CNY Pictures?

[grado]

I do believe this shot was taken at around 1/30 or 1/15sec, but since the lens was not so wide, and the subject nearer, reno77 got the motion blur he wanted...

 

[Del_CtrlnoAlt]

I do believe this shot was taken at around 1/30 or 1/15sec, but since the lens was not so wide, and the subject nearer, reno77 got the motion blur he wanted...

hence i say, see from eye, how much distance does the subject move in, den determine the shutter speed.. the further the less motion blur as to your eyes is just 1mm it maybe be 1 metre movement... and when your focal length is zoom further, eyes 1mm maybe 1/2m movement so on & so forth... eyes is the best metering device ever invented...

 

[grado]

That was the first time I was using my 17mm for night shot, hence I didn't know the characteristics... Anyway, I now know... As for the longer shuttle speeds, I did not dare to use too long, as I did not have a monopod/tripod with me, haha!

 

[deslim27]

That was the first time I was using my 17mm for night shot, hence I didn't know the characteristics... Anyway, I now know... As for the longer shuttle speeds, I did not dare to use too long, as I did not have a monopod/tripod with me, haha!

http://www.pbase.com/deslim27/image/37615704

Like tat can? 1/6 sec.

 

[grado]

http://www.pbase.com/deslim27/image/37615704

Like tat can? 1/6 sec.

Yups, thats roughly the effect I want... Can see those people nearer to you are blurrer, those further are less blur, even with your 20mm x crop factor... For my case, since the people are so small due to the my wide angle, I think I gonna need shuttle speed in the region of 1 sec at least...

 

[deslim27]

Yups, thats roughly the effect I want... Can see those people nearer to you are blurrer, those further are less blur, even with your 20mm x crop factor... For my case, since the people are so small due to the my wide angle, I think I gonna need shuttle speed in the region of 1 sec at least...

I think 1 sec is minimum for your shot, the people are so far away.

 

[jasphotography]

I wanted to blur the people in the background with a slow shutter speed, but I guess with wide angle, the shutter speed I used wasnt slow enough... Seldom used my wide angle and was trying out recently...

ok, I can buy your analogy on blurness vs focal length.

When I first saw your pic and message, I interpreted that you can't get a slow enough shutter speed to achieve the blurness you wanted with a wide angle lens. Obviously, technically speaking, this is incorrect.

You mentioned you wanted more blurred people in the background, presumably a sharper people in the foreground. But, the thing is, I can't see how you can differentiate background and foreground people in the picture in questioned, especially at that perspective and distance.

If you rather wanted to capture the jostling atmosphere of Chinese New Year at that distance and at that lens perspective, a long exposure of minimum 4 to 8 seconds would be ideal, depending on how jammed the human traffic is.

Then you "confessed" your shutter speed was 1/15 sec because you left your 3-legged friend at home, I think this is a mistake.


But, I quite like your perspective of this picture.

 

[grado]

Yes, you are right... what was I saying? What I meant was I wanted to blur the people in the foreground, since they are the foreground interest in the pic, but I typed background instead... I knew it might have been a mistake, but lazy guys like me didn't bring tripod, because I wasn't serious as I was just testing out the lens I just bought recently, haha... I am still learning... Thanks for your comments.

ok, I can buy your analogy on blurness vs focal length.

When I first saw your pic and message, I interpreted that you can't get a slow enough shutter speed to achieve the blurness you wanted with a wide angle lens. Obviously, technically speaking, this is incorrect.

You mentioned you wanted more blurred people in the background, presumably a sharper people in the foreground. But, the thing is, I can't see how you can differentiate background and foreground people in the picture in questioned, especially at that perspective and distance.

If you rather wanted to capture the jostling atmosphere of Chinese New Year at that distance and at that lens perspective, a long exposure of minimum 4 to 8 seconds would be ideal, depending on how jammed the human traffic is.

Then you "confessed" your shutter speed was 1/15 sec because you left your 3-legged friend at home, I think this is a mistake.


But, I quite like your perspective of this picture.