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In-Camera Special Effect


 
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Peter Mantione
 

Beautiful soft colors! A work of art!

Peter


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October 25, 2006

 
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  Thanks very much, Peter. This was created by choosing a slow shutter speed and moving the camera vertically as I pressed down the shutter button. If you try this, I recommend starting with a shutter speed around 1/2 second and doing a dry run before you actually take the picture. As you do the dry run, make sure no sky ever enters your composition. That will keep big white areas out of the scene. Thanks again!


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October 25, 2006

 

Odelia
  Beautiful photo. I love the colors and the effect. One question though, what do you mean by doing a dry run before taking the picture?


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November 03, 2006

 
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  Great question, Odelia. What I mean is that, before I actually take the picture. I frame the scene in my viewfinder, and then move the camera along the path that I intend to move when I take the picture. Then I make a mental note of how far I can go before I start to see sky. In this way, I get a rough idea of where I can swing the camera during the actual exposure.


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November 03, 2006

 

Vicki Hunt
  Amazing colors!


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November 04, 2006

 
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  An Absolutly Beautiful and Creative image Jim!


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July 02, 2008

 
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  STUNNING, I love the soft pastel colors and capture! WOW :)


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July 02, 2008

 

Srividya Narasimhan
  Jim,
Love this photo. Amazing harmony of colors.I tried this technique too and blurred a forest. Its kinds cool right?


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August 04, 2008

 

Ross Throndson
  Amazing Color & Design here, Jim.......Lovely Artistic Image!! :-)


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August 06, 2008

 

Tammy Espino
  Going right into my favorites :)
Outstanding, beautiful flowing colors.


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August 11, 2008

 
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  Thank you all very much for your comments. I appreciate it. Have a wonderful Labor Day weekend!


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August 29, 2008

 
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  Jim,
I have to say a lot of these I don't like but this is beautiful, and that from "not a fan of blur"..:)

Keep looking up!

Jim


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December 07, 2008

 

Debbie E. Payne
  Very lovely, Jim. I LOVE the colors in this one.


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February 03, 2009

 
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  Thanks for the kind comments. It will be nice to see the beautiful colors of the flowers once again and get out there to shoot in the Northwest without the freezing weather!


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February 06, 2009

 
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