Inspiration: bokeh

If you haven't heard of Bokeh it is the blur or the aesthetic quality of the blur, in-out-of focus areas of an image or "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light". 

I love the way you can have crisper and softer areas sitting side by side and complimenting one another. As you can see from the above images, in the first the beads are in focus and the dried lavender soft and blurry and in the second image the reverse is happening. Give it a go, happy bokeh-ing!