Ok, I think this is called 'sticking your head above the parapet and getting it blown off!' Any views on this? I am not going to give any details or the circumstances or even what I think of this yet but I would be very interested to see if it gets any reaction and then I'll post my honest thoughts.
Robert
Explanantion.
It's a cock up, pure and simple. John McPherson hit the nail right on the head when he mentioned the 'shotgun style'. It literally hapened just as he says, the deer jumped off a bank onto the path in front of me when I was carrying a 500mm on a tripod and I barely had time to put the tripod down and fire two shots. It was in an overcast wood so the exposure on aperture auto was 0.7 sec @ f4.5 at iso 640. The animal was too close and too fast. This image was destined to go in the bin but when I saw the 'Ghostly Hare' image in the WPOTY competition I thought I'd hang onto it for a while.
I have seen many images where the use of a slow shutter speed to cause blur has been planned with plenty of forethought and they have worked very well. To those with the vision, forethought, skill and persistence to succesfully produce such images I give my wholehearted congratulations. However, in this instance I can claim no credit for any such artistic leanings.
Robert
Posted by David Taylor on August 11, 2009 at 3:18 PM
If you or someone else like it, then I would say yes. Images are triggers that can set off all sorts of reactions and emotions, positive, negative etc, etc. It wil be interesting to see what
comments you get.
Joining you above the parapet.....................I like the 'idea' very much (assuming there was an idea to start with!), and although I quite like the image, I think the execution is less accomplished than I would like if you want to put an 'art' label on it (although that in itself is being controversial! As pointed out already, if you like it, and want to call it art, its art!).
Now I'll qualify my seemingly harsh remark. I prefer this treatment of the subject far more than the static head-above-the-heather/grass/bushes treatment thats often presented, which may show what the subject IS, but not much of what it DOES.
Now this may be an image you've worked hard to get, and if it is, fair play to you - you're getting there, but it could be better - more fluidity of movement captured, the legs in the frame etc.
But, if you've been stalking through the woods and its leapt out in front and legged it and this is an instinctive, shotgun-style reflex action, then all I can say is congratulations! Its REALLY hard to capture subjects under those circumstances and to get in the viewfinder at all is a success.
Subjectively - tight in the frame shots like this can give a really intimate feel to the image - an almost privileged voyeuristic quality, and this one has a bit of that going for it. But its other failings detract from it, for me.
Others mileage may vary!
Good post!
Posted by Craig Jones on August 11, 2009 at 6:58 PM
I like it Robert and 10/10 for posting it shame it's not facing us,but as it stands I like it alot and it is art to me
Posted by John Robinson on August 11, 2009 at 7:07 PM
Sorry Robert (don't hate me for this ) but it doesn't work at all for me.
You have plenty of excellent stuff behind you
OK- the details - its too big in the frame.- its too far right. -its blurred
Cheers
John
Sorry but one mans art is another mans camera shake !.
Bob.
Posted by Duncan Armour on August 12, 2009 at 7:49 AM
I think blur where it expresses movement of the animal can be very powerful. Here it feels more like movement of the camera and so doesn't work for me.
Discussion
7 repliesRobert
Explanantion.
It's a cock up, pure and simple. John McPherson hit the nail right on the head when he mentioned the 'shotgun style'. It literally hapened just as he says, the deer jumped off a bank onto the path in front of me when I was carrying a 500mm on a tripod and I barely had time to put the tripod down and fire two shots. It was in an overcast wood so the exposure on aperture auto was 0.7 sec @ f4.5 at iso 640. The animal was too close and too fast. This image was destined to go in the bin but when I saw the 'Ghostly Hare' image in the WPOTY competition I thought I'd hang onto it for a while.
I have seen many images where the use of a slow shutter speed to cause blur has been planned with plenty of forethought and they have worked very well. To those with the vision, forethought, skill and persistence to succesfully produce such images I give my wholehearted congratulations. However, in this instance I can claim no credit for any such artistic leanings.
Robert
comments you get.
Now I'll qualify my seemingly harsh remark. I prefer this treatment of the subject far more than the static head-above-the-heather/grass/bushes treatment thats often presented, which may show what the subject IS, but not much of what it DOES.
Now this may be an image you've worked hard to get, and if it is, fair play to you - you're getting there, but it could be better - more fluidity of movement captured, the legs in the frame etc.
But, if you've been stalking through the woods and its leapt out in front and legged it and this is an instinctive, shotgun-style reflex action, then all I can say is congratulations! Its REALLY hard to capture subjects under those circumstances and to get in the viewfinder at all is a success.
Subjectively - tight in the frame shots like this can give a really intimate feel to the image - an almost privileged voyeuristic quality, and this one has a bit of that going for it. But its other failings detract from it, for me.
Others mileage may vary!
Good post!
You have plenty of excellent stuff behind you
OK- the details - its too big in the frame.- its too far right. -its blurred
Cheers
John
Bob.