I hate to laugh.... but I did. Is his brother close by?
Joking apart, the lichens always please my eye,

does seem a little soft. but i think it's a great picture...unique

very nice!

Very nice! I don't mind the softness, to me it implies motion, almost as if the ball (?) was shot out of the blue circle in the background... I love the fact that you can't really tell what's going on, it creates a sense of wonder.

Thanks for all the comments...

The reason it is out of focus is because I uploaded the wrong file
Those thumbnails looked darn near the same :)

I like the soft focus here. The thumbnail is so fun to see, as if the sphere is floating in mid-air. Which made me take a second look.