Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ric Carter offered: Subject: Re: Leica] Week 6 & 7 >>> The same thing bugged me too. Possible cause: I may have been panning a >>> bit to track the train. It was pretty close to me. If I tracked the > nose of the loco, keeping it centered during the slow exposure... > The same thing happened on a couple other frames shooting the strong > lateral motion in that dim light. > I liked the effect, although it would likely be more reliable to do it > with PhotoShop.<<<< Ric mon ami, My re-action is just the opposite!! I figured you made the shot to capture the motion of the train and deliberately used a slow shutter speed to show the movement. It's a brilliant bit of photographing motion. A "swishy pan" so to speak like Olympic runners sprinting down the track! Any idiot can take a picture of a moving train and stop it in it's "tracks" ;-) It's a no brainer. But it takes one with talent to think.... "The train is moving why not capture that feeling using a slow shutter speed and pan with the motion?" Whether that was the reason for the slow shutter speed in this case or not. It's a never mind, because the photo works very well. But this photograph has far more meaning to it than a train just sitting there parked. As I said, any idiot can take stopped trains, when in fact they're moving right along the track. As far as I'm concerned it's a fine photograph illustrating motion. I mean, why not show the action as you see and feel it rumbling along the track? Good on you! ted Ted Grant Photography Limited 1817 Feltham Road Victoria BC V8N 2A4 250-477-2156