To Blur or To Focus?!

Look for an interesting architectural feature or a simple branch/leaf to shoot your subject from... manually focus on the feature while the main-subject blurs in the background, or simply focus on the main-subject through the feature, blurring the foreground... both can be very interesting. Check out the pictures below of a grand manor house now a Hotel/B&B in Cotswolds, captured through it's boundary fence. 

Lower Slaughter - Cotswolds, UK ~ By Mattu

Lower Slaughter - Cotswolds, UK ~ By Mattu