Andrea W. Hedgepeth |
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Creative Photography: Zooming Technique
I have been reading all of this info pertaining to zoom and telephoto and I am still confused. I have seen some really cool images that were made while zooming?? What does that mean exactly?
February 05, 2006
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Bob Cammarata |
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By definition, a zoom lens has the ability to change focal lengths. Photos created while zooming were likely tripod-mounted cameras, and the photographer changed the focal length (zoomed in or out), while the shutter was open.
February 05, 2006
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robert G. Fately |
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Andrea, as Bob C described, a shot taken with a zoom lens mounted on a camera at a slow-enough shutter speed with the lens itself changing focal lengths is what you are describing. I have such a shot, taken many moons ago, at this site:
http://www.yessy.com/f8lee/index.html?i=9227 This was taken with an 80-200 zoom lens (in New Orleans, if you couldn't tell) at a relatively slow shutter speed on Kodachrome film. I don't know the shutter speed exactly - something between 1/8th and 1/30th of a second, I think. The camera was handheld - no tripod in this case.
This was the shot I liked best of the 20+ I took that day - each at a slightly different shutter speed and/or different speed of my twisting the zoom ring. It's the kind of thing you need to experiment with - there is no simple formula. There is even a difference between zooming from wide angle to telephoto and then doing it in the reverse.
So, find a subject (something with some bright colors and contrasted shapes perhaps) and go shoot a bunch of shots with all kinds of variation - if you have a digital camera you could even see the particulars for the shot you end up liking best.
February 06, 2006
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Andrea W. Hedgepeth |
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Thanks so much for your input! Now I get the picture.
February 06, 2006
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Roy Blinston |
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Zom effect can be added to any picture using Photoshop (ie: Blur, Radial Blur, Zoom).
February 07, 2006
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