Depth of Field Blur

This weeks challenge was a Depth of Field Blur - BUT!  The real challenge was to get Blur in front of, as well as behind your selected image.   That front part was a bit of a challenge for me... But here is my Submitted Image:

This is the Scrolling on our bench on the deck. So nice - didn't have to go to far.... But I did - I have a LOT of rejects  Ha ha!!!  

I tried to accomplish this with my Puppy too. He did NOT like being behind the fence. He reminded me that the ONLY time he should be in that fenced area is when I am working with the Big ( dumb - his words , not mine) Animals that can't see him and could possibly smush him.

So we took his photo, and he climbed back up on my lap - all is good in his world now.

My self critique of this one - I couldn't get the fence to the left to blur out. Didn't matter how close or far away I got - well - I couldn't get too far away or Puppy left me.  So now I have something to work on....