I think whether or not it is allowable or legal in advanced editing is not so important as the question would I get more than a 3 vote for this.
At any rate ... I doubt that a PhotoShop induced blur effect would be legal for a motion blur entry (using advanced editing rules) but I can't say for sure.
Of course if it was in a challenge like Flight or Helicopters or anything that it was more applicable to than Motion Blur ... it might get a good vote. Who am I to say?
Even if it were legal it looks so phony I'd give it no more than a 4. The only way it'd look good IMO was if you had the chopper do a really low pass near you and use a slow shutter speed without tracking the chopper, then augment that blur with PS.
"You may not...use ANY editing tool to create new image area, objects or features (such as lens flare or motion) that didn't already exist in your original capture."
That pretty well covers it. Unless the shot was actually made with some of the motion blur existing in-camera (in which case you can arguably exaggerate it), the image is not legal.
I was wondering if anybody knows the answer - is this example/use of Motion Blur acceptable in Advanced Editing?
I'm probably off-track from what you are looking for but this not motion blur in the true sense. Motion blur traditionally is where you track a moving object with the camera while you snap the shutter. The object you are tracking is clear in at least partially sharply focused but the background is blurred due to the motion of the camera during the actual exposure.
Motion blur in-camera is acceptable in any DPC ruleset. If you want to simular motion blur with editing then select the background and apply the motion blur filtering to that and not the main subject. That would be valid under expert rules.
I'm probably off-track from what you are looking for but this not motion blur in the true sense. Motion blur traditionally is where you track a moving object with the camera while you snap the shutter. The object you are tracking is clear in at least partially sharply focused but the background is blurred due to the motion of the camera during the actual exposure.
Steve, that's "motion panning", when the subject is sharp and the BG is blurred. Motion BLUR is when the subject is blurred (moving) and the BG is sharp, basically.
I'm probably off-track from what you are looking for but this not motion blur in the true sense. Motion blur traditionally is where you track a moving object with the camera while you snap the shutter. The object you are tracking is clear in at least partially sharply focused but the background is blurred due to the motion of the camera during the actual exposure.
Steve, that's "motion panning", when the subject is sharp and the BG is blurred. Motion BLUR is when the subject is blurred (moving) and the BG is sharp, basically.
