A member recently posted some photos using the Adamski Effect on the photos to obtain motion blur throughout the picture, but not a select subject. I thought this looked like some fun to play around with, but it turns out to be a real time-burner.

The picture is of my friend Teton Ken and his Donkey, Mary walking down a path from the old Stamp Mill at the Superstition Mountain Museum in Apache Junction, Arizona. To get the effect, I 'selected' them using Affinity Photo. Once I was satisfied with my selection, I saved the selected image as a PNG then deleted the selection.
Then I reversed the selection to include the entire image.
Next I selected the 'Motion Blur' from the Layers tab and gave it a value of 200.
Next was to recall the PNG and get it back where it was initially.
The second image is the 'Before' shot.

It took a lot of experimenting since I couldn't fine a YouTube to help me out, but the results are a fun learning process.

Jack Olson

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Best day of my life was when I sold my snowblower LOL
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That's a perfect example of why I left Wisconsin for Arizona

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Hi Ed, I've been shooting that event for a couple of years now. The upper parking lot is closed for the event, so parking should be in the lower lots. It gets pretty crowded, but the best viewing is from the deck on the back of the Mammoth Saloon. Gunfights are still taking place in the main street starting at noon and on the hour after that.

The weather this year may be a problem as it's expected to be cold and rainy on Sunday and may keep the numbers of horses lower. I use my staple 24-105 lens on a Canon M6 with the cropped lens while shooting from the deck, wider will show more horses and zoom will show more detail. Best shots will include Superstition Mountain in the background.

Jack Olson

My favorite shot from 2023

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Thanks custodian, it's always a fun place to visit.

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Thanks Moondoggie.

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Thanks for stopping and looking Blair.

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Yup Barre, it was a good time for sure.

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Thanks rdemarco52, Camera and settings: My camera is the Canon M6 mark ll shooting with ISO 2,000. f/8. Aperture Priority so the camera set the shutter duration. Editing was done using Affinity Photo ver. 2.3. The final shot, of the train returning to the station, was taken with my Pixel 7 cellphone (handheld). A sturdy tripod was used throughout.

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Thanks for the reply Dennis, I had to select these shots from several. The editing was a bit of a challenge though.

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Thanks Don, I had a fun evening shooting the lights.

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Thanks joecichir, glad you liked them.

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Thanks Earnest Botello, I had a fun evening shooting the lights.

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Thanks GeneB, it's a pretty unique Ghost Town as it was built on the original site of a producing gold mine.

Jack Olson