https://pho.tography.org/tags/motion-blur/ Recent content in motion blur on pho.tography.org Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pho.tography.org/panning-at-1/60s-nikkor-z-400mm-f/4.5-vr-s/ Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pho.tography.org/panning-at-1/60s-nikkor-z-400mm-f/4.5-vr-s/ Panning is the technique of tracking a moving subject with a slow shutter speed so that the subject is relatively sharp while the background blurs into horizontal streaks. At 1/60s, a cyclist or vehicle moving across the frame renders with context — the motion of the world around the subject made visible — rather than as a freeze-frame extracted from its environment. The technique is old. What is new is doing it at 400mm. https://pho.tography.org/second-curtain-sync-ef-70-200mm-f/2.8l-is-iii-with-flash/ Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pho.tography.org/second-curtain-sync-ef-70-200mm-f/2.8l-is-iii-with-flash/ First curtain sync fires the flash at the beginning of the exposure. Second curtain sync fires it at the end. The difference, on a stationary subject in a dark room, is invisible. The difference, on a moving subject with any ambient light at a shutter speed slower than 1/60s, is the difference between a motion blur that trails behind the subject and one that leads in front of it. The first looks like the subject is moving backward.