Motion Blurs...

[maczippy]

Okay, lets see your examples.

I've been discussing in another post with Bill about using motion blur artistically to help isolate the subject, and so I thought I'd start a thread where we could discuss motion blur.

I personally am a big fan of motion blur and use it extensively in what I do as it speaks movement and tells the story. It also helps remove lousy backgrounds and gives an image dynamic.

So here are a couple of examples...

http://www.whimwham.com/epn/reining_rider_exepn.jpg

Technicals:

Canon 1D, 70-200IS f2.8L, f25:1/50, Shutter Priority, ISO200, FL175,

In PS CS, In RAW, added a little warmth and that's it!

Converted, some additional saturation, sharpened and saved for web.

From our trip to Belgium/Spa/Brugge

http://www.whimwham.com/epn/bel/sights/carriage_ride_bruges2_epn.jpg

Canon 1D - 24-70f2.8 F14:1/30, Shutter Priority, ISO200,

I'll dig some bikes and other subject matter up...

Andrew :)

[Andy]

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/5054504-L.jpg

good thread! nice work, too :D

[maczippy]

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/5054504-S.jpg

good thread! nice work, too :D


I like that! Very cool and very subtle....

Andrew :)

[Nir]

Beautiful shots guys!

This is one I took on the first night of a photography workshop in Ireland last year. It was in a pub in Dublin and we were pretty excited about the atmosphere the Guiness created, both in the pub and in our minds :wink
http://niralon.smugmug.com/photos/3253709-L.jpg
The Guiness was the main attraction!

[KMCC]

I took this back on July 4th at the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta:

http://www.pbase.com/kent/image/30914512.jpg

[cmr164]

From my Sep04 cruise from NYC to the Bahamas

http://www.iisc.com/BK_WEDDING/15/images/IH9T4153.jpg

And another night..

http://www.iisc.com/BK_WEDDING/16-17/images/IH9T4629.jpg

[cmr164]

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/5054504-S.jpg

good thread! nice work, too :D
Andy, this is just outstanding! Did you send it to Kodak?

[cmr164]

Beautiful shots guys!

This is one I took on the first night of a photography workshop in Ireland last year. It was in a pub in Dublin and we were pretty excited about the atmosphere the Guiness created, both in the pub and in our minds :wink
http://niralon.smugmug.com/photos/3253709-S.jpg
The Guiness was the main attraction!
What a great take on Guiness. I really like this shot.

[ginger_55]

such a wonderful topic. I will blur everything. Or more to the point, if a subject must be blurred, various reasons, not always the tripod one, and/or I find I have blurred a subject, I can love it. Stationary motion is often a ballet,that is MHO.

ginger

http://gingerSnap.smugmug.com/photos/9041741-L.jpg

The concert comes to the people, and the end of a set.

http://gingerSnap.smugmug.com/photos/9016694-L.jpg
Sax In Motion:

http://gingerSnap.smugmug.com/photos/9016693-L.jpg


g

[digismile]

Would make a fine poster for a Jazz festival Ginger:thumb

http://gingersnap.smugmug.com/photos/9016693-L.jpg

Brad

[DJ-S1]

http://gingersnap.smugmug.com/photos/9016693-M.jpgWow! This is fantastic, Ginger! :thumb

[mercphoto]

I've been discussing in another post with Bill about using motion blur artistically to help isolate the subject, and so I thought I'd start a thread where we could discuss motion blur.

I've used motion blur myself with race cars. I've been having a lot of trouble with the dirt bikes however, with all the bouncing around they do. It seems like nothing stays put and the picture all looks fuzzy. I think my issue with the dirt bikes is more a matter of timing, finding a point where at least something in the image will stay "predictable" so I can pan with that. Andy mentioned the apex of a jump as an example. His horse and carriage example was quite nice because the torso's of the horses are relatively motionless while the legs are kicking. Maybe I can find a point where the driver's head or torso will be predictable in motion and let the rest blur around it.

