What do you think?

[napolar]

Even though I know that there are several flaws with this shot, there is something that draws me in to the point where I over look many issues

[kduncan80]

the accidental halo effect does seem to add something to the photo

[TexKen]

Yeah - how did you get that halo effect?

[serissolutions]

Does nothing for me.

[DocFrankenstein]

Yeah... to blurry

[LadyHawk]

It's a nice, spontaneous moment but is on the blurry side.

[Kerbouchard]

Echo: the blur is distracting. I like the concept, though.

I managed to catch a few neat shots of my kids at a park at dusk a while ago with my little S40. Using the night-shot mode will give this effect. The "night portrait" program mode will blast the flash, but keep the shutter open longer than the standard 1/60, letting the darker background expose a bit longer.

[napolar]

This was a mistake, the ISO was set to 100 from a prior outside shoot, oops. Well he was walking, I was panning and I heard the shutter stay open a lot long than I thought it would. I corrected the camera and was really surprised by the results of my mistake.

[ajbalazic]

I know what you mean. I think that sometimes the artistic merits of a shot can out weigh technical errors. However, I don't think this is one of those cases. Sorry.