"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." Spoken most often by people who have failed to focus adequately.

 

Jen. Photographed with a Rollei 6008i + CZ 150mm f4.0

On Ilford FP4 Plus film. 

Film scanned with a camera.

There are plenty of situations in which sharpness doesn't really matter. But it's always nice to get the technical stuff right. Even when you don't have to. I like to see sharp eyelashes and eyes in portraits. I am not Julia Margaret Cameron...

OT: Three great swim practices in a row to start out the new year. Even got a compliment from one of my coaches (kind of backhanded...), he said he'd never seen a person with white hair swim a nice butterfly stroke before. I'll take it. Now eating scones and drinking coffee while scanning old film. 

Hope I don't spill anything. If I do we'll run with it and claim it was intentional as it is "Art." 

Swim, run, walk, sleep, have fun, keep your spouse happy. You might not live forever but you'll sure have more fun. Exercise and love, the fountains of youth.