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nilagin
17-08-2006, 10:10
Took this candid shot on continuous burst, on sport setting. What could I have done to give the impression of movement other than the girls hair. Sadly the shots I got of my two sons showed a couple of bored and unimpressed lads.
I have a Panasonic DMC FZ5 not DSLR so please make allowances. Although I do have manual settings to play with.
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/500/Southend_225.jpg
GfK
17-08-2006, 10:18
Was there any way you could have taken the shot as they were going past you, rather than towards you? That way you could have used panning to blur the background.
Kev M
17-08-2006, 10:19
Two things I can think of, one is to aply amotion blur filter in PS and mess around with that or in camera you could have used a slower shutter speed to blur the background. The problem then would be the amount of movement in relation between you and the other people so they might have ended up blurred aswell as the background if the shutter was too slow. You could combine the flash with a slow shutter which will (depending on whether it fires as the shutter opens or closes) add an almost frozen bit to the blurred bit so you still get good detail.

I've not explained the 2nd bit too well. Perhaps someone else will come along and do a better job, if not I'll dig out a magazine and plagerize their description.:nono: ;)
nilagin
17-08-2006, 10:26
Was there any way you could have taken the shot as they were going past you, rather than towards you? That way you could have used panning to blur the background.
Probably could have done, but I had the camera resting on the guard rail around the outside. I think because the ride was spinning around and each chair was on an arm that was spinning too I'd never have been able to keep up.
I'll try next time.
GfK
17-08-2006, 10:27
Had a little play but I'm not convinced. Anyway:

http://www.zen39361.zen.co.uk/pics/southend.jpg
nilagin
17-08-2006, 10:38
The bit in the middle looks sharper still. I'll have to try the same on the uncropped shot so the subjects are a little shaper but leaving the outside blurred. Thanks for the tips.