CHAT thread for weekly comp 1st August --- 7th August MOVEMENT

[jimthetrain]

This weeks theme is to show MOVEMENT somewhere in the picture. 



Pictures to be taken between 00.01am Monday 1st August 2011 to 23:59 Sunday 7th August 2011 .
Pictures to be posted in the entries thread no later than 23.59pm Monday 8th August 2011.
Poll will be up Tuesday 9th August 2011. Winner to be announced Saturday 13th August 2011.

The Rules for the weekly competition are...

By entering you agree to take responsibility to
Post a topic on the Sunday following your declared win
Create an entries thread
Create a chat thread
Create a poll for that weeks comp and declare the winner on the Saturday
(if for any reason there is a problem and no subject is posted by the winner by Monday night admin will advise second place winner to post the topic asap, do the poll etc)

In case of a tie, the first entry posted wins.

Photos to be taken during the specified dates, ie Monday xx to Sunday xx

Pictures to be posted in the entries thread no later than 23.59 Monday night

[Reinardina]

D*mn! Totally out of my comfort zone! I never get it right with movement.

Good challenge though. I'll do my best!

Reinardina.

[jimthetrain]

here's something from a while back as an example

[Markulous]

We're off to Bakewell Show later in the week......... and they have Scurrying (the pony sort, not the dogs) so hopefully be able to repeat past attempts!

[krennon]

may have to have a go at this one myself hopefully.....off to London tomorrow so may be able to get something there...

[Reinardina]

Motion blur in my shots is mostly accidental. Haven't mastered the technique yet to do it 'on purpose.' With my previous (bridge) camera I could just about manage it, but with my new one, I'm still floundering.

With a lot of patience however, and even more 'burst' shots, I managed to 'catch' a goldfinch in flight. Nicely blurred.

We created a small wildlife haven on our (fourth floor) terrace, with lots of native flowers. This attracts loads of insects, and at the moment, flocks of goldfinches. They are extremely shy though, and disappear at the slightest movement. But I managed it in the end, shooting through the kitchen window.

If you look carefully, you can see two more finches (just about); one in the top right and one in the bottom left.

[picsfor]

Slow shutter speed is what you need... Hand held or tripod.
Set camera to TV or similar and set a shutter speed of about 1/30th sec or slower and you'll get differing levels of motion blur.
The other trick is jerk when you press the shutter button - some call it camera shake - bet every thing looks like it's moving 

[Reinardina]

Slow shutter speed is what you need... Hand held or tripod.
Set camera to TV or similar and set a shutter speed of about 1/30th sec or slower and you'll get differing levels of motion blur.
The other trick is jerk when you press the shutter button - some call it camera shake - bet every thing looks like it's moving 

Thanks Andrew. I had a go and the jerk is not too difficult, even though the results are not yet any good. With the slow shutter speed I still have all sorts problems. Working on it. (Till the next challenge comes along.)

(One of) my problem(s) is, that I never ever learned anything about the ins and outs of photography. I read about it, think I 'get' it, but unless I regularly use it, I lose it and have to start from scratch next time I need that particular bit of knowledge.

Doesn't really matter though, it's fun trying.