Model still/motion blur experiment

[Ian]

I was very fortunate to be a guest at a What Digital Camera magazine workshop for the new Olympus OM-D E-M5 last Saturday. Here is one shot that came out quite well I think.

This was an experimental shot with the cooperation of the models (Mariana on the left and Sadie on the right) being directed:



The idea was for Mariana to be still and sharp while Sadie walked past in a motion blur. This was in a pedestrian underpass just off the beach in Brighton and the lighting was a mixture of old fluorescent tubes and some natural light from the entrance. Exposure was f/4.5 @1/10th second, ISO 200. Mariana was moving a little so she is very slightly blurred - not that obvious from a Web resolution version of the image here, although the wind has nicely blurred some of her hair. Finally, I added a fairly strong (40) post crop vignette in Lightroom 4.

Comments of any type (within reason!) welcome

Ian

[Pol]

Maybe it's just a question of taste but I feel the colour tones are a bit too cold. As a result, Mariana's skin looks slightly too blue.

Could you perhaps tweak the colour balance slightly - maybe approx with the sliders about 10-15 from blue towards yellow in the midtones and perhaps slightly less on the highlights and shadows. Just a slight tweak might warm things up .

Pol

[Ian]

OK, I think you are right, but it only needs a subtle tweak



Ian

[Pol]

That's much better.

FWIW - I like the effect of the vignette very much too. It somehow brings out the dof rather nicely and also helps create the atmosphere of an underpass.


Pol

[John Perriment]

I like the idea of movement in a still photograph and this one works well. It's often difficult to come up with something different and this is a great example.

[devilgas]

much better now!

[Ian]

Thanks John, I have plenty more from Last Saturday but haven't yet had a chance to sort through them all. I will try to get some other up later today.

Ian