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Caroussel
So, this is what happens when you take a picture of a (partially) moving object at lower shutter speeds (1/15 in this case):
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Speed....
I was using this colorful French minimart as a background to practice catching speed/motion using a slow shutter speed to blur people passing by.
Light art
Not fireworks! But this is what happens when you deliberately move the camera during a long (1 sec) exposure: you can write with the light. In this case, both with the actual lights in the arcades as well as their reflections on the water. Note how the hotel's neon lights are still in focus and readable. Taken in Desenzano on the shores of the Garda Lake.
Roosevelt hotel lobby
The Roosevelt hotel lobby in New York is picture-worthy. Taken hand-held and with low shutter speed (see the fuzzy person walking) on the old camera, I'm quite pleased how this turned out.
Lucky us we got to stay an extra night due to a misunderstanding between travel agent en airline, too :)
Lucky us we got to stay an extra night due to a misunderstanding between travel agent en airline, too :)
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Alien Sam
From a purely technical viewpoint, this is a horrible photo. But it amuses me to no end how, due to using flash and a 1 second exposure, I ended up with a laser-eyed alien cat that's ghosting through the room (notice how you can still see the flower pot through Sam's tail.
Bird bath
Because we are officially (in Dutch) the hottest place in Europe... With 28C on May 7th being a teensy bit over the top... A cool bath sounds like just the thing!
Exposure: 1/160 sec
And in case you're wondering: the bird moves its head too fast for the camera's shutter speed to capture it properly...
Exposure: 1/160 sec
And in case you're wondering: the bird moves its head too fast for the camera's shutter speed to capture it properly...
Speeed...?
More experiments with shutter speed and moving objects, this was taken at a fair a few years ago. Judging by the blurry background, I must've been trying to pan and follow the moving car.
1/10 sec; F8.0
1/10 sec; F8.0
Magically removed visitors....
More fun with slow shutterspeeds: how to remove people from a scene? Use a very slow shutterspeed. The photo below was taken in one of the rooms at the Alhambra in Granada, Spain, an always crowded tourist site.
Exposure: 15 secs.
It's usually hard to take photos of rooms like this, and not have other sightseers block everything -- except if you're a professional, maybe, and can take photos after hours. The rest of us have to resort to magic tricks....
You do end up with some ghosting, depending on how long an exposure you use and how fast the people move, but I don't mind that at all for pictures like this. It adds a bit of life to what would otherwise be a very lifeless room.
Exposure: 15 secs.
It's usually hard to take photos of rooms like this, and not have other sightseers block everything -- except if you're a professional, maybe, and can take photos after hours. The rest of us have to resort to magic tricks....
You do end up with some ghosting, depending on how long an exposure you use and how fast the people move, but I don't mind that at all for pictures like this. It adds a bit of life to what would otherwise be a very lifeless room.
Fast and slow water
Today, two photos of the "spot the difference" kind.
The first uses a fast shutterspeed, designed to capture movement.
Exposure: 1/400 sec
The second uses a much slower shutterspeed, which turns the fast-moving water into a soft veil of white.
Exposure: 1/10 sec
Of course, you'd need to adjust the iso value and/or the aperture as well to avoid over- or underexposing the rest of your photo. But it's a fun trick to play with, not just for moving water, but other moving objects as well.
The first uses a fast shutterspeed, designed to capture movement.
Exposure: 1/400 sec
The second uses a much slower shutterspeed, which turns the fast-moving water into a soft veil of white.
Exposure: 1/10 sec
Of course, you'd need to adjust the iso value and/or the aperture as well to avoid over- or underexposing the rest of your photo. But it's a fun trick to play with, not just for moving water, but other moving objects as well.
Fireworks
The last few New Year's Eves the weather was foggy and wet, which doesn't make for good fireworks photos. Since I can't be sure if I'll be able to grab some tonight—it's sunny now, but they predict yet again fog and drizzle for later—here are some taken on a clear night in 2006/2007.
These were all done by simply aiming the camera to the part of the sky where I expected fireworks to explode at some point, and using long exposures (these range between 2 and 4 seconds). You end up with a LOT of black sky photos that way, but also some interesting shapes and bursts.
( And two more )
These were all done by simply aiming the camera to the part of the sky where I expected fireworks to explode at some point, and using long exposures (these range between 2 and 4 seconds). You end up with a LOT of black sky photos that way, but also some interesting shapes and bursts.
( And two more )