experimenting with bokeh

this is just an experimentation with bokeh and light. I kind of like it, but would like to know your opinion.

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Well, shoot.

To cut to the chase, there's nothing to look at in this photograph.

A blurry background can do one of two things. It can be recognizable enough to suggest a context for the subject. In that case it compliments the subject, interacts with it, but without being a distraction.

OR, it can be out of focus to the point that it cannot be recognized. In that case it isolates and presents the solitary subject. When used like this, you will involve you viewer only if the subject is well presented, meaning clear, well lit, IN FOCUS.

Either way, you failed. The background offers no context for the subject, and the subject is so poorly imaged that I don't like looking at it.

Rad

^ Have to agree..

I have to also agree. And I'm not sure what the subject even is. Also, it's too centered in my opinion.

ryan

What were you trying to achieve with your experiment? There is clear motion blur present and after looking at your exif a 1/13 shutter at 200mm shows why.

If you were aiming for abstract, you nailed it! It's definately different. The bokeh would be good if the subject had more clarity and substance as stated above.

Is that a baseball bat in the background? I'm dying to know what that silver thing is!

I noticed the shutter is 1/13 so iff you have to shoot at 1/13 or a slow speed, I try shoot in burst mode or use the 2 second timer to get rid of as much blur caused by hand movement as possible...oh and make sure you have a lens with IS!
Here's one I took earlier using 1/13..

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Kat: it is a shovel and the main object is a mandrel, a blacksmithing tool for bending metal.
All: Thanks for the info, i think that I will use a tripod next time.

(I am slightly new at this)