That car that works............it looks to me like it is on a conveyor (sp) belt.
Funny, neat photo.
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I really had forgotten that we had a "blur" challenge, that is maybe because I am sooo tired, that is my excuse anyway. And it was called movement or something, soooooooooo my mind did not compute.
Very nice. Was the ouside sky blown to start with and that gave you the idea to finish it or were you planning to isolate the car from the beginning?
Thanks Charles, I appreciate it. The sky wasn't blown out in the original shot... but I'd been hankering to try that blown-out look, to isolate the subject of the photo. I'd seen it done elsewhere, and wanted to try it for myself in Photoshop. It's kinda fun!
i really dig this one - when there's part of the pic in sharp, clear focus, and another part that's motion blur - whoa that gets my juices going!
congrats on a great pic
Thanks Andy, I'm really excited with the potential of my recently purchased swivelhead flash. I'm now starting to look for selectively lit subjects that are mostly in shadow to really let the flash 'lock in' the subject while still conveying a nice amount of motion in the blurred slightly lit areas.
Here's a fav I shot last night that is similar.
Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.
do you use a filter to blur the picture? or that the blur as the pic is taken?
The blur is just the way the shot was taken. No filters or photoshop abuse. Both were longer exposures ~1/5th or 1/10th of a sec with rear curtain flash. The first shot had the flash bounced off of the wall onto an otherwise unlit subject. His bass was blurry because it had a bit of overhead light bleeding onto it, but the rest of the shot was 'imprinted' by the flash. The second shot had the flash bounced off the ceiling and the subjects' head just caught the cutoff from the flash, ie. the flash was angled forward enough that his face received some direct flash too.
Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.
Swirling Chloe
Here is my attempt to do motion blur. The little girl swirled, I focused on the background, slow shutterspeed (1/30) and aperture of 5.6
I love the picture. It might not be perfect, but for me it works.
I did a course with Annabel Williams on Monday, a day class, and it was so great. I learned so much.
300mph in 3 seconds will get you some blur!
The tall tail wing made it difficult to acheive a pleasing crop. I think I'll revisit this one.
A lot of intentional blur, here. Depth of field is too narrow. My focus point could be better; left camera on *one shot* focus by mistake instead of usual predictive focus for panning.
i gotta say, not all of these are using IS, but i do love it for when it opens up creative opportunities.
performer at a club in nyc. "Musician's Soul"
street shot, NYC "Walkin on By"-
tunnel from tour bus in china "warp zone"
May Day in NYC, outdoor party. "Vintage Hands"
Bladerunner Bikers, Shanghai- China.
"Silence Screams Color" - I was in Av Mode from taking shots in the city, turned around a corner saw a mime had a split second to just frame and snap. maybe i should have followed him and set up shots, but i like this cause it was pure spontaneous street shooting
It's good to see this thread make a comeback! I like playing with motion blur too!:D
Here is one I took last year in Millville Minnesota, at the AMA Pro National, hosted by Spring Creek Motocross Park. It's Ricky Carmichael blasting a berm at 1/30 F14 @ ISO 100. Shot with my Canon 20D & 70-200L F2.8 IS.
No PS was used by the way, well except for the matte and type.
And yes it's my avatar too....I really like this one.
before i post this photo, i just want everyone to know that i do not make a habit out of torturing my son. this was an exercise that my pediatrician suggested to me to try and alleviate some separation anxiety that he is going through right now. the point was to separate myself from him, but still let him see me. he was fine for awhile, and then he got upset. he was upset long enough for me to snap this photo and come back in to give him loads of kisses. ok. now that i have that out of the way:
London blur
Here's one I took in winter at the Natural History Museum in London
becuase the fuli doesn't handle low light well, I balanced the camera on the hand rail. I din't have the tripod to hand. I just waited for people to go round & poreessed the shutter & hoped!!
EDIT
here's another one
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Funny, neat photo.
g
I really had forgotten that we had a "blur" challenge, that is maybe because I am sooo tired, that is my excuse anyway. And it was called movement or something, soooooooooo my mind did not compute.
