Tunnel vision

April 25, 2012

Tunnel Impression I

Italy (2012)

It seems I have a thing for photography that is purposely blurred by motion, either panning in one place or travelling with the shutter open.

Tunnel Impression II

Italy (2012)

These are both long hand held exposures, the first one is 1/13 of a second, and the second is a 1/2 second. For this, I find the VR feature an absolute must to get the smooth blur, rather than shaky or jagged light trails.

The internet is still broken at home, but we've had a conversation with the provider, they were very helpful and were able to diagnose that the problem is outside of our apartment, they expect it to be repaired by Saturday night. If not, we are to call them again on Monday.

Pan Blur

January 29, 2012

The texture of this is something I really didn't expect, it looks like these were made with a paint brush to me. There aren't any special effects applied, even the LR Clarity slider is on the positive side of zero (that is making more clarity, less fuzziness). I was inspired to try this by a picture that appeared on Juha's Light Scrape blog last week. I think it had been on my list of things to try for some time before that.

Forest Impressions I

France (2012)

Forest Impressions II

France (2012)

I'm looking forward to applying this technique to some other scenes, I'd like to try something horizontal, or even a swirl. These were with 1/10 and 1/8 second exposures, respectively, I want to play around with that to see what else is possible. Should be fun, it's a really great way to get some smooth colors.

I also found out that this is called 'pan blur'.