Boatmen in a Song
by kiran

Comment by klstover:
Yeah, I agree with Traff that this image is good. The tones seem a little off... maybe autolevels or curves would help - but I think this is the only thing that keeps it from being, to me, an *outstanding* abstract.

Boatmen in a Song
by kiran

Comment by Traff:
Even I'd have to acknowledge it DNMC and I like to be liberal on that (motion blur is not boke) but... what the heck this is an absolute killer image.
Maybe now that the challenge is over you could consider cloning out the bright highlights on the second boatman, they kind of intrude on the painterly effect for me. In an ideal world I guess the figure right at front would have been a boatman too - just a touch of a red stripe on his shirt would have really set the image off - but I'm being really picky now. Great work - its position in the challenge is not a reflection of its true worth.

Boatmen in a Song
by kiran

Comment by apmorse:
Not at all in focus so no area is contrasting with others like the challenge is wanting

Boatmen in a Song
by kiran

Comment by jjstager2:
No Bokeh

Boatmen in a Song
by kiran

Comment by MaryO:
Not sure what the in-focus subject is ...

Boatmen in a Song
by kiran

Comment by cerebis:
Motion blur because you or the camera has moved isn't Bokeh, for Bokeh, the background is blurred because of the depth of field of your aperture, and the distance of the background from the lens. I'd guess you had to use a slow shutter speed due to the low light, which isnt ideal this challenge. Flash and/or a higher ISO setting would have been the only way to get the subjects in sharp focus, but any kind of true Bokeh would have been difficult in this situation.

Boatmen in a Song
by kiran

Comment by emayner:
the entire image is out of focus

Boatmen in a Song
by kiran

Comment by Germaine:
Nice abstract, but I don't see any bokeh.

Boatmen in a Song
by kiran

Comment by pixeldust:
Rather than bokeh that adds to the picture, this just looks like a blurry picture to me. Sorry

Boatmen in a Song
by kiran

Comment by ursula:
I like this! I can hear the song looking at this. Daring entry :)