What an honor to host my first Weekly Challenge

This week's theme is "blurred / unsharp". This means, that I am looking for photos in which blurring or unsharpness (is this an English word?) is in one way or another important for the picture. This can mean that the whole picture is unsharp, but it does not have to. There are many different ways to interpret this topic. The most important thing is to have fun, and that we see some nice and interesting pictures!

I am giving you four examples below
1. Christmas market - out of focus
2. Weir - long time exposure blurred the water
3. Winter night forest - heavy fog makes everything unsharp
4. Bird with colourful bokeh - colour blurring (a.k.a. chromatic aberration) turns dull brown-grey winter twigs into a colourful bokeh.

Be creative, and show us your interpretation of the topic!

The small print:
The contest will run until Friday March 27th 2015.

Every week, a new theme is picked and judged by the winner of the previous week.
Everyone is eligible to send in their best interpretation of the given theme, as long as the photo is taken with a Pentax/Samsung camera. Themes can be subject-oriented or technique-oriented.

Rules
1. Post ONE photo (max 1024x1024).
2. The photo must portray an interpretation of the theme.
3. Post your single picture in this thread and explain what motivated you to take the picture and/or how you feel it represents the weekly theme (especially if it's not obvious).
4. The challenge is interactive. Any response is welcome.
5. The judge will pick the WINNERS and choose one of them to be the judge for the next week.
6. This challenge runs for 7 days plus an additional day for the judge to choose the winners.
7. Any Pentax (or Samsung DSLR) camera can be used.
8. Pictures can be from any time frame, not just within the week of the current theme.
9. In case the winner of a challenge is unable to become the judge for the next challenge, they will PM the #2 winner for that person to be the judge.

[SpecialK]

I have a lot of blurry, unsharp shots!

[rod_grant]

[robbiec]

Drummer in motion

Drummer in Motion

Took this at an available light gig in Galway a few years ago. It is of Warpaint's Stella Mozgawa. One of my all time favourite shots, have a canvas of it hanging in my home office. Oh and its ISO12,800 too!

[robgski]

Finally, a challenge I can meet!

[K David]

Milkweed seeds in the wind.

[Tamia]

Redwing Blackbird Takes Flight The photo hasn't been deliberately blurred. The bird took off in a hurry, I had too slow a shutter speed, AND I flinched. The background was bland concrete, so I jazzed it with color and texture layers.

[atupdate]

As you can see from the flag, it was a bit windy at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.



Tim

[Outis]

My friend going rock climbing on the night there was a light show on the climbing wall. K-3, 77mm Limited, 4 second exposure at f/4.0 and ISO 100.

[sealonsf]

I just took this recently on our trip to Scotland. Mostly blurred. Love the other photos so far - good luck judging!

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[TimPGH]

Mooring rope from the U.S.S. Little Rock, at the Buffalo Naval Park in New York.

[Dieterson]

good luck judging!

Thanks, it seems that I will need it. So many great entries already!

I hoped for many different styles and interpretations of the theme. So far, you are not disappointing me! I have no idea how to pick just one winner at the end. For now, I decided to forget about that and focus on enjoying your entries. Keep 'em coming! Make it even harder for me!

[tessfully]

[MadMathMind]

[slowpez]

Caught this young lady taking a bath. Even at 1/1250 s. I couldn't stop the wing action.