Its nice to dabble with new ideas and techniques. One thing I stumbled some nature and landscape photographers doing was using the zoom out motion on their lenses during a long exposure to create some dramatic effects. It almost appears to be warping time and space, as if you expect a wormhole or some other astronomical anomaly to occur as you look at the image.
Fall color presents a great time to play around with this technique, and here is just one of the images I captured while experimenting in the Smokies. This one is aptly titled Autumn Impressions.
Next time you're out and about and are looking for something different, break out your zoom lens (it works best with a 70-200 or something similar) and twist away.
Nice! It's tricky getting the right amount of blur, did you use any ND filters?
ReplyDeleteHey Nathanael, this is only with a Singh Ray LB Warming Polarizer on Canon's 70-200 f/4L lens. I had some mixed success with this technique, I seemed to have the best results on overcast days. I hope to work with this on some winter scenes as well.
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