dylstockard
Requirement 3
I used a 135mm lens for this photo, and then stood close to a cluster of branches and leaves so that my lens couldn't focus on them at all. I also pointed in the direction of the sun, which is where the dark shadows came from. I also set the shutter speed to 1/2500 so that I would capture a bit of the blur from the wind moving the leaves, but not enough to completely smear the photo. The photo is edited to bring out the purples and a bit of a boost on the green, but otherwise is untouched.
This satisfies requirement three because nothing is in focus. I did this because the blur brings out more colors and light spots than a focused photo, and so this becomes a more abstract color-focused image rather than subject-focused.
Requirement 3
I used a 135mm lens for this photo, and then stood close to a cluster of branches and leaves so that my lens couldn't focus on them at all. I also pointed in the direction of the sun, which is where the dark shadows came from. I also set the shutter speed to 1/2500 so that I would capture a bit of the blur from the wind moving the leaves, but not enough to completely smear the photo. The photo is edited to bring out the purples and a bit of a boost on the green, but otherwise is untouched.
This satisfies requirement three because nothing is in focus. I did this because the blur brings out more colors and light spots than a focused photo, and so this becomes a more abstract color-focused image rather than subject-focused.