Purposeful camera movement when shooting
Sep 1, 2016 12:56:34 #
These are my first two attempts using digital, many moons ago I attempted same with film and color slides using the old Pentax; any tips, other than don't do it!
The first one was of Bull Rushes, 1/8 at f32 100mm, moved directly down
The second was same Bull Rushes, 1/6 at f32 100, moved down and to the right.
The first one was of Bull Rushes, 1/8 at f32 100mm, moved directly down
The second was same Bull Rushes, 1/6 at f32 100, moved down and to the right.
Sep 1, 2016 12:59:48 #
Sep 1, 2016 13:05:37 #
These look interesting. I like driving thru a large city at night, and when there are a lot of lights I move my camera in various ways. Zoom in and out. Using both short and long exposures. I think they will make interesting backgrounds for composites.
Sep 1, 2016 14:24:21 #
jim quist wrote:
These look interesting. I like driving thru a large city at night, and when there are a lot of lights I move my camera in various ways. Zoom in and out. Using both short and long exposures. I think they will make interesting backgrounds for composites.
my immediate thought was the same... while they might not stand on their own, they look like they produce excellent textures. Love the mood, light, dynamic feeling of motion in them.
Sep 1, 2016 16:49:04 #
I agree that they won't stand on there own as a background it will give the right spark. I also think that if you keep experimenting with this procedure you will get one to blow this community away. By the way zooming in and out was mentioned; that could be enlisted in this experiment also.
I think you are on to something
I think you are on to something
Sep 1, 2016 19:06:09 #
Its raining quite hard here in the bush so I spent a few minutes searching my photos and few more minutes on the computer, here it is..... for better or worse.
Sep 1, 2016 22:23:21 #
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Sep 1, 2016 22:42:01 #
tramsey wrote:
I really like this, everything just comes nicely together, excellent.
Gotta love digital. Thanks.
Sep 1, 2016 22:43:25 #
St3v3M wrote:
I love this when done well! Thank you for sharing, S-
Thanks St3v3M, I am now stoked to try some more, if this infernal rain will stop, now thunder and lightning, it's scaring the animals. Dare I take the camera outside, we'll see!
Sep 1, 2016 22:49:56 #
randomeyes wrote:
Thanks St3v3M, I am now stoked to try some more, if this infernal rain will stop, now thunder and lightning, it's scaring the animals. Dare I take the camera outside, we'll see!
It reminds me of some of the beautiful examples in FYC 1629 - Artistic Motion and makes me want to try it. Thank you! S-
Sep 2, 2016 16:50:08 #
I love playing with ICM, and both these shots work well. I've found that tall thin objects like your bullrushes, or trees, or telegraph poles all work best with vertical camera movement. I also like to include a figure in the scene if possible (I appreciate that's not the case here, but you might like to try it with other subjects). Your composite is a real winner - nicely combined, the image has depth and that is helped by the ICM background, both its form and blur lend such contrast to the foreground. Hope you continue to experiment and post some results here.
Sep 2, 2016 19:23:41 #
I like #1 very much for the colors and vertical lines. As mentioned, a few of us have tried recently and it does take some experimenting with shutter speed and subject.
I think a grouping of them, hung as abstracts, could make a really pleasing bit of art.
Below is a link to magnetoman's that got some of us started (I did do some zoom burst ones years ago with film or slides, with a tripod at night. I also tried some this summer for FYC - one of daisies I like a lot - that combined zoom and horizontal camera movement, similar to your #2):
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-391399-1.html
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I think a grouping of them, hung as abstracts, could make a really pleasing bit of art.
Below is a link to magnetoman's that got some of us started (I did do some zoom burst ones years ago with film or slides, with a tripod at night. I also tried some this summer for FYC - one of daisies I like a lot - that combined zoom and horizontal camera movement, similar to your #2):
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-391399-1.html
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Sep 2, 2016 20:35:51 #
randomeyes wrote:
These are my first two attempts using digital, many moons ago I attempted same with film and color slides using the old Pentax; any tips, other than don't do it!
The first one was of Bull Rushes, 1/8 at f32 100mm, moved directly down
The second was same Bull Rushes, 1/6 at f32 100, moved down and to the right.
The first one was of Bull Rushes, 1/8 at f32 100mm, moved directly down
The second was same Bull Rushes, 1/6 at f32 100, moved down and to the right.
I think the easiest way to do it is using a zoom. During the exposure, you'd turn the zoom. I do have a few examples.
Sep 4, 2016 05:49:01 #
randomeyes wrote:
These are my first two attempts using digital, many moons ago I attempted same with film and color slides using the old Pentax; any tips, other than don't do it!
The first one was of Bull Rushes, 1/8 at f32 100mm, moved directly down
The second was same Bull Rushes, 1/6 at f32 100, moved down and to the right.
The first one was of Bull Rushes, 1/8 at f32 100mm, moved directly down
The second was same Bull Rushes, 1/6 at f32 100, moved down and to the right.
I've tried camera motion many times. I think it can produce very nice results. The problem, for me, is that the success rate is about one percent or less. I like to stick with vertical movement when the subject, like yours, is vertical. I think in this case, 1/8 sec is not long enough. I usually try to shoot between 1/4 and 1 second. Of course the speed of the camera will make a difference.
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-402769-1.html
I can't remember what speed I used for this shot; but, while I like the shot, several others thought it ranged from "sacrilege" to "waving my camera about" . This technique is not to everyone's taste.
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