Saturday, May 22, 2010

On the move..


Quite literally! I guess this past week I have been shooting a lot of "motion" shots. I didn't really realize until I picked a few shots for this post and thought..wow, out of the past five days, three of them I've shot photos that depict movement or motion....interesting. So in light of these ideas, I know proclaim this week "Speed Week"...in my world anyhow. I set up the skateboard shot on Monday, first I found some fresh pavement so that the ride would be as smooth as possible, then I set my camera to Aperture Priority, chose an F-stop that allowed me to have a shutter speed that would be less than 1/10 of a second..and then I just fired away until I found the composition and blur that I liked. Finished it off in post with some contrast to the pavement and clouds, then converted to Black and White..and done! Next!!


The train shot was fairly simple as well. Same scenario as above, but I just panned with the train as it sped by. In an ideal world I would have liked to get at least part of the train in focus, but I think my shutter speed was a bit too slow for this attempt, and the whole thing is pretty blurry. I still like the shot though, the colors and composition make me smile. Enjoy!

Photos: Nikon D90, 10.5mm f/2.8, 17-55mm f/2.8

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