Lens Zoom Effect
Zooming Effect During Exposure
I wanted to provide folks with an idea to achieve the “unfocused” look for this weeks Word Press Photo Challenge.
You need a zoom lens for this one. This takes some practice, but the results are worth it!
The best exposure setting is 1/2 to 2 seconds. Begin by framing your subject with the widest angle of your zoom lens and then zoom toward the longer end as you click your shutter. For example, I used this technique with my 18mm-200mm zoom. I begin at 18mm and zoomed to 170mm as I push the shutter button. If you pause for an instant after you click your shutter button, more of your subject will be sharp in the zoom center. It takes lots of practice (and sometime luck) to master this technique, but it’s a fun one to play with.
Lovely! My contribution is here: http://wp.me/p1TywS-rc
~Anne
Anne, thank you!
Awesome photos and great tips! I like your “rusty” HDR challenge photo and this one too! My comment on Jake’s site is right under yours and wanted to see HDR photography. I’m glad I checked it out!
Thanks!
Thank you Judy for stopping by and that the information was helpful.
great image…but even greater is the tutorial with it. Thanks Rick
Glad the information was helpful!
Love this, Rick! Nice job!
Thank you and umm pasta recipe!
LOVE lens zoom effects but NEVER shoot them enough! Will have to play with this soon!
Yes zoom effects are fun to shoot. Another is the swirl your camera in a tight circle, but without the zoom process.
What an incredible splash of colour with all your wonderful advice, than you Rick! Can’t wait to get practicing . . . lots!
Great Patti and hope you have success! As noted earlier, you can also move your camera in a quick tight circle for a whole different effect, without zooming.
Really like this one, Rick. Many flower photos are just more flowers, but not this one!
Thanks for the nice comment about this zoom process.
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This picture is awesome, Rick! Amazing colors and the effect you’ve created is undescribable – one time I feel hypnotized, the other as if I would fall. Love it!
Glad the image excites you. Is it some thing you could go out and reproduce?
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Wow it looks like it is moving… made me dizzy! I love the effect and colours
Really cool, Rick. I’ve seen that done with a picture of a tree shot from laying down next to the base of the trunk. Love the color in those flowers! My contribution is here: http://wp.me/pVF3g-6O
Thank you for your comment. Fun to step out of the typical image and shoot this.
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