I used a 1/30 second exposure and rotated the camera for this abstract shot of Black Eyed Susans. This is a hand-held shot and I turned my hands as I pressed the shutter. There is no editing filter effect applied to this photo.
Photoshop processing included Curves, Shadows/Highlights, Channel Mixer modification and then a little more Curves.
I'm excited to be participating in my first challenge here at DPChallenge. I look forward to many more.
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I just wanted to say thank you to all of those people who commented and especially to those that chose this photo as a favorite!!!
My first challenge and it was a very interesting process ... and fun! Even though this was my first challenge and I wasn't really sure of the process ... I kind of knew that this shot would get challenged because I thought someone might mistake this as a Radial Blur photoshop effect.
I had tried a few different variations, such as a simple panning motion, a swoop motion and turning both hands at the same time. For this shot, I tried to keep my right hand as still as possible while rotating my left hand CW around my right hand.
I have a favour to ask of those people who voted this a 1, 2 or 3 ... Please, could you leave a comment and explain your reasoning behind your vote. I'm very interested to hear your view point and see if there was something I could do to improve a photo like this.
Thanks again everyone!
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Place: 43 out of 200 Avg (all users): 6.0378 Avg (commenters): 7.8667 Avg (participants): 5.9688 Avg (non-participants): 6.0845 Views since voting: 2035 Views during voting: 457 Votes: 238 Comments: 17 Favorites: 6 (view)
Well you had me fooled...did not think this was yours....thought of water or a night shot. Love this a lot and the fact that you did it hand held makes it awesome. Hope you keep particpating. I just cannot stop!LOL! RoB
An interesting shot but not one that tickles my fancey. A little to abstract for my liking but it does fit the challenge well. Good luck in this challenge. <5>
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