This is another in the Motion Blur series. Aperture setting was f13. I used a three stop Neutral Density filter to slow the exposure to 2.5 seconds and moved the camera up and to the right. The flowers were in my yard–Marguerites, and a white daisy. This technique feels like painting with the camera. I like the effect very much but the outcome is successful only occasionally. Often there is not enough detail to identify the subject.
January, 2010
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Vertical Sweep and Blur
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Adding Zoom to Intentional Blur
This image of Daisies was taken in Monterey, California, with a 17-55mm zoom lens. The shutter speed was slowed to 2.5 seconds by using a variable neutral density filter. During the exposure, I zoomed the lens out from 55mm to 17mm. The effect changes when the lens is zoomed in rather than out.
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Intentional Blur for a “Painterly” Effect
This image is is from my front yard and is of white daisies, Marguerites and red petunias. I used a Singh-Ray Variable Neutral Density filter to slow the shutter speed to 1.3 seconds at an aperture of f13. As the shutter opened, I dragged the camera up and to the right to blur the image and create an impression of motion.
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Happy New Year from Gary Williams Photography!
Welcome to my photoblog, new for 2010. My intention for this blog is to discuss some of my favorite images in more detail than is possible on my main website I will also share tips, techniques and resources that have been helpful to me. I plan to post twice a week and, if you find the information and images interesting, I hope you will visit regularly.
The image today is appropriate for the season and the new year. It was discovered a few years ago that on the morning of the Winter Solstice, the rising sun shines though a window of the San Juan Bautista Mission and directly illuminates the tabernacle of the altar. I shot this image at the Mission at the Winter Solstice of 2007. I set my tripod up near the front altar and shot down the center aisle directly into the sun, f11 for 1.3 seconds.
May 2010 be full of light for you. Gary Williams