Lets See Some Motion Blur

[JR6ooo4]

i took out the image to save room but great shot! like the composition also with the old and new buildings so how'd you do this? just shot when the truck was starting to pass? once it's above 20 degrees i might venture out to try some of these again

Thanks for the comments. It was a "one try" dealy. I heard the fire engine coming, checked quickly its direction then focused on the building and had to wait about 5 seconds until I thought it was about the right timing.

It was 8 degrees for a high temp that day. Here is me bundled up:

backpack, tripod, boots and a few jackets and my first digital camera. all reflected in a window. It was so cold the lubricant in the swivel part of the tripod was so cold it would not swivel! Resulting in shots like this (with missed parts):

thanks for looking and I enjoyed other blurrs here, as well. More to add to my "must shoot" list for next trip. I think I am out of time, have to start skipping meals now, to get them all.

Mikeeee

 

[Lachesis00]

Oppps

Water is in focus LOL. I think my focal point was wrong.

 

[jann1033]

motion blur of a different feather

 

[mossy1]

 

[Dolce27]

Technique called panning. You focus on the moving subject then follow it with your camera keeping the subject in the center of your view finder (or in the case of most PnS cameras, center of the LCD screen). You usually want to use a shutter speed of about 1/60th or so, depending on how fast the subject is moving and how far away from it you are. If the shutter is to fast then the background wont be blurry.

Any tips for panning if you are not using a digital? I understand the concept of panning but using a non digital SLR - I can't see the image through the camera with the shutter open.

 

[tzuhouse]

Posted this on another thread and someone said to post it here.

Mary

 

[KimAshton]

Wow these are amazing.

 

[Gdad]

Posted this on another thread and someone said to post it here.

Mary

I love that shot!

 

[MommytoMJM]

Okay, one of my resolutions this year is to get more brave about putting my photography out there, so here is one from me. I have only been shooting with a *good* camera since the end of November.

I hope it's okay....

The EXIF data says is was 3/10ths of a second, F 3.2, Focal length 9.5, no flash.

It was taken by my Canon Powershot S2 IS (my precious!)

 

[handicap18]

Any tips for panning if you are not using a digital? I understand the concept of panning but using a non digital SLR - I can't see the image through the camera with the shutter open.

The shutter wouldn't be open long enough for you to even notice. You follow the subject keeping it in the center of the view finder then snap the picture when you feel necessary. Or if you follow the subject starting from your left, then snap the picture when the subject is in front of you and continue moving after you've snapped the picture. The motion of you moving the camera is what makes the background blurry and keeps the subject in focus, thus you pan as fast as the subject moves. The faster the subject moves the more dramatic the blur becomes. Typically on a normal day, start with a 1/60th shutter then play around from there depending on the lighting and lens used. With that shutter speed the shutter wont interfere with your view through the viewfinder.

Remember, panning has been around a LOT longer than digital has. Also a dSLR does not (except for a select few Minolta or Olympus models if forget which) use the LCD as a view finder, you can only use it like a film SLR.

 

[Dolce27]

The shutter wouldn't be open long enough for you to even notice. You follow the subject keeping it in the center of the view finder then snap the picture when you feel necessary. Or if you follow the subject starting from your left, then snap the picture when the subject is in front of you and continue moving after you've snapped the picture. The motion of you moving the camera is what makes the background blurry and keeps the subject in focus, thus you pan as fast as the subject moves. The faster the subject moves the more dramatic the blur becomes. Typically on a normal day, start with a 1/60th shutter then play around from there depending on the lighting and lens used. With that shutter speed the shutter wont interfere with your view through the viewfinder.

Remember, panning has been around a LOT longer than digital has. Also a dSLR does not (except for a select few Minolta or Olympus models if forget which) use the LCD as a view finder, you can only use it like a film SLR.

Thanks.

 

[handicap18]

Here are 2 I took last week. These came out the best. it was a little tough taking them from a moving object. Was one a high speed ferry doing about 35-40 knots. Those bouy's come at you quick at that speed.

 

[wdwpluto]

My first attempt at panning. Not quite what I was going for, but I like the surreality (is that a word?) of it.

 

[klmall]

 

[mvazul]

My first post on the photography board!!!

Three from inside Spaceship Earth:

One from Nemo:

And one non-Disney - my DS's basketball game (his coach and a teammate talking):

 

[handicap18]

Its always good to bring back to the front some older threads that are fun:

Took this last weekend on the way home from the Red Sox game. Got stuck waiting for over 1/2 an hour for the "T" to show up. It finally did.

Used my P&S Canon S30 set ontop of a trashcan. Didn't have to worry about camera shake when pressing the shutter becuase of the awful shutter lag. Anyway. Set it to Tv and used I believe 1.3 seconds at f/8. ISO was 100 IIRC. This is Boston's orange line North Station outbound at around 1:20am:

 

[jann1033]

look close for the motion blur

 

[fitzperry]

Nice job Kyle. I like how bright it is--very clean and modern looking, though I'm on dh's uncalibrated laptop, so who knows what it really looks like?

Didn't have to worry about camera shake when pressing the shutter becuase of the awful shutter lag.

 

[fitzperry]

look close for the motion blur

Ewwww!

 

[Corey10112]

Here is my favorite picture from our last trip in October '06. I probably should have lowered the ISO and tried to get a slightly longer exposure. Still, I don't think it's too bad for using a trash can and my fingers for a make-shift tripod.