In our recent ‘Beautiful Blur’ competition, Jim Curtin won Grade C and took the overall highest scoring image across all Grades with the image above. This is how he made it:

While shaking the morning dew from a rose bush I cracked the stem by mistake. I then stood it in a glass and photographed it from overhead. In the post-processing in “Cyberlink Photo Director 7”, I disguised the worktop with a circular blur in the photo effects and edit mode. Camera: Canon 100D, 50mm lens, 1 Sec, f22, ISO 3200.

Well done Jim!

Click here to see a gallery of images from the competition. Enjoy!

See also:
How I took that Shot – Trevor O’Connell
How I took that Shot – Noelle Lowney
Competition Gallery
Competition Results and 2016 League Table

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