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The Haiku Garden's avatar

Love your work, thanks! Here's a hiaku in trade:

what is hazy, first

the eye and mind make complete

yes, a blur makes clear

Ren Kobic's avatar

Thank you. Love it

Ian Gray's avatar

Enjoying your work, timeless and deep...

Félicia Mariani's avatar

We see someone looking, with a personal and unique look. This is what art is meant to be. Thank you!

Ren Kobic's avatar

Thank you. That means a lot.

Kristine Dubuque's avatar

I feel I would know your work anywhere - This is incredible - Truly!

Ren Kobic's avatar

Thank you so much. That means a lot.

Dan Jandl's avatar

These are great. You've really nailed it with this technique.

Ren Kobic's avatar

Thank you Dan

Gary Ricketts's avatar

Every photograph is whisper of what was. Nicely done.

Ren Kobic's avatar

Thank you Gary, very nicely put.

Ineska Klauber's avatar

In this day of AI I especially like exploring this technique! So much more emotion and mystery.

Ren Kobic's avatar

Thank you very much.

Sandeep Dhillon's avatar

Beautiful shots... its a real skill to get blurry photos that look intentional and you have mastered that. I love the photo of the two men seated.

Ren Kobic's avatar

Thank you very much

Pavel Petros's avatar

I confirm blurry photos are fun, but I stopped doing that, and moved somewhere else

Ren Kobic's avatar

Thanks Pavel, yes I agree it is fun and I’m still exploring it. It’s completely the opposite of the images I’ve been creating for the past 20-odd years, maybe that’s why I’m enjoying it.

Mark Cornick's avatar

Fantastic insight into your process, the mystery and storytelling that can be achieved with blur far outweighs the sharp, in my opinion!

Ren Kobic's avatar

Thanks very much Mark.

David Harris's avatar

So much mystery. They seem to share some of the qualities of pinhole images, only different.

Ren Kobic's avatar

Thanks David, that’s a great observation, I’d never noticed that.

FILM RICK's avatar

Added to my photography bucket list. I love them a lot! Good one, Ren.

Ren Kobic's avatar

Thank you

Cedric's avatar

These are indeed magical. They are great with suggestion, expectation, and poetry. I so want to try that now!

Ren Kobic's avatar

Thank you

Paul Jenkin's avatar

Beautiful photos. It's an unusual style but there are some great exponents. If you're not already familiar with her work, a photographer called Olga Karlovac produces stunning work combining blur with ICM. Definitely work a look for some inspiration. Please keep going as the end result is really great...

Ren Kobic's avatar

Thank you Paul, yes I am familiar with Olga Karlovac's work, it's really stunning and inspirational.

Frank Di Luzio's avatar

Thanks for describing the process. It's a very deliberate and conscious approach to blurring. Completely different than an arbitrary motion blur. I see from previous posts that it's your current approach. I like how thought provoking they are. Have you considered lightheartedness? Or do you prefer to make 'meaningful' images only. Just asking, not judging.

Ren Kobic's avatar

Thank you very much Frank. I've not considered lightheartedness before but will now.