Response to Movement (Response #29)

Uploaded 322 Days Ago by King - - 13 comments

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taikrixel said 322 days ago:

perfect one! 5x5...

JIMJIM said 322 days ago:

Great great capture and image in all sense, very relevant.. - and high rating for sure -- though I'm not a fan of her disco look - but who cares ;-)

Ana said 322 days ago:

My first impression was that this, indeed, suggests movement. But after looking at it a bit, I feel as if the girl is so still, as if posing, and isn't moving at all? I also wonder why the blur of movement only correlates to her foot, and not her whole leg.
So, at first glance, relevant.

Constantin said 322 days ago:

Nice idea. Although it should be fairly obvious, I'm not really sensing any movement here; rather, a more frozen in time feel. The trail she's left looks almost unnatural and for me, because of this, loses it's connection with her [foot], therefore taking away the sense of movement. Still it's a well executed photo.

King said 322 days ago:

Thanks, folks, for your comments.
This is one of many such photos I shot for a dancewear catalog in he late 70's. Because my client was selling the things worn by the dancers, the garments and shoes had to have priority.

This photo is probably more complicated than it looks. The trick was to keep the 2,000 watt spotlight focused only on the moving foot so as not to spill too much light on the rest of the image, which was shot with flash. It was also necessary to balance the color temperature of the spotlight to that of the flash units.

Note that the left side of her hair is also in motion.

AliceMarie said 322 days ago:

The movement trail looks totally photoshopped to me. I could be wrong but, doubt it...lol

King said 322 days ago:

@AliceMarie. I'm old. This was done in camera (Hasselblad) long before Photoshop. As an advertising photographer, I specialized in (among other things) in-camera special effects, such as this, shot on a single piece of 4x5 inch color transparency film.

http://www.weeklyshot.org/theme/hands-2/response/62/

Thanks for your comment.

Jem said 322 days ago:

Great shot King - well deserved feature. Amazing how sometimes people put camera techniques they don't understand down to Photoshop. I guess "the photo never lies" is no longer believed by anyone :)

Beamer said 322 days ago:

Great gams!!! Great shot!! And yes the late 70's for sure... With legs like that, she can wear anything she wants...

Congrats!! Well deserved!!

pete said 322 days ago:

great :D and even better now ive read that you did this the hard way!

VernonTrent said 322 days ago:

congrats king :)

King said 322 days ago:

@Jem, Beamer, pete and VernonTrent,

Thanks very much!

Thanks to everyone who rated this to help it get featured.

Jeff said 321 days ago:

I've been at work all day and am just now getting to the computer. What an image, King! And your explanation makes it even better. Excellent technique!

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