Am I the only one who actually likes the "blown out" look?

[ltilley]

Sebastian posted a great photo of a flower girl with the background all blown out (in the wedding photos thread). I loved it. And I took this photo detail of the bride's hair and veil and love how the background is blown out.

Something about it makes it feel dream-like.

Funny, too because when I got the pictures back from my photographer for my wedding, I chose one picture to be enlarged for a frame. It was great - I was entering the church and everything around me was blown out. And sure enough, he enlarged the photo but *fixed* the blown out areas and I was so disappointed.

Are there others out there who actually like the look?