Here is some football motion blur that worked out well:
http://mercphoto.smugmug.com/photos/8865580-M-2.jpg

[photocat]

What is that fan like thing Andy on your picture?
I love the shot. I will look for something blurred tomorrow, it is cribtime here in UK...
I have studied your photograph, and keep wondering what that round thing is. Is it a plastic thing on a window? A fan? A ventilator?
I love all the motion shots posted so far... Hope to see lots more tomorrow

[Andy]

Andy, this is just outstanding! Did you send it to Kodak?

no, i didn't think to send this one :D thanks for the kind words!

[Andy]

What is that fan like thing Andy on your picture?
I love the shot. I will look for something blurred tomorrow, it is cribtime here in UK...
I have studied your photograph, and keep wondering what that round thing is. Is it a plastic thing on a window? A fan? A ventilator?
I love all the motion shots posted so far... Hope to see lots more tomorrow

it's a ferris wheel, in the dead of winter. i made it go round n round with photoshop :D

[maczippy]

it's a ferris wheel, in the dead of winter. i made it go round n round with photoshop :D


HEY!!! That's cheating :rofl

[maczippy]

Here's another.........

http://www.whimwham.com/epn/cavalia45_epn.jpg

Andrew :)

[Andy]

HEY!!! That's cheating :rofl

hah! see next post.

[Andy]

here are some of my favorite shots that show movement, one of my favorite things to do with my camera!

the shine
http://www.moonriverphotography.com/photos/3921019-L.jpg

the skaters
http://www.moonriverphotography.com/photos/4051462-L.jpg

in a hurry
http://www.moonriverphotography.com/photos/4051459-L.jpg

the 12:09 hudson line express
http://www.moonriverphotography.com/photos/4051465-L.jpg

[ginger_55]

I am thinking of using this as a Christmas Card. I took it on the train, fresh, lol, just for this,:D on Sunday, came Amtrak from Charleston, SC to Alexandria. Got on the train at 5 AM, had my camera out by 6 AM. This woman was entertaining her baby, she was a very willing subject. Note the baby's hand, I love that little hand reaching for his mama.

ginger
http://gingerSnap.smugmug.com/photos/10087101-L.jpg

[KMCC]

This one blurred out a bit too much, but while we're posting these, I might as well add it too. This one was taken 2 weeks ago at the U.S. Australian Football Championship Tournament.

http://www.pbase.com/kent/image/34882088.jpg

[hutchman]

A couple I took earlier this year.


http://photohutch.smugmug.com/photos/3780557-M.jpg


http://photohutch.smugmug.com/photos/3781091-M.jpg

Hutch

[happysnapper]

I want to say to all the people whose photographs appear in this thread... you have all captured single moments of art. I love each of these shots, and you have inspired me to go out and give it a go. Hooray! Yipee!

:clap :clap :clap

[mercphoto]

A couple I took earlier this year.

Sigh. If I only knew you when I was kart racing myself. I have images of me on the kart, but none with that type of motion in them. That photog was using too high a shutter speed on almost every shot I have from him.

[maczippy]

Here's one more...

http://www.whimwham.com/atlasf1/65Cobra.jpg

1965 Cobra...

Andrew :)

[happysnapper]

I really love this thread, and wondered if anyone had any tips for taking these type of photographs????:dunno


Any ideas/thoughts/tips appreciated!!!

Cheers

[maczippy]

I really love this thread, and wondered if anyone had any tips for taking these type of photographs????:dunno


Any ideas/thoughts/tips appreciated!!!

Cheers

Practice. Practice. Practice.
It's akin to skeet shooting.

For motor-racing/horses here's what I do:

I would suggest simply try shooting cars on a roadway to get the lateral/horizontal panning down pat (the idea being to maintain and follow through a horizontal plane whilst maintaining accuacy with your subject)

For example, with the motoracing shots I may keep a "target/focus" on the door number/roundell and follow through whilst shooting. I do not necessarily press the shutter button more than once or twice as with practice you should be able to simply follow through with your camera and simply "pink" (as in pinking) off a shot where you want it say in either mid arc (if subject is going through a corner) or in mid plane (if subject is running left to right).

