Done via slow exposure, panning. I had the camera on a tripod, head tilted, fired via remote control, then "dropped" the head of the tripod. Required a lot of tries and experiments to get this.
For those visiting, I'd love to hear your comments on this. It didn't do very well, and I'd love to know if/why some people were put off by this. I don't mind it if you are critical.
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To me, the yellow color did not lend to the impact of the photo.... the blur led to the impact... but I am new here, and my opinion does not count for much.... being new, I wasn't sure how to vote... I stayed away from 1's, 9's and 10's....and I put my empasis on yellow leading to the impact of the photo, not so much the photo quality...your's is quiet nice there....
i think this is a great shot, after looking at it. my first impression though didn't let me register what kind of work may have gone into this. I also think a flash to seperate the peppers a little more may have helped this shot. If I were goin through voting without a lot of time i'd probably give it a 6 or 7. If i had a lot of time to think, probably an 8.
Owen, no I didn't use flash, I used two halogen work lights and styrofoam to fill/bounce the light. I'll have to try that though, it's a great idea, and thanks for reminding me about your image--which proves that motion blur CAN do well in a challenge (I thought I'd remembered seeing some). Maybe I'll give your shot a try for Deja Vu.
Did you use the flash for this shot Neil? To me it doesn't look like it. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I believe, had you used first curtain sync (all that us DRebel users can do anyway), you would have separated the pepper from the trail; I think that would have made it much more dynamic and the pepper would have shined (no pun intended). That's how I did this .
I just love the colors on this shot. It's diferent to, you play very well with motion blurr, it's blurred but at the same time you can see what it is. I don't really know why this got so low. I didn't votte on this challenge but i would probably give it a 7. Keep it up i would like to see more photos of this kind. Directly to my favorites.
There were a lot of pictures of peppers in this contest, but you were able to use it in a unique manner and it was very artistic and abstract. Great job!
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