The front porch:

[Bill2849]

Shot with my Sigma 28-70mm Macro II at 80mm, f32, ISO 200, 1/20 sec on tripod (you think I'd use handheld here, wouldn't you?).

[scomatic]

The thumbnail looks nice,but bigger-its atrocious! I hate OOF!

Well... For me OOF picture is some kind of picture that is really OOF but creatively shot with astonishing result photo although it's out but nice.

OOF picture I believe it is kinda easy to shot, but shot it nice it's challenge whereby you can't really imagination of result when it in view finder.

[jcdoss]

Well done guys! Winners are up.

[Catscradle]

Out of focus boats in Plymouth Harbor

[photolady95]

Steve I bet you didn't refresh this page before you uploaded your photo, eh? This contest has ended and the winner already announced yesterday.

[Catscradle]

Steve I bet you didn't refresh this page before you uploaded your photo, eh? This contest has ended and the winner already announced yesterday.

Darn. I don't think I would have won anyway, I just like to participate and occasionally get an honorable mention. Thanks for letting me.