Depending on your subject (because your panning has to match the relative "speed" of your subject and maintain the same spot through the sweep to enable either some or all of the subject to remain in focus whilst the background/whatever is blurred) your shutter speed will vary between say 1/60 through 1/250. This depends on whether you have IS or not, or have an incredibly steady hand (I do and have panned as low as 1/10 - see the Cavalia shot I posted).

But once you get this technque down it's incredibly useful and can create images that are so different because other compenents of the image take on a different "look"

Andrew :)

[maczippy]

One more............

http://www.whimwham.com/atlasf1/58Ferrari250TR.jpg

Andrew :)

[KMCC]

Another one from the archives

http://www.pbase.com/kent/image/28317231.jpg

[KMCC]

Here's a couple more from last summer's Tour de Georgia Cycling Race

http://www.pbase.com/kent/image/28317239.jpg

One of the team chase cars

http://www.pbase.com/kent/image/28317242.jpg

[ginger_55]

1600 ISO from the second floor overlooking gymnastics class in a huge bldg.

http://gingersnap.smugmug.com/photos/10146315-L.jpg


http://gingersnap.smugmug.com/photos/10146314-L.jpg


http://gingerSnap.smugmug.com/photos/10146583-L.jpg


http://gingerSnap.smugmug.com/photos/10146585-L.jpg


http://gingerSnap.smugmug.com/photos/10146576-L.jpg

[hutchman]

Sigh. If I only knew you when I was kart racing myself. I have images of me on the kart, but none with that type of motion in them. That photog was using too high a shutter speed on almost every shot I have from him.
The second image is of my son. He started kart racing at 5 years old and has competed off and on since. I hope to take a bunch of kart pictures next year, my work load will not be as heavy on the weekends. I have put my employer on a new work schedule. I'm only going to work 40 hrs/wk! :wink :wink :wink

Hutch

[Head in the Clouds]

I tried doing this with my dogs running on the beach the other week, but couldn't work out how to get the dogs in focus ? I know it sounds stupid, but because they were either running towards me to away from me, and I couldn't predict where they were going to go, i couldn't get the auto focus to focus quickly enough, and when it did focus, the dogs where long gone! (and no, i can't manual focus faster than the auto!:wxwax )
Is it possible to get this kind of effect on subjects where you can't predict their flow of movement? I'm assuming that you focus on where you know the subject will be before it actually gets there, keep the shutter button half way down to the camera keeps the focus setting, then pan and take the shot when the subject comes into the original focus frame? (does that make sense?!:scratch )

Here's an example of what i did get: (as you can see, dogs are blurry, background not so blurry! what did i do wrong???!!!:dunno :scratch )

[ginger_55]

I have done it with my dogs, it is not my goal, however. And the focus is never as sharp as with a go cart or race car.

Also, I am handholding in those situations, of course I am, like last night. Those are some of the best motion shots I have gotten. They are of my grandkids, at gymnastics, lens 80-300 mostly all out, I looked and I was handholding at about 1/30th. There is blur, blur can be good, shows action. I have IS, stability, on my lens, it will not let me pan easily.

I just want photos of the kids in a difficult situation. Hey, I remembered to put it on 1600 ISO for the shots, and I remembered to put it back to 100 ISO last night. That is big for me right there.

Dogs are harder, don't know why. Maybe because they do come "at" you. I have even read that digitals focus better at subjects moving horizontally rather than towards you.

I will look to see if I have any blurred dog shots. (They have to be on smugmug or I can't get to them, yet.) Don't want to look anyway. I do know that I usually stop action with them, the blurred ones are super blurred, not really appreciated all that much by most.

So, I will look for blurred dog shots (one dog might be easier than two), please look at my gymnastic shots......... I like them, think they came out very well considering.

Today is yucky, my daughter wants to walk around the Mall in DC. I just want to drive around it. I kinda thought cars were made to keep rain out and save leg work, especially since no shot here is going to even come close to a challenge shot. I love to use my car to "see" things.

I will be at a friend's tonight, probably no computer.

