Day 26 April 2010: Drag landscapes

nik111 (ePHOTOzine Staff)

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26 Apr 2010 - 12:01 AM

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We're dragging landscapes today. If you're puzzled over the name of the technique take a look at our article then e2 members can post their images here while our free members can put them in the gallery.

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DOGSBODY (e2 Member)

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26 Apr 2010 - 8:59 AM

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This is one that I did earlier. It started life as a poor black and white image and has ended up as a poor colour one.

Coleslaw (e2 Member)

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26 Apr 2010 - 9:05 AM

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Quote: The technique I use is to set the camera to self-timer with a delay of 2-secs. Press the shutter and start moving the camera.

Yeap, me too. Altered the amount of movement to get the amount of blurriness I wanted.

This one was without tripod, as I didn't have a suitable tripod head for it.

Fishnet (e2 Member)

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26 Apr 2010 - 9:35 AM

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These are all very interesting, I'll have a go at this today.

cats_123 (e2 Member)

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26 Apr 2010 - 10:05 AM

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struggling to get this handheld...will keep trying

csurry

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26 Apr 2010 - 10:54 AM

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The example shows a smooth drag. Which as those posted above show is virtually impossible without a tripod. If the article had shown an image with the jagged lines then fair enough. But there is no need to throw away the tripod as stated in the technique.

csurry

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26 Apr 2010 - 12:09 PM

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Mine are normally done over 1 - 2 secs.

The point was that the technique said don't take the tripod, but both methods are valid. It should have said you don't need a tripod, but can use one, although the pan technique is slightly modified depending on which you choose.

To suggest that smoother panning was only possible without a tripod is just plainly wrong. In either case it is about technique. The main factors are making sure that there are no patches of sky, especially if it is white as this will just become an annoying streak in the final image. And if you don't want a flat image then it is best if the subject is being lit on one side as this gives more depth to the tree trunks in the case of my shot or yours

csurry

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26 Apr 2010 - 12:22 PM

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Probably Will, but then he's a novice at this, whereas I have spent many hours in Scotland trying this when the conditions are too damp for much else