His vision, from the constantly passing bars,
has grown so weary that it cannot hold
anything else. It seems to him there are
a thousand bars; and behind the bars, no world.
Sein Blick ist vom Vorübergehn der Stäbe
so müd geworden, daß er nichts mehr hält.
Ihm ist, als ob es tausend Stäbe gäbe
und hinter tausend Stäben keine Welt.
( excerpt from the poem Der Panther / The Panther by Rainer Maria Rilke)
https://bopaula.wordpress.com/2017/06/22/thursdays-special-vision/
What could be more transient than clouds? You look away for a second and their appearance has changed.
One-word-photo-challenge asked for “glue”. This is one of those word association thingys: in Germany, the trademark “Uhu” (= known in English as “eagle owl” or scientifically as “bubo bubo”) has become the generic trademark for glue.
https://jennifernicholewells.com/2017/06/18/this-weeks-challenges-june-18-24-owpc-ww/
I only noticed the reflection in the water when I saw the photo on the bigger screen (it was such a bright day).
https://ceenphotography.com/2017/06/18/cees-odd-ball-photo-challenge-june-18-2017/
Heads and their cover sheets …
https://bopaula.wordpress.com/2017/06/18/black-white-sunday-headshot/
https://bopaula.wordpress.com/2017/06/15/thursdays-special-s-curve/
For me, focus is about the subject – as long as my subject is crisp the rest of the photo can happily go blurry (or, if I want to be artsy about it, bokeh) I like it if a contrast in colour adds to this distinction.
The resulting effect can be quite geometrical, lines in the photo above, circles in the one below.
Only one of the two loving couples in the shot below is in focus, but that’s okay since the one to the left is mirroring the main focus.
I am also not above cheap puns:
https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/out-of-focus/
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