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capturing motion blur


 
 
I have tried to photograph a fan at full speed in order to get some motion blur in the resulting photograph.

All the lights were on in the room.

with flash, the fan is stopped at both high and low shutter speeds. whereas, without flash you cannot see the blades at all --and the image comes underexposed.


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March 30, 2006

 

Christopher A. Vedros
  Try this:

Leave the lights on in the room.

Put the fan on slow speed.

Turn off your flash.

Put your camera on aperture priority (sometimes called Av).

Set your aperture to about f4 or f5.6

Put the camera on a tripod if you have one.


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March 30, 2006

 

Bob Cammarata
  1/30 second, no flash, and whatever aperture your ISO and available light will allow.

Check the result, then try 1/15 second.


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March 30, 2006

 

Craig m. Zacarelli
  yeah with the fan on slow speed, youll get a better blur.. try like bob c said... it should work.. also a white fan against a white background wont "stand out" as well so paint your ceiling black....lol
Craig-


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