(Almost) completely out of focus shots!

That's totally fine! Happy accidents happen. 👍

Here are a couple more shots:

Cannot decide which I love better.

Thanks - very nice and elegant shots!

Ran out of time to get correct shutter speed :)

Great sense of motion! It looks like focus is slightly behind the head, which works very well here - perhaps she was just too fast! 👍 My kids usually are significantly too fast for any of my adapted manual lenses… 😅

The post above reminded me of an old image I have in a similar category.

She started running towards me as I pressed the button!
However, I don't think the blur detracts from the image in this case, even though it was entirely unplanned.

Thanks - very interesting! I feel like you're right... sometimes an out of focus shot can feel like it captures the moment better than a perfectly focused one, particularly when there's some kind of interaction with the person behind the camera.

Excellent. Is this an auto-portrait?

Yes!

Not sure which one I like better. From tonight

Thank you! The second and third (while good panning shots) probably don't fit the description of the theme, but the first is a fantastic shot for it, with a wonderful sense of speed! Well done.

Well, technically they're all focused, it's motion blur that's being shown. Both subject, & poor panning technique :)

I really like this one too. Rocket ship :). Odd, because they're usually straight in the trash can

Lots in focus, but I love the blur - very cool effect!

I had forgotten about this shot until it appeared this morning on my computer screen (the background image very slowly cycles through a selection of my images):

Although this was taken several years ago, it well represents our recent weather!