That would be how you would shoot it. It all is individual taste and style and what the person who is shooting the image had in mind in the first place. Personally, I didn't even notice the blur on the right because the framing of the image took my eyes directly to Half Dome.

May I recommend glasses :-)An attempt at humor.

It is not how I would shoot it, it was my opinion on the shot. If you never question you never grow. It was not meant as offense, more constructive critique. It is worth exactly what the person reading wants to make of it, if they wanted to blur then more power to them.

Great article, Lauri. I was talking to Robert Evans, the respected wedding photographer, about how he selects second shooters for weddings, and his response was: "I want to know what they see, because you shoot what you see."

He went on to say that 80% of the photos are bought by the bride and mother of the groom, and what they care about are the emotional moments. The tears, the joy, the long embraces.

I often think about that when I shoot landscapes. I don't really see flowers and meadows and peaceful streams. I see drama: cliffs, lightning, stormy skies, thundering waterfalls. I'm drawn to longer lenses that make the mountains look steeper and closer together. At SmugMug we had a Chinese customer, Leping Zha, who saw drama as I do with longer lenses, and I plastered his photos all over our walls.

Here's his shot of Yosemite's tunnel view. He didn't show the whole view, but what he captured was dramatic.

Thanks so much Chris - sorry for the delay in my reply, new platform takes me awhile to remember to put it in my "check platforms" rotation. So many places, so little time.

I appreciate your comments and insights. I love that you don't see the typical things when shooting. Thank you for sharing Leping Zha's work also, wow.

There are always so many ways to shoot a scene, it's easy for many to get caught up in the 'norm' shots.