As with the previous exercise, i used my tripod in the same position and just loosened the head to be able to pan the camera. I also change the background slightly, just to differentiate between the exercises when i uploaded the pictures.
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| P1: Shutter Speed 0.5 |
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| P2: Shutter Speed 1/4 |
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| P3: Shutter Speed 1/15 |
After processing the images from this exercise, I can already say that i prefer this set of pictures to those in the previous exercise. I much prefer the background blurring to show movement than the blurring being limited to just the subject, purely because I think the focus of the picture goes straight to the subject rather than to the background.
The above three pictures were the first I took, noting the different shutter speeds. Pictures 1 and 2 are so interesting to me. How the images grasps the three levels of motion is fascinating. Picture 1 with it's background a mass of coloured streaks, the blurred subject and the subjects feet almost invisible due to them moving the fastest in the image.
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| P4: Shutter Speed 1/30 |
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| P5: Shutter Speed 1/60 |
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| P6: Shutter Speed 1/100 |
Picture P4 shows the background as still blurred to show a good speed of movement. As the shutter speed increases, the background slowly starts to become more focused and the movement blur on the subject also decreases, as shown in the pictures above.
The last two pictures above, you will notice, are very similar. Again, I haven't posted pictures 9 (1/1000) and 10 (1/1600) only because they are almost identical to picture 8 above. Now we can see that the subject and the background are once again 'frozen', with no blur occurring at all.
Conclusion:
As much as i like the abstractness of picture 1, I would say my preferred image of the past two exercises is P4:
This image, in my view, has a perfect combination of background blur and subject blur to convey the speed at which the subject is travelling. I like how the majority of the subject is sharp yet there is still slight blurring to the feet, showing the movement of the subject walking. Also, the background is also out of focus enough to show the subject is walking briskly.
I found that the pictures taken with the shutter speed above 1/200 didn't really convey any movement at all and i think that some blurring is necessary to get the sense that a subject is actually moving.
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| P7: Shutter Speed 1/200 |
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| P8: Shutter Speed 1/500 |
The last two pictures above, you will notice, are very similar. Again, I haven't posted pictures 9 (1/1000) and 10 (1/1600) only because they are almost identical to picture 8 above. Now we can see that the subject and the background are once again 'frozen', with no blur occurring at all.
Conclusion:
As much as i like the abstractness of picture 1, I would say my preferred image of the past two exercises is P4:
This image, in my view, has a perfect combination of background blur and subject blur to convey the speed at which the subject is travelling. I like how the majority of the subject is sharp yet there is still slight blurring to the feet, showing the movement of the subject walking. Also, the background is also out of focus enough to show the subject is walking briskly.
I found that the pictures taken with the shutter speed above 1/200 didn't really convey any movement at all and i think that some blurring is necessary to get the sense that a subject is actually moving.
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