Marie
Finally got a chance to go out and shoot some pics since coming back to Canada. So I guess we'll take a break from the China photos for a bit. This photo was taken in Victoria over the long weekend. This is my girlfriend Marie. :)
I have always found autumn to be a melancholy and depressing time of year. But through the viewfinder, it seems totally different.
Oh yeah, this was a single exposure. No photoshop layering or anything. I really like this shot and how the colors contrast with yesterday's photo.
Shooting Info
Capture Date: November 13, 2005
Capture Time: 16:40:02.4
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6G
Aperature: F/4.2
Shutter Speed: 1/60
ISO Sensitivity: 400
Focal Length: 30mm
Shooting Mode: Aperature Priority
Image Quality: JPEG Large/Fine 3008x2000
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
Flash: -0.7EV Rear
Capture Date: November 13, 2005
Capture Time: 16:40:02.4
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6G
Aperature: F/4.2
Shutter Speed: 1/60
ISO Sensitivity: 400
Focal Length: 30mm
Shooting Mode: Aperature Priority
Image Quality: JPEG Large/Fine 3008x2000
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
Flash: -0.7EV Rear
posted by scottchin at 5:07 p.m.
3 Comments:
beautiful shot!
how did you get marie in focus and still have the blur, even in front of her?
thanks joan! i like this one a lot too. I used the built in flash on "rear mode". Here's my understanding of how built in flashes work. So when you want to take a picture in low light, you need a slow shutter speed to let in enough light to expose the film. or you could use a flash. But when you use an automatic flash, the camera typically chooses a shutter speed that is too fast to let the background details expose on the film, but since the subject is typically closer and illuminated from the flash, the chosen shutter speed is sufficient.
With newer cameras, there is a "rear mode" for the flash. This basically just chooses a slower shutter speed so that you get the flash illuminated subject, AND the background (which is exposed by the natural light and not the flash).
So to create the effect in this shot, i used rear mode flash, and as the shutter was released, i moved the camera. It's the same idea as moving your camera while taking a photo on a slow shutter speed. The picture will be blurred. However, in this case, the subject is illuminated by the flash and thus there is a lot of light reflecting off the subject onto the film. So in the brief period of time between when the shutter is released and when i begin moving the camera, the amount of light that reflects off the subject is already enough to create a sharp well exposed image. But because the background still needs more time to expose, the subsequent movement creates the blurring effect.
I hope that made sense :)
PS. thanks for sending me those photoblog links, they are very cool!
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