Gavin Tow  


Intentional Blur by Gavin Tow

June 2021 - Intentional Blur

About the Image(s)

I had difficulty with this subject this month as I tried to do cars on the interstate from a walking bridge that overlooks it, and nothing really worked for me. This image is from April of this year during a very late snowfall. The image had a built-in blur even taken at 322mm from the patio door.

The subject is a hanging bird feeder off of a standing pole that is covered in snow.
I must've had the camera on automatic as the ISO is set to 6400.
1/200 f/13. It was far away from the house as the lens was set at 322mm


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3 comments posted




 
Gavin, your image does show blur - created by the moving blowing snowflakes. I would flip this image so that the sharp bird feeder is on the right side and would hold my eye. It is hard to show motion. If I want to show motion usually I use a large f-stop so that the shutter speed will be slower and give me more time for the "blur".
I had a friend who stood on the corner of a busy street and practiced panning the moving cars. She said it was just like a golf swing. You have to follow through as the cars go by.   Posted: 06/07/2021 17:37:04



Ally Green   Ally Green
It certainly portrays the snowfall and i like how the snow has fallen on the bird feeder. To me the brown fence is a distraction so i would have cropped that out and i would have liked to see more of the hanging snowball at the bottom.   Posted: 06/15/2021 15:50:22



Carole Kropscot   Carole Kropscot
I think the snow's motion falls in the category of intentional blur. After all, you captured its movement but you could've frozen its action! Accidentally on purpose. Intentionally intentional. The right half of your photo shows the blur. The left half doesn't.   Posted: 06/22/2021 14:06:47