Leaf Oof

This is a result of an accident, the tripod was not tighten completely so it moved very slowly during a 30 second exposure. I should wear gloves more often.

I did shoot one with out the blur but I don't like the dark part of the ground showing through. The white edges are frost from a couple of weeks ago.

Santa Monica Mountains

It looks like it was shot through a curtain. It is a trippy, ghostly effect.

Dude,

This is a really cool abstract! The motion pattern is really great. Funny how some art happens by accident. Did you pump up the Red channel in PP?

Derek

It looks like a lace curtain moving in the breeze through an open window. I really like this!

Just a suggestion, Steve, but you might consider adding a 1 or 2px black border to it. Doing so will provide better separation of the image from the white page background.

You might also try experimenting with different levels of contrast. The image as posted looks great, but this is one of those images that lends itself well to experimentation.

A happy accident, indeed!

-P

thanks guys!

Derek, the dominant color was pink and the reds were the tops of the leaves. There were a few pale orange ones there too. The movement captured the cast which was the majority of what color was there in and just out of the frame. I toned down some of the bright reds and lifted some of the darks.

Preston, thanks, I seem to like it with even less contrast. Were you imagining more?

Hi Steve,

I'm away from home for a couple of days and looking at this on my laptop. By manipulating the angle of my screen, I can see this with different degrees of brightness/contrast. I agree with Preston, this image lends itself to a lot of interesting possibilities in addition to the version posted here.

Craig

This one has more contrast and is more identifible. Hmmm.. .

Undecisiveness sure can be a killer.

Craig, that is the beautiful thing about LCD screens. Changing the contrast with out tools.

Looks cool, Steve. I think less contrast might make for a good web page "background". The 2nd does indeed look like one is looking through a lace curtain, lots of possibilities here

It's a one of a kind image. Never to be duplicated. Which in itself makes it something out of the ordinary. The technique could be reapplied by experimentation ( since you figured out how it occurred). With the tripod head slightly loose and a long exposure, you may have stumbled on a new genre, the extremely slow pan effect. I'm not being facetious here, nor making fun. The images ,all of the different variations have merit, and are good enough to try the technique on other scenes.

Paul

Cool shot, Steve. It does look like curtains. Maybe you should consider interior design as well as photography.

really, really like this steve, both versions. :wink sorry, no help w/ which to choose, I'd be in the same delimma!

Steve, I really like the higher contrast image. Very unique effect. As others have commented, it looks like the camera is viewing the scene through a curtain. Best Regards.

Let's hear it for lucky accidents. I would find it hard to pick which version, but I like the dark and light ones better then the middle one.

- Dan.

This is pretty freekin' cool Steve. I like the original posted image relative to the added contrast one...to me the lower almost ghostly contrast better suits the subject

Serendipity indeed! I'm all over the low contrast of original... which worries me, because I'm usually a high contrast fiend. I'd love to see a big print of this someday. Good stuff!