Yesterday I had a disappointing time with photography, trying to get sharp photos although the day was dark even at noon. And it so happens that now on Sunday is the shortest - perhaps also the darkest - day of the year. Least daylight hours, and also a thick cloud cover.
I went for a short walk with the children, and tried to use the blur for a good effect. And it worked surprisingly well when taking photos of the children. I had even difficulties in deciding what photos to store in the "family album" in iPhoto.
Of course, when taking motion-blurred photos the failure rate is high, but this just needs to be taken into account. Some of the photos had excactly the right sharp area - for example the face - and everything else was abstracted away by the blur.
Here is one photo from today, which I feel has nicely a bit of detail combined with the blurred shapes and colors. I didn't post-process the photo at all except for a bit of cropping.
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3 comments:
That's a fantastic image. It looks like a very determined hobbit with boxing gloves. Really makes me smile :)
You described our youngest daughter quite precisely. I guess her being the youngest requires a certain attitude to get attention from others.
Oops! Sorry ma'am!
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