Cheerio,
ginger

[ginger_55]

I know I have some, but they are not on smugmug. They are usually taken indoors, lower light, and I am just playing with the picture taking. This was taken last spring, before dgrin, before I learned frames were not the great things I had thought. I do like this framed.

IMO, the action here, lots of dogs running the fence, but the action is shown by the one dog, Skye (my heartdog) who is on the right side and is all out running. My dogs are Katie, Summer, Skye and Merry Chapel. My daughter owns Pugs, this is Charlotte daughter, not DC.

The "real" way to blur something, particularly the background, is to use a tripod, never have one with me, certainly don't care for it with the dogs. And you have it set up to pan with the dogs, cars, what have you. My subjects, as you mentioned, they are unpredictable. You can blur the background to show motion, blur the whole subject (see Earnest Haas work) or blur a part of the subject. In the case of gymnastics just let it blur. They are all proven techniques.

Most of my blurred dogs are playing at fighting, fun to watch.

Good Luck, I looked, please look at my gymnastic shots. Others will give you detailed ideas on how to blur your dogs, this is just my experience.

ginger
http://gingerSnap.smugmug.com/photos/5073026-L.jpg

[mercphoto]

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Ok, I practiced a lot last night. Started at 1/250, worked down to 1/125. Took about 167 photos, kept about 21 as great pans, and another 30 as decent.

http://mercphoto.smugmug.com/photos/10152138-M.jpg
http://mercphoto.smugmug.com/photos/10153581-M.jpg

More at: http://mercphoto.smugmug.com/gallery/258270

[maczippy]

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Ok, I practiced a lot last night. Started at 1/250, worked down to 1/125. Took about 167 photos, kept about 21 as great pans, and another 30 as decent.

http://mercphoto.smugmug.com/photos/10152138-M.jpg
http://mercphoto.smugmug.com/photos/10153581-M.jpg

More at: http://mercphoto.smugmug.com/gallery/258270

Much better!!!

Good work....

Do you see how the images pop a little more? In post if you up the saturation and contrast they'll really jump out at you then...

Excellent...

Andrew :)

[DJ-S1]

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Make sure external linking is turned on. Sharing is different, I believe.

[ginger_55]

I tried doing this with my dogs running on the beach the other week, but couldn't work out how to get the dogs in focus ? Here's an example of what i did get: (as you can see, dogs are blurry, background not so blurry! what did i do wrong???!!!:dunno :scratch )Hi, Kate, I am on a friend's computer... real fast, I want to tell you I got bunches of blurred dogs. All you need to do is take the pictures too late at night and forget to set your ISO. Will post them after I return home. Cheers.
Ginger

Have a sec so will add that I took more pictures of the dogs this morning, same place, proper settings. Those dogs were chasing a ball super fast, Corgis who do agility. Even with the setting at cloudy, ISO 200, etc. Don't know the shutter speed, yet, had it on AV, won't upload til Sunday at my own home, but even doing everything I thought was right there is still blur.

If you have a dog that fast, lol. You start following them as they begin the run, pan and shoot the whole way. That way, you hopefully get some clarity to make the blurred background and feet acceptable.

I am quite happy with the pictures I got this AM, some totally unacceptable, but enough that I like to make me very happy. Big red ball being chased by the fastest Corgis I have ever seen.

ginger (Oh, to get blur you do need a slow enough shutter speed that goes with the amt of movement. Some people use filters, density or something. I just used fast dogs.:rofl )

[tmlphoto]

[QUOTE=mercphoto
Ok, I practiced a lot last night. Started at 1/250, worked down to 1/125. Took about 167 photos, kept about 21 as great pans, and another 30 as decent.[/QUOTE]
Nice work Bill. Great pans and nice wheel motion. Looks like you have it nailed.:thumb

[Sam]

Here's another.........

http://www.whimwham.com/epn/cavalia45_epn.jpg

Andrew :)
This I like! :clap :clap :clap

Sam

[happysnapper]

This I like! :clap :clap :clap

Sam
Ditto for me...

