The reason why the cars seem still is because they are moving towards the
camera. If the were moving to the left or right there'd be a lot more
blur. Personally I would leave the cars alone, they aren't the subject.
And if you blur the background more they may not be recognizable as cars,
their headlights just a couple of distracting streaks along the bottom.
But if you want to expirement with slower shutter speeds, an easy way to
lose a few stops would be to put a polarizer on the lens. I wouldn't try a
red filter, as the red on white sign would not show up well, but on the
other hand a green filter should raise the contrast on the sign, maxing it
black on white instead of dark grey on white. Just a thought.
Todd
At 10:08 AM 5/14/01 +0530, you wrote:
>
>Hi!
>
>Can you tell me the photographic details like shutter speed and aperture?
>The reason I am asking this is: There are two cars on the road at the
>bottom of the picture. Though they seem to stopped but they are almost at
>the middle of the road with its headlights on. So, it conveys the
>information that they were actually moving. If I have been in your place,
>I should have given a long exposure to catch the cars a stricks of light
>besides photographing the building. I think a slow speed film is required
>for that.
>
>I like those blobs of light from the street lights in your photograph.
>
>Cheers,
>Ayash Kanto.
>
>
>On Sun, 13 May 2001, Douglas E Harmon wrote:
>
>> Hey ya all,
>> This is a picture I took last week of the Freedom Tower here in Miami.
>> The Freedom tower was where many Cuban refugees were processed in the 60's
>> and 70's. I tried to leave the building as out of focus as possible but
>> still recognizable to stay off in the background. F50mm 1.7 @ F2.8 for 1/30
>> or 1/15. The main focus was the Do Not Enter sign. Could be a comment on
the
>> current state of the US imigration policy for Cuban refugees.
>>
>> Here's my pic. What do you think?
>> http://personal.mia.bellsouth.net/mia/g/e/genius91/freedom.jpg
>>
>> To see what's being done for the future of this building.
>> http://www.structural.net/News/media%20coverage/freedomtower.htm
>>
>> l8r,
>> Douglas E Harmon
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> http://personal.mia.bellsouth.net/~genius91/
>>
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