Attached Link: The Shoe Shine Man

I hope I did this right with the link thingy:

I think it's awesome! What filter did you use? TV

Just keep Polishing Laddie...now, where is My Tandem Bike :]

Hi tv, In response to how I did the shot...no filter was used. The scene was lit from available light coming in through the window from the left of the shoe. Problem was, I knew I needed a long exposure time to record the blur of the shine rag. The window light was partially blocked by black background paper. Then I positioned a silver cloth in front of the shoes that bounced more light into the scene. Direct window light brought more light into the scene, which made the exposure time too short to do the effect. The effect is called "shutter drag." You begin the long exposure by not moving the subject. Once the exposure began I slowly moved the rag from right to left, up and over the shoe to create the blur and still have definition in my fingers. This was my fourth exposure. The first three exposures I was moving my hands too fast and it was too much of a blur. The camera was mounted on a tripod positioned above the shoe which was sitting on a box. The first thing I did was spit-shine the shoe in order to show a few specular highlights in the leather. I used the camera's self-timer to start the exposure so I could get my hands in position to do the shutter drag. Camera: Sony Mavica MVC-CD500 Exposure: Manual mode F7.1 @ 2 seconds Auto focus on ISO = 100

Thanks so much for telling me how you did it. I'm gonna have to experiment and try this. I've only used long exposure times when I'm trying to capture moving images (clouds, water, lightening, etc.) I'm not very experienced with it so I appreciate learning this technique!!!! Thanks again! TV