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SS30 is too slow for this activity, a wider fstop might have been more appropriate
Are you sitting on the top-plate of the wall studs shooting down and the fireman is on his right side at ground level having just kicked out the wallboard which is swinging back?
Good! I was wanting a "visceral", physical response to this (though dizzy was not what I was seeking). The blur is deliberate and I wanted it to convey urgency, or chaos, or discombobulation... rather than only a visual, detached viewing of a photo.
This is a training exercise for potential firefighters. The situation is that he needed to escape a room quickly to save his life so had to break through the wall and squeeze through the 14 1/2 inch gap with his breathing apparatus. I wanted to capture the urgency and chaos that such a situation entails.
Note that there is a foot at the bottom of the frame that belongs to another person holding the wooden framing steady as he squeezes through it.
The f/stop was deliberately narrowed to give the slow shutter speed and to achieve the motion blur. I believe the shot would have been worsened if motion were stopped and the person appeared sharp and focused. Otherwise I almost always shoot the 17-40 mm lens at f/4.
Well decomposed!
I am standing below the bottom of the frame holding the camera out above him (shot at 17mm FL). Direction of travel is to the right as he started from the left and has almost exited the area to the left of the frame.
So that's your foot as the odd artifact then, right?
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No, it is another trainee holding the framework steady as the subject pushed through it. I am standing to his left close to the beam running vertically and reaching to the right one-handed with my camera in front of this person.