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i really dig this one - when there's part of the pic in sharp, clear focus, and another part that's motion blur - whoa that gets my juices going!
congrats on a great pic
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Thanks Andy, I'm really excited with the potential of my recently purchased swivelhead flash. I'm now starting to look for selectively lit subjects that are mostly in shadow to really let the flash 'lock in' the subject while still conveying a nice amount of motion in the blurred slightly lit areas.
Here's a fav I shot last night that is similar.
do you use a filter to blur the picture? or that the blur as the pic is taken?
All feed back is welcomed!!
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my attempt 2 of motion blur
The blur is just the way the shot was taken. No filters or photoshop abuse. Both were longer exposures ~1/5th or 1/10th of a sec with rear curtain flash. The first shot had the flash bounced off of the wall onto an otherwise unlit subject. His bass was blurry because it had a bit of overhead light bleeding onto it, but the rest of the shot was 'imprinted' by the flash. The second shot had the flash bounced off the ceiling and the subjects' head just caught the cutoff from the flash, ie. the flash was angled forward enough that his face received some direct flash too.
Looks good. I'm a big fan of saturated somewhat abstract snaps. Cool texture and shapes.
Here is my attempt to do motion blur. The little girl swirled, I focused on the background, slow shutterspeed (1/30) and aperture of 5.6
I love the picture. It might not be perfect, but for me it works.
I did a course with Annabel Williams on Monday, a day class, and it was so great. I learned so much.
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Just enough to indicate motion.
300mph in 3 seconds will get you some blur!
The tall tail wing made it difficult to acheive a pleasing crop. I think I'll revisit this one.
A lot of intentional blur, here. Depth of field is too narrow. My focus point could be better; left camera on *one shot* focus by mistake instead of usual predictive focus for panning.
Wide angle blur!
performer at a club in nyc. "Musician's Soul"
street shot, NYC "Walkin on By"-
tunnel from tour bus in china "warp zone"
May Day in NYC, outdoor party. "Vintage Hands"
Bladerunner Bikers, Shanghai- China.
"Silence Screams Color" - I was in Av Mode from taking shots in the city, turned around a corner saw a mime had a split second to just frame and snap. maybe i should have followed him and set up shots, but i like this cause it was pure spontaneous street shooting
Gear
*Canon 40D: 17-55IS - 70-300IS - 100mm Macro - Sigma 10-20EX
*Imagination
"Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter."
Ansel Adams
Athos, some sweet work there. Blade Runner and the subway tunnel really caught my eye.
Sir, you got it just right, face relatively sharp, all else blur.
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1/80s f/10 ISO 200 78mm
Anything faster than 1/80 for this pony at a canter was not slow enough for sufficient blur.
Enjoy!
Riding Oreo
Here is one I took last year in Millville Minnesota, at the AMA Pro National, hosted by Spring Creek Motocross Park. It's Ricky Carmichael blasting a berm at 1/30 F14 @ ISO 100. Shot with my Canon 20D & 70-200L F2.8 IS.
No PS was used by the way, well except for the matte and type.
And yes it's my avatar too....I really like this one.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. at Texas Motor Speedway this past April.
It's not tack sharp, but it's hard to pan with a car going 200 mph!
-UJ
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And one from last weekends wedding
Just saw this thread, thought I would add to the fun...
Bob
Gotta admit that this blur was unintentional but the guy liked it so much that I worked it up for him'
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Oly E500, Auto WB, Oly 40-150mm f4.5 @1/20th sec. ISO 1600
Cheers, Bob
I really must try panning technique one day. It looks cool.
http://images.theglobeandmail.com/v5/images/newspaper/20060626/sectionS-490.jpg
I like the angle, too, makes it seem like the track is banked, and it's not.
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Mach 2 on a tricycle:
Nice form!
And the very big push!
Here's one I took in winter at the Natural History Museum in London
becuase the fuli doesn't handle low light well, I balanced the camera on the hand rail. I din't have the tripod to hand. I just waited for people to go round & poreessed the shutter & hoped!!
EDIT
here's another one
Iconic Creative
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"To be creative means the ability to remain thirsty and to want more, never be content...you keep on seeing, discovering and understanding the joy of creativity"
Raghu Rai