Intentional In Camera Blur
Jun 30, 2019 14:38:51 #
worldcycle wrote:
These were easy to do, no tripod needed or fancy smancy camera attachments. Both were shot a few years apart, yet same technique. Canon 50D for top, Canon 5DMIII for bottom. Both with 24-105 f4 L lens. both at 1/4 second handheld. Experiment with a few different exposures and shutter speeds when you do it. Top is created while zooming out. Bottom created by zooming in. Colors done by playing with all the sliders in Lightroom.
Do this while twisting the camera and you'll see why ND filters are necessary.
Jul 1, 2019 21:50:35 #
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
Do this while twisting the camera and you'll see why ND filters are necessary.
Could you clarify for us slower old people (me)? Would it be because the shutter time required will blow out the skies or other. Thanks.
Jul 3, 2019 17:16:21 #
LiamRowan wrote:
Could you clarify for us slower old people (me)? Would it be because the shutter time required will blow out the skies or other. Thanks.
Using a 6X ND knocks the light down 6 stops, so long exposure times are possible. So, using the Lee Big Stopper app, for a 6X "Little Stopper" and a properly exposed shutter speed of 1/250th second, a 4-sec exposure is possible. If in broad daylight, you did a 4-sec exposure without filters, you'd have a blown-out unrecoverable white rectangle in live view.
So, you click the shutter and have 4 sec to move the camera 90 deg to the left or right, or swing side to side to get the blurry effect.
Jul 4, 2019 12:22:05 #
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
Using a 6X ND knocks the light down 6 stops, so lo... (show quote)
Thank you SO much for this excellent explanation!
Sep 2, 2019 13:49:53 #
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
Using a 6X ND knocks the light down 6 stops, so lo... (show quote)
Well, I finally got 4 stop and 6 stop ND filters and tried this technique. One thing I realized right away is the artistry is largely in the post-processing. I’m pretty sure Mr. Gray uses textures and Topaz-like software for his final results. Pretty fun to play around with.
Posting my first try, plus a “normal” HDR shot, both of the Broad Art Museum in East Lansing, MI.
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