Although this isn't a formal write up of one of the course projects or assignments, reading through the Getting to know your camera section - in particular the Focus and Photographing movement sections - prompted me to reflect on a recent shoot of an Halfords Tour cycling event in Oldham. Until now I'd not looked at them since uploading them.
Most of the images were taken with a fixed 50m lens, which afforded me the option of a much greater aperture (up to f1.8).
I'd taken a number of shots that rendered the subject(s) static but I wanted a more creative shot; one that emphasised the speed of the cyclists. I spotted the British Cycling advertising hoarding and felt that it could be my primary focus whilst at the same time capturing a passing cyclist.
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| 50mm, 1/320 secs at f/4, ISO 100 |
The first attempt didn't work as the shutter speed was much too quick - 1/320 sec. I also concluded that even with more motion blur, the image wouldn't be dynamic enough.
So for my second attempt I reduced the shutter speed to 1/40 sec and also changed the angle of the composition.
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| 50mm, 1/40 secs at f/10, ISO 100 |
During post production (Adobe Lightroom) I've reduced the blue and purple values in the advertising hoarding to make the colour of the cyclist's blur more prominent and I've also added a small vignette.
I'm pleased with the result.
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