(I couldnt help but be drawn back to Elrond from Lord of the Rings)

[Head in the Clouds]

Ok, i took about 100 shots, and this is the only one i'm satisfied with! (and its not that great)
Am I limited in my ability to take these kinds of shots because my camera will only go from f2.8 - 8? I'm assuming if I could get a smaller appature, i could decrease the shutter spd even more? The lowest speed I could get was 1/80 and it still didn't blur all that much ........ ?
:dunno

[ginger_55]

Ok, i took about 100 shots, and this is the only one i'm satisfied with! (and its not that great)
Am I limited in my ability to take these kinds of shots because my camera will only go from f2.8 - 8? I'm assuming if I could get a smaller appature, i could decrease the shutter spd even more? The lowest speed I could get was 1/80 and it still didn't blur all that much ........ ?
:dunno
1/80 won't blur much for me, unless I have very fast dogs, :roll , and I still haven't checked the speed I used on them.

Have you tried as it gets darker, perhaps the shutter speed will get darker then.
I need about 1/30 to get blur, or lower actually. The blur is only happening while the shutter is still open, so with the camera on a tripod and a long time, like a second or so, you will get much more blur. That would be more than would suit me as I don't use a tripod much. But it would be great for car lights, race cars and stuff, with a tripod. Then you might want to try the shutter even slower. I don't know what your camera can do, but it will show the speed according to the light and the aperture, at that time. So you might get a slower speed with less light. Of course, you do need something to photograph, car lights would be good for experimentation?

Am going home today. See ya all,
ginger

[ginger_55]

This I like! :clap :clap :clap

Sam
I do love the horses and girl, the one posted by MacZippy. (sp)

Loved it at the beginning. Lynnsite had something similar, I thought, for the last challenge. Love them all.

ginger:clap :thumb

[cletus]

http://www.moonriverphotography.com/photos/4051465-S.jpg Well I'll be.... All those photography books weren't lying about the amount of blur being related to distance from the camera :lol3

[cletus]

http://ab0wa.smugmug.com/photos/3143300-M.jpg


http://ab0wa.smugmug.com/photos/7377720-M.jpg

[hutchman]

Cletus,

The second picture RAWKS! Great blur, but what an expression on her face!

Hutch

[photocat]

I love the expression of the lady. You can really see that she has a good time. What a great shot. The blur is perfect, and you just inspired me... to use the whirly gig... Bright colors too. Everything matches in that photograph :clap :clap

[Nir]

Another one from Ireland.

Can you see the ghost passing in front of the cross?

http://niralon.smugmug.com/photos/3260182-L.jpg

[cletus]

Nice one Nir! I love the shoe in the bottom left of the picture :thumb

[Nir]

http://ab0wa.smugmug.com/photos/7377720-M.jpgThis one is fantastic! What an expression!

[happysnapper]

my first attempt at motion blur... the shutter could be open for longer to get a better blur effect... but Im happy with it for a first time (and it was shot through a glass door).

Yvette

[wxwax]

Practice. Practice. Practice.
It's akin to skeet shooting.

For motor-racing/horses here's what I do:

I would suggest simply try shooting cars on a roadway to get the lateral/horizontal panning down pat (the idea being to maintain and follow through a horizontal plane whilst maintaining accuacy with your subject)

For example, with the motoracing shots I may keep a "target/focus" on the door number/roundell and follow through whilst shooting. I do not necessarily press the shutter button more than once or twice as with practice you should be able to simply follow through with your camera and simply "pink" (as in pinking) off a shot where you want it say in either mid arc (if subject is going through a corner) or in mid plane (if subject is running left to right).

Depending on your subject (because your panning has to match the relative "speed" of your subject and maintain the same spot through the sweep to enable either some or all of the subject to remain in focus whilst the background/whatever is blurred) your shutter speed will vary between say 1/60 through 1/250. This depends on whether you have IS or not, or have an incredibly steady hand (I do and have panned as low as 1/10 - see the Cavalia shot I posted).

But once you get this technque down it's incredibly useful and can create images that are so different because other compenents of the image take on a different "look"

Andrew :)


Great advice! :thumb I've played with it a few times, and noticed that beyond the required steady hand, the trick is figuring out the best shutter speed. As Mac said, it really does seem to vary according to the speed of your subject.... and your focal length.

