Too Many Days On The Road by auntietk
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I could tell you I made this picture on about day 30 of our 38 day trip when my nerves were just shot and I was going crazy, but really, it was only day 12, and I was having fun. (I never did lose it, actually ... the whole trip was wonderful. I DID refuse to take pictures out the car window in southern Idaho, though. I have pictures of southern Idaho from our trip back from Kansas last year, and nothing has changed.)
Driving from Iowa City to Chicago, I got the idea to take some shots where I focused on a farm (or whatever) in the distance, and then waited for a tree to go by before pressing the shutter. The idea was to get a focused shot with a motion-blur tree in the foreground. I did several of these, but as is often the case, the first one was the best.
This was in Eastern Iowa on the only rainy day of our entire trip. (Except for that 15-minute downpour in Chicago on Friday.)
Comments (31)
Richardphotos
cool motion blur thing
Chipka
I love a good motion blur shot and I'm quite intrigued by this one. It actually reminds me of a totally different and wholly accidental shot I made on Sunday night; I was with Corey on Belmont Avenue, heading to the el. I posted that so I won't go into exhaustive, intimate detail, but I will say that I captured a ghost blur much like trees passing a speeding car, or is it a speeding car passing trees; in some worlds such a distinction is rather hard to make. Anyway, the whole motion vs. stillness thing totally grabs my attention right now and I love the way in which such shots imply a kind of intimacy, especially in terms of a human subject. It works here with those silo things too...the blur calls your attention to the clarity and sort of patinates whatever is behind the blur. (I've been waiting for 2 days to use that word.) And for me, that really calls attention to what's behind the blur, or somewhere near it. It's like a magnifying glass of sorts. It doesn't make the object any bigger nor does it make something seem closer, but it really narrows your focus in terms of what you're seeing clearly and for me, it heightens the emotional connection. And..well...that's incredibly cool! I love this shot and how it also reminds me of traveling in general...things blur, but there's always something you remember clearly! How cool is that?! This shot rocks, zooms, and just flat-out intrigues. Excellent work!
Faemike55
Very cool capture. Tara
wysiwig
What an excellent mind you have Tara. To think of it, set it up and wait for your opportunity and to produce such superb results. Outstanding work and a technique well worth stealing.
whaleman
Oh Tara, you have nailed the idea! This is just magical!
junge1
Great effect Tara. looks like you were going about 150mph - or faster lol!
Mad-Mike
What an interesting idea! I like this result :-)
durleybeachbum
What a clever idea, and what a result!
dent-de-lion
Nice speed.
awjay
natural layering
helanker
OH Yes! It is exciting what we can capture from a rolling car. I have severel of these kind of shots. I am really fascinated by them. I like this one alot :-)
jayfar
Very different but I like it.
fallen21
Fantastic effect! Great shot.
pauldeleu
Nice.
jophoto
I like this! Drive by shooting at its best!
dixievb
Very VERY nice!
Ilona-Krijgsman
wonderful effect...looks super
debbielove
Thats a long Roadtrip, but as long as you guys had a blast lol Cool shot, I normally delete loads like this from Rosy car in attempts to get shots of barns etc! lol Well worked.. Rob
bobrgallegos
Very cool idea and photo!!
cfulton
Well conceived with a very good result, Tara! Travelling fun! Clive
bmac62
Well, I'll beeeeeeeee:) Knew you were up to something and now I know what. What a unique technique. I'll try it out the driver's side window next time. Oh, wait..., that might imperil the whole project! Good show.
Meisiekind
Bill was flooring it eh!!!! What an amazing result Hun! Love it.
emmecielle
great effect! Excellent image! :)
Blush
Different Great effect and image Hugs Susan~
RodS
Well, you've really given us a sense of motion, Tara! This makes it look like Bill was setting a new land speed record! LOL! Very cool!
THROBBE
Love this!
jocko500
fiest one is most the time the best for some reason. anyway this is cool
MrsRatbag
Wow, how well done this is! What a great idea!
Lashia
Awesome captures of your travels! Love this motion blurr and the peaking through mill, great shot- thanks for sharing! :)
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moochagoo
Very interesting blurr. We did the same kind of travel in september (35 days).