Better late than never?
This it's a really interesting topic because I realized that I have many, many, many images of things in motion. But the images are like freeze frame so they don't actually show motion. The first image of the surfer is to illustrate this. The surfer and the wind and the waves are in motion, but the picture doesn't actually capture motion in my mind. Finding an image or two that actually had motion was trickier than I thought since apparently I try and remove motion for most of my images! Haha. So I submit these three images. The first one is a long shutter release of waves on the jetty. It was taken in almost darkness of dawn. The colors and motion of the waves are only there because of the length of the shutter release. The second image is of an overflow of a wave on the beach where the water was spinning in a circle and I was playing again with shutter release to see how long I needed to leave it open in order to get that motion movement. The pictures is kind of abstracted. It's a little confusing. I don't know that it's successful. The last image is of rippling water on the surface of a stream that was covered with trees. It's modified a little, but it's actually just a weird crop that gave it an artistic kind of drawn, painterly feel. I like the abstract nature of it and that it's water and has the sense of the movement I think. Anyway, interesting challenge. Thanks, Alan.
#1 I wouldn't discount this one entirely because I think the pose of the surfer, the lines, and the horizontal perspective creates motion, more specifically, power or explosive.
#2 This one is the opposite. Such a calming, quiet, peaceful movement. My favorite part is the water softly flowing down from the rocks in the foreground. There's even a peacefulness within the crashing waves at the head of the rocks. The colors work so beautifully together!
#3 I don't think this one is confusing especially since the movement is sectionalized - smooth motion in the top right, rippled motion in the top left, swirls in the lower left, and stillness in the lower right. I love the textured pebble beach for framing in the bottom of the image!
#4 Gorgeous colors with smooth, hypnotic ripples. I really love it.
Thanks for sharing these. It was a treat to view with a cup of coffee this morning. Hope you are well!
thanks for the feedback Jennifer. This time of year when the light is harsh in my seaside area, i am hoping to do some more pre-dawn, post-sunset long exposures as the colors that area pulled out are fabulous. Not to say that this images wasn’t tinkered with. But, for our weather challenge, I am going to try something in the dusk and see what happens. :)
I really look forward to seeing what you capture in your part of the world.
Hey Ruth, great to see you back and active on the group
I agree with Jennifer on the set as a whole. #1 works within the theme as although a fast shutter was used the content screams motion.
Thanks for sharing your work once again, I hope to see more of you.