Man Sitting on a Bench

[central183]

 

[Corry]

Interesting pic. But, in my opinion, if you are gonna blur the background, I'd blur the bird too.

 

[Alison]

The blur just doesn't do it for me. The pose that the guy is in is nice but the picture just doesn't seem cohesive with the blur.

 

[BrettG]

The bird not being blurred is kinda distracting (well, I didn't notice it at first, but when someone else pointed it out it seemed kinda out of place). I do like the shot though. The look on the guys face makes you think he doesn't have a care in his head, while the world is busy moving at a fast pace, here's this guy just sitting there peacefully. Don't know if that's what you were going for but that's what I got out of it, and (aside from the bird) I think it works pretty well.

 

[Osmer_Toby]

also, there's a halo around your subject- a motion blur might work better, then tweak the blurred layer so the outer fringe of the blurred subject is hidden by the unblurred subject on another layer


i do like the concept.

didja try black and white?