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Removing a speeding white van from the village.

Saturday Self Challenge: Long exposure.

It would have been good to have a Neutral density filter in front of the lens and place the camera on a tripod! The shutter speed I used was 0.5.

I converted the photo into B&W and used the ND filter in SilverEffex to darken the photo a fraction.

Using a longer shutter speed, the white van disappeared totally, as did most of the rest of the photo. ;-)

The PIPs show a colour version and an inverted image.
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17 comments

Ulrich John said:

Fine composition in b/w !
8 years ago ( translate )

Annaig BZH said:

un beau rendu en noir et blanc
8 years ago ( translate )

Marie-claire Gallet said:

Too technical for me, but a great result !!!!!!!!!!!!
8 years ago

Sami Serola (inactiv… said:

Ha ha ha! =D Funny! I chose twilight (evening) for the same reason of not having ND filter to get long enough shutter times. I suppose I should buy a ND filter some day, to get those cool long exposure daytime pictures done.
8 years ago

Valfal said:

You did well considering you had no ND filter to work with; excellent effort, Amelia :-)
8 years ago

Keith Burton said:

A great result given the circumstances Amelia!
8 years ago

Xata said:

I like the inverted one best, you had a good idea!
8 years ago

HaarFager said:

Wow! That turned out great! And I like the inverted version as well.
8 years ago

Karen's Place said:

Sometimes a polarizing filter can help too if you don't have an ND fillter.

I like all 3 images. The inverted one is really spooky lol.

Great job, Amelia!
8 years ago

Ruebenkraut said:

fantastic idea
8 years ago ( translate )

Gillian Everett said:

Interesting results, very creative
8 years ago ( translate )

Jan said:

Great job Amelia . I don't have an ND filter either. We use what we have and that makes it even more ingenious .
8 years ago

raingirl said:

i like this in black and white - and having the in focus center be so old, i like that feeling of time passing ( the vehicle blur) yet the stone stays strong.
8 years ago

Amelia replied to raingirl:

Very well said. I found this challenge challenging. ;-)
8 years ago

Heidiho said:

You have to hurry to get this bus !
Oh yes, it needs a lot of time to experiment with long exposure ... best, you wait for a bad, grey day, or the early evening hours .... brings better colours, and you don`t need a ND-filter.
8 years ago
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