[wxwax]

Here's one I played with a few weeks ago.

http://wxwax.smugmug.com/photos/7098524-L.jpg

[wxwax]

And another.

http://wxwax.smugmug.com/photos/7101604-M.jpg

[wxwax]

I'm still not sure if this one works or not. There's something about it that I like.

http://wxwax.smugmug.com/photos/7153651-M.jpg

And I like the idea behind this one... my wider shots with more people ignoring the guy never quite came together. As Andy's current sig quote says, you have to organize the elements properly for the shot to work.

http://wxwax.smugmug.com/photos/6594999-M.jpg

And I must confess that when we did the motion blur Challenge, this one was was my favorite....

http://wxwax.smugmug.com/photos/5581283-M.jpg

... even though I listened to feedback and ended up submitting this one instead.

http://wxwax.smugmug.com/photos/5582126-M.jpg

I'm really grateful to Andy for having made Movement a Challenge. Without his prompting, I might never have tried shooting blur. As it is, I've become quite fond of it.

[ginger_55]

http://wxwax.smugmug.com/photos/7098524-S.jpgHere's one I played with a few weeks ago.


Sid, I really like this one, no clue why, seems to be the opposite of what we usually try to do, you know blur the background and keep the moving object in focus.

But I really like it.

And now I like the same one you did/do for that Challenge that I had forgotten all about, smile.

But I like the car better.

ginger

[cmr164]

Here's one I played with a few weeks ago.

http://wxwax.smugmug.com/photos/7098524-S.jpg
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?

[cmr164]

I'm still not sure if this one works or not. There's something about it that I like.

http://wxwax.smugmug.com/photos/7153651-S.jpg

...

And I must confess that when we did the motion blur Challenge, this one was was my favorite....

http://wxwax.smugmug.com/photos/5581283-S.jpg

I'm really grateful to Andy for having made Movement a Challenge. Without his prompting, I might never have tried shooting blur. As it is, I've become quite fond of it. The top one really does work. I think the line of the ceiling curving down from the top left and the solitude of the vehicle add a lot. Your blur shots are just plain outstanding and I think I do agree with your choice of a favorite.

Andy's challenges were/are a great idea and you are right that just the existance of the challenge lets us think more. Even though I will not be participating in the challenges dierectly I will be offering my thoughts on photos and probably asking opinions on shots of my. The dynaics leading up to the selection and voting are where I see the highest level of benefit.

[Andy]

Well I'll be.... All those photography books weren't lying about the amount of blur being related to distance from the camera :lol3

yes, and you'd be surprised at how many folks tell me that i faked the blur on this shot :D

[ginger_55]

That car that works............it looks to me like it is on a conveyor (sp) belt.

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.

[wxwax]

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! :D

[johnnydanger]

My recent B/W motion blurs.

http://www.johnnydanger.net/dgrin/4.jpg
http://www.johnnydanger.net/dgrin/5.jpg
http://www.johnnydanger.net/dgrin/6.jpg

[maczippy]

Here's a few bikes for you SBK fans....

http://www.whimwham.com/atlasf1/laguna_alex_f2_atlas.jpg

http://www.whimwham.com/atlasf1/laguna_jakez2_atlas.jpg

http://www.whimwham.com/atlasf1/laguna_jamieh_atlas.jpg

Andrew :)

[Andy]

My recent B/W motion blurs.

http://www.johnnydanger.net/dgrin/6.jpg

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 :clap

[johnnydanger]

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 :clap


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.

http://www.johnnydanger.net/dgrin/IMG_2263_bw.jpg

[Aaron Wilson]

do you use a filter to blur the picture? or that the blur as the pic is taken?

[happysnapper]

Nice Shots of the bands....



my attempt 2 of motion blur

[johnnydanger]

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.

[johnnydanger]

Nice Shots of the bands....
my attempt 2 of motion blur

Looks good. I'm a big fan of saturated somewhat abstract snaps. Cool texture and shapes.

[happysnapper]

Looks good. I'm a big fan of saturated somewhat abstract snaps. Cool texture and shapes.
Me too.

