Saturday, July 17, 2010

Picture of the Day - 7/16/2010




Wildflower "Zoom-Blur" - OK, call me crazy, but I do like to experiment with abstract art, as many of you know from past pictures of the day. Maybe one out of a hundred images turns out to my liking and this is one of the few that struck a responsive chord.I like how the reds balance the whites in this shot and that the focal point is dead-center. Zoom-blurs are created by adjusting for a slow shutter speed - maybe 1/8th of a second - and then you simply zoom your lens during the exposure. I normally start with the lens zoomed out and then zoom it in (towards the telephoto setting). Experimentation often helps. There are also "twist-blurs" and horizontal or vertical "nudges", but I'll spare you!

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