Slow shutter zooming

[ColytonJohn]

I was at a music festival recently and experimented with an effect I'd seen but never tried: zooming in during a slow shutter exposure (these were all 1/4 secs). All pretty hit and miss but the results were interesting and it's clear it works best in low light with a smattering of bright points (daylight would need a ND filter):

IMG_7562 by John Leah, on Flickr

IMG_7630 by John Leah, on Flickr

IMG_7646 by John Leah, on Flickr

IMG_7672 by John Leah, on Flickr

And this one I used flash to freeze the portrait while the background continued to zoom:

IMG_7654 by John Leah, on Flickr

Cheers,
John

[tesarver]

Re: Slow shutter zooming

Interesting set John, I like the effect in the 2nd and last image.

Tom

[Tigger]

Re: Slow shutter zooming

agree with Tom - nice set and works well

[ColytonJohn]

Re: Slow shutter zooming

Thanks Folks

They were taken in one of the stage tents and normal photography wasn't working due to the low light and colour caste so it's nice that a bit of experimentation achieved some results. I was pleasantly surprised how successful the portrait turned out... but will have to try it again with a better subject (he's my mate Amyas and he won't see this)

Cheers,
John

[Parsen66]

Re: Slow shutter zooming

Excellent effect John, works particularly well in the first two

[chrisec]

Re: Slow shutter zooming

Very nice effect John

[neilrich1966]

Re: Slow shutter zooming

Nice set. Something different

[Nathaniel]

Re: Slow shutter zooming

I like the portrait shot the best. Nicely done.

[Bill53]

Re: Slow shutter zooming

Great set John, agree with Tom works very effectively in the second.

Bill.

[ColytonJohn]

Re: Slow shutter zooming

Thanks Folks

Cheers,
John

[pelliott1954]

Re: Slow shutter zooming

Interesting effects, I like #2 best

Regards Paul

[ColytonJohn]

Re: Slow shutter zooming

Thanks Paul

Cheers,
John

[Jonathan Teatime]

Re: Slow shutter zooming

Love that last shot

[ColytonJohn]

Re: Slow shutter zooming

Thanks Jonathen

Cheers,
John

[AlexR!]

Re: Slow shutter zooming

John, great to try something new and thanks for sharing. I like the effect, but for me no 2 works the best because there is a fixed and recognisable element in it. Without that, perhaps it becomes a bit too abstract, if you see what I mean.