[photocat]

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.

[galaxycowpoke]

It's a blurfest!

Just enough to indicate motion.

http://shaunsaxon.com/images/airshow2005/w8_1115.jpg

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.

http://shaunsaxon.com/images/gatornat2005/web_top-fuel-c1.jpg

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.

http://shaunsaxon.com/images/jennings/web/web8_032cp_jengp.jpg

Wide angle blur!

http://shaunsaxon.com/images/jennings/web/w6_567cp_bw2_jengp.jpg

[galaxycowpoke]

Daughter riding her new bike.

[galaxycowpoke]

Just the throwing arm in motion.

http://shaunsaxon.com/images/gator-practice-08-2005/web_leak_050813_0481.jpg

[athos]

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"

http://athos.smugmug.com/photos/76445717-L.jpg


street shot, NYC "Walkin on By"-

http://athos.smugmug.com/photos/73407041-L.jpg

tunnel from tour bus in china "warp zone"

http://athos.smugmug.com/photos/73406034-L.jpg



May Day in NYC, outdoor party. "Vintage Hands"

http://athos.smugmug.com/photos/73406858-L.jpg


Bladerunner Bikers, Shanghai- China.

http://athos.smugmug.com/photos/73405527-L.jpg


"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

http://athos.smugmug.com/photos/73406902-L.jpg

[SirArmstrong]

My attempt at motion blur....took a few times...

http://sirarmstrong.smugmug.com/photos/76269697-L.jpg

[wxwax]

Great thread!

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.

[galaxycowpoke]

I made this one on Christmas day last year.

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

http://shaunsaxon.com/images/horses/w8_022_051225.jpg

[Jeffro]

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.

http://leiningerphotos.smugmug.com/photos/76849339-L.jpg

No PS was used by the way, well except for the matte and type. :D

And yes it's my avatar too....I really like this one.

[UncleJake]

Cool topic, I'll play...

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!

http://unclejake.smugmug.com/photos/76890559-L.jpg

-UJ

[winger]

I know breaks my cardinal rule of making sure i have pretty backgrounds..but i was bored on day at softball...

http://winger.smugmug.com/photos/36814953-M-1.jpg

And one from last weekends wedding
http://winger.smugmug.com/photos/76645365-M-1.jpg

[AlanGlazier]

Just saw this thread, thought I would add to the fun...

http://alanglazier.smugmug.com/photos/74866457-L.jpg
http://alanglazier.smugmug.com/photos/74716214-L.jpg
http://alanglazier.smugmug.com/photos/74716247-L.jpg

[Bob&Glennie]

This I like! :clap :clap :clap

Sam
Ya! Me too... really a lot.

Bob

[Bob&Glennie]

Gotta admit that this blur was unintentional but the guy liked it so much that I worked it up for him'

13397
Oly E500, Auto WB, Oly 40-150mm f4.5 @1/20th sec. ISO 1600

Cheers, Bob

[Spagbag]

Here's an attempt at motion blur:
http://bella.smugmug.com/photos/18097405-M.jpg

I really must try panning technique one day. It looks cool.

[wxwax]

For a really cool take on blur, check out this photo from the Formula 1 race in Montreal this weekend. Very creative, most excellent.

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.

[glowbelly]

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:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b248/glowbelly/jacob/separationanxietysmall.jpg

[photon]

Mach 2 on a tricycle:

http://ckrawchuk.smugmug.com/photos/71042800-L.jpg

Nice form!

http://ckrawchuk.smugmug.com/photos/72071264-L.jpg

And the very big push!

http://ckrawchuk.smugmug.com/photos/71044594-L.jpg

[vangogh]

Here's one I took in winter at the Natural History Museum in London

http://IconicCreative.smugmug.com/photos/49057321-M.jpg

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!! :D

EDIT

here's another one
http://IconicCreative.smugmug.com/photos/49057318-M.jpg

[galla47]

I haven't posted a shot in a while, and I think I took a good one for this thread a few weeks ago:

http://www.smugmug.com/photos/77775219-L.jpg