Hi all

I have now came up with a theme for the Weekly Mini Challenge #23:
Motion Blur

I know some like to experiment with the camera every now and day. There are a lot of things that can be done besides of flowers, kids and pets...

Motion Blur: I believe any picture containing unsharp elements is OK. That is, don't mistake camera shake or misfocusing for motion blur, ok?

Here are the rules:

Final entry due Thursday next week. Thursday next week is defined as Thursday, July 12, 2007. As long as the Thursday July 12 hasn't turned Friday you can post your picture, wherever you are on the globe.

I'll post a thread announcing the winner(s) at Friday or Saturday next week.

The rules:
1. Post ONE photo (max 800x800) as a response to THIS post.
2. The photo must portray an interpretation of the theme. It can be colour or B&W, your choice.
3. You can offer as much or as little additional information as you wish, but I'd be interested to know the location/event/whatever being depicted.
4. The challenge is interactive. Any response is welcome.
5. The judge will pick the WINNERS and chose 1 of them to be the judge for the next week.
6. The challenge runs for 7 days plus a day or so for the judge to choose the winners.
7. Any camera will do but it must be a Pentax. (added by Jonas for Challenge #23: Just use any camera you want. I'm not discriminating anyone as long as the is an active member here)

Previous Challenge Subjects:
1-Statues, 2-Wheels, 3-Speed, 4-Peace, 5-Survival, 6-Macro, 7-Mountains, 8-Children, 9-Post Processing, 10- Windows & Doors, 11-Sport, 12-Urban Landscape, 13-Wisdom, 14-Power, 15-Music, 16-Pathways, 17-Lines, 18-Storm, 19-Boats, 20-Water, 21 - Golden Hour, 22 - Natural Lighting, Portraits

[Peter Zack]

Taken this spring on a cold rainy day. You can see the back of the grey shirt is soaked from the rain. It was about 10 Deg C that day. These guys are dedicated, I was wearing a winter coat and gloves and they were at it for hours. Shot with the Sigma 50-500 Bigma [love that lens] @1/10th, 490mm and panning the shot. Lake Banook Olympic rowing center Dartmouth Nova Scotia.

Proof the weather seals work, I was out there for 2 hours that day with a rain cover on the lens but the camera was open to the rain. Worked like a charm.

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Last edited by Peter Zack; 02-18-2008 at 09:39 AM.

[roentarre]

This was taken during the moomba festival in Melbourne this year.

Fa 300 f4.5 + k10d

[Tyler]

dad dancing with daughters at wedding reception

[steve917]

When you need a good motion blur shot the carnival is always the place at dusk.

Steve

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Last edited by steve917; 05-18-2008 at 01:56 PM.

[hinckc]

Hi!

I've been trying to follow along with the weekly challenges. The different topics make me think differently about my photography. Everyone's postings have been a huge inspiration!

Now that I seem to have figured out posting, here's an entry that I shot just for this week's contest.



DA18-55@24mm, 1/5s, f/4, ISO200
Mini-tripod on garbage-can

The motion blur was about what I was expecting with the shutter speed I had selected and the speed of the cab, but I was surprised that the wheels completely failed to expose anywhere in the scene.
It almost looks like a (fast moving) hover-cab.

[Mechan1k]

perfectly timed capture there.

[J.Scott]

Very cool shot!

Looks like Bruce Willis's cab in 'The Fifth Element'.

"I only speak two languages, English and bad English."

[NaClH2O]

OK most of these shots are with moving subjects and either stationary or relative stationary (a pan basically means the camera is more or less stationary relative to the main photographic subject) subjects. Here's one with a moving camera and a stationary object. Off and on (mostly, off lately) I've played around with "camera painting" where one deliberately selects a slow shutter speed and moves the camera to create a blur. The idea is to start the motion s tiny split second after the shutter opens so that you pick up a hint of the subject rather than just a blur of color. I just saw this contest today, and I'm here at work, so I thought I'd enter now because I might not remember or have time later. That object in the upper left that looks like a piece of dust, is just that, a piece of dust that I didn't bother to clone out when I first posted this shot in one of my private galleries. The shot was just so that one of my friends could see what I was talking about. BTW, that piece of dust shows up in only this shot, for all I know it may still be floating around in my camera somewhere....
In any event, DS 18-55 kit lens f32 at 3/10ths of a sec.


NaCl(honest I'm NOT weird...just backwards)H2O

[jsundin]

Eddie, since it is Water Polo, it deserves extra bonus points, IMHO.

Jeff

[jsundin]

At a local amusement park, my kids had fun on the rides recently. I had fun with my camera. Here is a 2 second exposure, which shows that my daughter was definately stuck in traffic as the other cards are whizzing past her. It was not handheld, but I rested the camera on the rail with a 2 second delay to get the mirror out of the way. ISO200 with the DA18-55 kit lens.

[Bramela]

Quick shot taken in my own yard.
K10d ,Pentax FA J 75-300

[smcclelland]

A shot taken from last weekend's Steelback Grand Prix in Toronto of Will Power rocketing out of turn 9/10. Because it's a street course there's fencing all over the place so I cranked the Sigma up to 300mm and tracked him for a few laps focussing on the helmet before I finally got this shot. Pentax K100D, Sigma 70-300mm @ 300mm, ISO 200, f8, 1/180.

[Jonas B]

Well, that's it. I think it is Friday everywhere now.

I'll have a look at all the entries and get back with a new thread presenting the winner - in a day or two.

thank you,

[Gaelen]

There is a lot of really nice, really different style shots

It's really nice to see the interpritations of the effects that can be used