Zoom Blur (Autumn Leaves)

[oakwoodlott]

After seeing Wolf's shot on the leaves assignment I had a go when we were out on a walk. I think it worked quite well!

[ni2sml]

No way to zoom during an exposure with my cameras (just one more reason to upgrade, hehe!), but there's always the "human actuated zoom" and this variation on the idea.

One second, f/5.6, fired the flash at the start of the exposure to "freeze" the subject, then moved the camera closer as smoothly as I could as the exposure happened. The lines aren't perfectly straight but I liked how it turned out.

[morts]

I'd love to do a 2-3 sec exposure and be able to rotate the camera along the lens' centre axis while changing the focal length for a fancy spiral effect!

[Angling]

re above - you need to do it for only a short exposure and a 1/3rd of a turn will give you some great results. if you can get somting light (pale) on the edge of your subject it will make the whole image look very watery.

The pic below was taken about 10 mins ago was at 1/20th. I have found holding the camera in only one hand gives the best results. You seem to twist it more accuratly.

Please note this was just a quick shot for the example.

[arlon]

Very interesting "how to". Thanks.

[Keikyu]

Thought I'd bump this thread for the Kinetics assignment. A few of my tries:

[Keikyu]

And I hope she doesn't mind, but one of our fellow DPS'ers explained how she did this lovely photo (Please click to read her description):

Bokelicious on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

[Ottor]

A couple from a few weeks ago - (when there was color!)





Thanks...

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[sjlarue]

Here is a quick video showing it in action from Alec Johnson.:
Video Tutorial Episode 2: Slap Zoom | AC Johnson Photography Education
His explanation could be better, but you get the idea with his setup his technique.

Here is mine:

[vijaysanand]

this is awesome. I want to try this right away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!