Speeding train

[junglebear]

At the suggestion of Henrywilt I'm putting up a quick explanation of how I made this photo.



What you're seeing here is a train speeding by, with shiny mirror windows that are reflecting the colourful graffiti on the wall that the camera is rested on.

I noticed the way the reflection of the colourful graffiti remained almost static on the train's windows as it sped by, so I spent about an hour waiting for trains to come by to get the right shutterspeed to get the motion blur on the train, while keeping a fairly crisp image of the graffiti and a good exposure. This was tough to do as the sun was still in the sky and it wasn't exactly low-light.

Exif:

Camera FUJIFILM FinePix S1000fd
Exposure 0.167 sec (1/6) Fairly long to get a nice motion blur on the train
Aperture f/6.4 As closed as possible to keep light out and allow for longer shutterspeed
Focal Length 5.9 mm
ISO Speed 64 As low as possible to allow for longer shutterspeed

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[jamesev]

5.9 mm focal length, wow!

[endukjenner]

Nice idea - thanx for sharing!

[RichardTaylor]

Very creative idea and beautifully executed.

[in2fx]

Very Impressive and definately worth the effort

[gazsus]

Great idea, very well done.

[edwinricafort]

Ang Ganda! (Beautiful!)

[jherman]

I really like it, thanks for sharing!