Windy

Posted by dobbino (Cape Town, South Africa) on 19 January 2009 in Business & Industry.

Our winds at the moment are around 35-40 kilometres per hour. I have been trying to capture motion for a while, and this shot for me worked out reasonably well. I normally shoot with aperture mode as my preference, and now using shutter speed for this type of situation instead is proving quite informative.

Title from the song sung by The Association

All comments, and especially constructive criticism is truly appreciated. Thank you for taking the time.

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Comments (12)

Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand

Hope you had a nice weekend Rob:-)
Nice shot here, I like the movement with the slight blurr with the rest of the image so crisp and clear!!

19 Jan 2009 5:47am

Nicholas from Shah Alam, Malaysia

Nicely done :) Just the right shutter speed here.

19 Jan 2009 6:13am

jamesy from christchurch, New Zealand

Great shot I think you have achieved what you wanted

19 Jan 2009 7:18am

Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom

Great to take up a little challenge like this and crack it ! And, yes, shutter-priority would be the route now you make me think about it. Perfect motion.

19 Jan 2009 9:20am

Jason Kravitz from Brussels, Belgium

I like the texture and B&W tone on this image - I think you captured the motion nicely as well

19 Jan 2009 11:04am

Rui from Leiria, Portugal

Nice BW work. The motion was well captured. Well done.

19 Jan 2009 12:55pm

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

Very impressive capture, I love this Rob :)

19 Jan 2009 1:24pm

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

The strong contrast make this a wonderful photo.

19 Jan 2009 3:01pm

Eleftheria from Athens, Greece

Beautiful!

19 Jan 2009 3:42pm

Graham Russon from Cape Town, South Africa

Great shot, like how you've frozen the action. Snap, also have a windmill today :)

19 Jan 2009 7:56pm

Lomantik from Sydney, Australia

i like the general feel of the picture but its too flat i think?

there is no real focal point and i find my eyes running around the picture too much...

but all in all, a great capture of a rustic wind 'thing' haha sorry don't know what its called...

19 Jan 2009 11:56pm

@Lomantik: Thanks for your constructive remarks - much appreciated.

Craig from Vacaville, California, United States

Love the contrast and mid tones!

20 Jan 2009 2:27am

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