This is my last street photograph of 2020. People passing through the old city gate under the Imperial Castle. Like castle ghosts. Using my Olympus OM-D E-M1X and the mZuiko 12-100 with a long shutter speed of 2.5 sec to create the ghosting effects through intentional motion blur, both of the moving subjects as well as light intentional movements of the camera (ICM) to blur the old stones in the ancient tunnel.
“Sharpness is a bourgeois concept” is one of my favorite photographic quotes, said by the godfather of street photography Henri Cartier-Bresson. Always be open minded when you are out and about shooting. Experiment with whatever comes to your mind. You digital camera (or your smartphone) is just like the shovel that you used to play with in the sandbox when your were little.
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Have a great Saturday!
Marcus
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Its a good picture
Thanks, so much appreciated! Marcus
Interesting
Thanks, Arv, much appreciated! Marcus
thanks for the inspiration, and I appreciate the quote from Cartier-Bresson. A quote I like from a Buñuel movie is “fuck symmetry”. I’m still working on that one.
Thanks for taking the time to read and comment, Arati, so much appreciated! I love your quote 😉
Great title for a creepy looking image, Marcus. Nicely executed capture.
Thanks you for your kind words, they are highly appreciated! Marcus
A superb example of using blur effectively.
Thanks, Irene, I appreciate your kind words! Marcus
this images seems to be a telling of today…how fear, confusion, anxiety has blurred our vision and impacted how we connect with others.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the photograph, Brenda, much appreciated! Marcus
The Cartier-Bresson quote is very good but I also really like the idea that the camera is like the shovel we played with in the sandbox – that really gets across the idea that you can do many things with your camera, things you haven’t yet thought of. Great post, Marcus.
Glad you liked the post, Lynn, so much appreciated! Marcus
Ah, I’m a fan of slow shutter speed, and this is most effective!
Thanks, Sue 🙂
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