[Leica] IMG: Cello master class, using blur

[Nathan Wajsman]

For me, the second one works much better at conveying the physicality you mention than the first. The first just looks unsharp to me. In the second, I really see the movement.

Cheers,
Nathan

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> On 13 May 2015, at 06:22, Peter Klein <boulanger.croissant at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm always trying to convey the physicality of music-making in my still
> photographs of musicians. With string players, one obvious method is to
> slow the shutter so as to catch some blur in the bowing or the fingers.
> But how much?  Too little, and it looks like a mistake.  Too much, and it's
> mush.  I felt like maybe I'd hit the "Goldilocks" ("just right") spot with
> this one, and I like how the two bows form a "V."  What do you think?
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/17584386211/>
> 
> Then there's this one.  I like the bow blur of this one most of all the
> shots I took.  But I maybe messed up the framing.  Does it still work, or
> is it an "almost?"
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/music/peledmasterclass/P5100318.jpg.html
>> 
> 
> Thanks for looking.  Enjoy!
> --Peter
> 
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