Originally Posted by KillerBee370

Simply lowering the f-stop isn't always a feasible option. The original lighting in the shot was very dark actually and a lot of that depends on lens too. Not much light to work with and I wasn't working with the fastest of glass either. I often add blur to a shot. In this case it's creeping into the subject which normally I would just drop out, blur the background and then reinsert the subject but I did this one differently.

The blur doesn't bother me on the edges. In fact I could probably add more to the entire back quarter of the car giving it a smoother DOF.

I dunno... I try lots of different things.