Opinion on image please

[PHOTO-DA]

Ok I think you have a good idea but you really have to think of composition in this type of shot. I would bet if you stepped to the left about 5 ft (cut down the big brown blob on the right) and took the same shot it would be a lot more interesting and pleasant to the viewer. A smoothed out background (kind of what the shake does) can come out with a nice shot but a smoothed out foreground in this case looks like a blob of hair from the bottom of the drain was slapped onto the lens. I would recommend using a tripod when shooting and try to find a place where you can mark exactly where you were when you took a shot- maybe a small stone under the center point of the tripod- if you have time then take the camera off the tripod and shoot a picture of the tripod set up with the scene -non blurred for reference. If you can do layers you can overlay say a model or object placed into the scene that is crystal sharp in the foreground- experiment it's DIGITAL so little cost other than time for you.

[texxter]

For me the blurred blurb in the foreground, blocking the predictable green pasture in the background is precisely what makes this image different and interesting. I constantly fight this impulse within me to expect images to be like some other image i have seen before, or worse, like an image i would create myself.

[Patti Edens]

Gary, I like it! I have tried some of these myself and I think this one is more interesting than any I have come up with. I love the color tones and I think it has great potential. I do agree that what has affectionately been dubbed the "brown blur" is maybe a bit too dominant in the photo. But I also think that it adds some degree of mystery which I like.

Maybe just a squarish crop that takes off about 1/2 of the right side of the photo would be a more pleasing composition?

I look forward to seeing more!

[JbVenable]

I also like the blob. Without it would seem too ordinary.

[icopus]

I find these types of photos interesting from the perspective of wondering why people find these types of photos interesting. I don't get it but I'm like that with most so called art and so I'm not saying others shouldn't get it either. To each his own I say.

[Concisus Cognatus]

It has a similar texture to an oil painting, not exact but close enough to evoke the vision in my mind. The more I view it the more I like it. Thanks for sharing a new vision.