Wood Ducks with slow shutter
p.1 #1Wood Ducks with slow shutter
I've been enjoying shooting late afternoon and into the blue hour. I love the pretty colors and the ability to do creative blurs.
Comments and suggestions welcome,
Morris
1) Splashdown
2) Blastoff
3) Flight
Comments and suggestions welcome,
Morris
1) Splashdown
X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/75s 6400 ISO +0.3 EV
2) Blastoff
X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/140s 6400 ISO +0.3 EV
3) Flight
X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/100s 6400 ISO +0.3 EV
Nov 26, 2025 at 07:09 AM
p.1 #2Wood Ducks with slow shutter
Number three for me Morris. The head and eye are in reasonable focus in image three but the blur elsewhere in the image is very effective. Nicely done!
Alan
Alan
Nov 26, 2025 at 11:02 AM
p.1 #3Wood Ducks with slow shutter
Nicely done Morris. I actually like a few shots showing the wing blur.
Nov 26, 2025 at 02:06 PM
p.1 #4Wood Ducks with slow shutter
angel manguel wrote:
Number three for me Morris. The head and eye are in reasonable focus in image three but the blur elsewhere in the image is very effective. Nicely done!
Alan
Thank you Alan,
All 3 are in focus, what you see is motion blur and that's intentional
Morris
Number three for me Morris. The head and eye are in reasonable focus in image three but the blur elsewhere in the image is very effective. Nicely done!
Alan
Thank you Alan,
All 3 are in focus, what you see is motion blur and that's intentional
Morris
Nov 27, 2025 at 07:25 AM
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p.1 #5Wood Ducks with slow shutter
louie champan wrote:
Nicely done Morris. I actually like a few shots showing the wing blur.
Thank you Louie,
I'm back to my old game of creative blurs.
Morris
Nicely done Morris. I actually like a few shots showing the wing blur.
Thank you Louie,
I'm back to my old game of creative blurs.
Morris
Nov 27, 2025 at 07:25 AM
p.1 #6Wood Ducks with slow shutter
morris wrote:
AlanThank you Alan,
All 3 are in focus, what you see is motion blur and that's intentional
Morris
Hi Morris. I really like your approach in these images Morris. Still photography can't convey motion very well unless one does what you did here.
But wouldn't unintentional camera shake qualify as motion blur? Would that not mean that the image is out of focus? My understanding is that camera shake or a too slow shutter speed with a moving object would result in an image with most or all of the image out of focus.
What are your thoughts Morris?
Alan
angel manguel wrote
Number three for me Morris. The head and eye are in reasonable focus in image three but the blur elsewhere in the image is very effective. Nicely done!Alan
All 3 are in focus, what you see is motion blur and that's intentional
Morris
Hi Morris. I really like your approach in these images Morris. Still photography can't convey motion very well unless one does what you did here.
But wouldn't unintentional camera shake qualify as motion blur? Would that not mean that the image is out of focus? My understanding is that camera shake or a too slow shutter speed with a moving object would result in an image with most or all of the image out of focus.
What are your thoughts Morris?
Alan
Dec 01, 2025 at 10:41 AM
p.1 #7Wood Ducks with slow shutter
angel manguel wrote:
AlanThank you Alan,
All 3 are in focus, what you see is motion blur and that's intentional
MorrisHi Morris. I really like your approach in these images Morris. Still photography can't convey motion very well unless one does what you did here.
But wouldn't unintentional camera shake qualify as motion blur? Would that not mean that the image is out of focus? My understanding is that camera shake or a too slow shutter speed with a moving object would result in an image with most or all of the image out of focus.
What are your thoughts Morris?
Alan
Thank you Alan,
But wouldn't unintentional camera shake qualify as motion blur?
Yes this is a common cause of motion blur. I've seen photographers do this intentionally for artistic effect. One interesting one is to rotate the camera with a long exposure.
Would that not mean that the image is out of focus?
No, an image can be in perfect focus yet motion blur shows the movement. Look at the spray in my first image as that image shows this best.
My understanding is that camera shake or a too slow shutter speed with a moving object would result in an image with most or all of the image out of focus.
This is incorrect and is confusing terms. Focus is best understood when the shutter speed is fast enough to see the sharpness vs out of focus and blurred. Motion blur is wen the focused image shows signs of movement.
Morris
morris wrote
angel manguel wrote
Number three for me Morris. The head and eye are in reasonable focus in image three but the blur elsewhere in the image is very effective. Nicely done!Alan
All 3 are in focus, what you see is motion blur and that's intentional
Morris
But wouldn't unintentional camera shake qualify as motion blur? Would that not mean that the image is out of focus? My understanding is that camera shake or a too slow shutter speed with a moving object would result in an image with most or all of the image out of focus.
What are your thoughts Morris?
Alan
Thank you Alan,
But wouldn't unintentional camera shake qualify as motion blur?
Yes this is a common cause of motion blur. I've seen photographers do this intentionally for artistic effect. One interesting one is to rotate the camera with a long exposure.
Would that not mean that the image is out of focus?
No, an image can be in perfect focus yet motion blur shows the movement. Look at the spray in my first image as that image shows this best.
My understanding is that camera shake or a too slow shutter speed with a moving object would result in an image with most or all of the image out of focus.
This is incorrect and is confusing terms. Focus is best understood when the shutter speed is fast enough to see the sharpness vs out of focus and blurred. Motion blur is wen the focused image shows signs of movement.
Morris
Dec 01, 2025 at 11:26 AM
p.1 #8Wood Ducks with slow shutter
Morris,
Nice shots, your getting creative
Chris S.
Nice shots, your getting creative
Chris S.
Dec 01, 2025 at 11:28 AM