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Version 2.3, © 2006 by Dale Cotton, all rights reserved
00-C724 (1/8, f/2.8 @ 400 - slow shutter on tripod)
The following pictures represent (notwithstanding the above) a new direction for me, although certainly not for photography. Various degrees of motion blur from subtle to extreme; created in various ways.
The first three, below, were taken a year ago in a devil-may-care mood on a single morning commute with the Fuji E550 digicam: (Click any pic to view a larger version.)
05-E0622 (1/6, f/5.6 @ 100 - slow shutter)
05-E0634 (1/7, f/5.6 @ 400 - slow shutter)
05-E0673 (1/4, f/6.4 @ 400 - camera motion while walking + slow shutter)
The above pix they didn't fit in with my mindset at the time, so I set them aside. The next six pix, below, were all taken with a Lumix LX1 @ 80 ISO over the past month:
06-L0462 (1/6, f/4 @ 200 - low light / slow shutter - OIS on)
06-L0468 (1/15, f/4.5 @ 80 - taken from a moving vehicle + fog - OIS on)
06-L0469 (1/20, f/4 @ 80 - camera motion + fog - OIS on)
06-L0529 (1/6, f/8 @ 80 - wind + slow shutter - OIS on)
06-L0592 (1/2, f/8 @ 80 - slow shutter - OIS on)
06-L0602 (1/20, f/8 @ 80 - subject motion + camera motion - OIS off)
Strangely, this is something I'd been thinking to do for years but first had to wean myself from the tripod, then had to gain a bit of comfort doing handheld, then had to decide to deliberately turn off the nifty optical stabilization built into the LX1 and learn to look upon 80 ISO as an advantage instead of a liability.
I'm still in the infatuation phase with all the above, so I have no idea at this time which images will become keepers or how long I'll continue exploring this approach...
Update, 22 July '06: My son, Matthew, balancing his new 4D RC plane:
06-2441 Pentax DS (1/3, f/5.6 @ 200 - slow shutter)
06-2455 (1/20, f/4.5 @ 400 - slow shutter)
06-L0857 Back to LX1 (1, f/4.5 @ 80 - slow shutter, no OIS)
06-L0877 (1/6, f/4.5 @ 100 - slow shutter, no OIS)
06-L0880 (With time out for a phone call...) (1/6, f/4.5 @ 100 - slow shutter, no OIS)
06-L0888 (1/6, f/4.5 @ 100 - slow shutter, no OIS)

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