Fall Blur

Gallery: LandscapePosted September 1, 2011426 views27 comments

I revisited some of my images from fall of last year, and while the trip was quite the adventure for me, the photography just wasn't all that great, imho. My 4runner accident really put everything into perspective, but the photography was all a blur to me at that point.

Yeah, this has been done before, but I thought I'd give it a shot with aspens. Tilt shift lens shifted down as the exposure was made.

Comments

27 comments

Comment posted by Mohammad Hosseini on September 1, 2011 at 11:35 AM

Jimmy, Forget about 4runner for now and enjoy this artistic iamge.

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Comment posted by Koveh Tavakkol on September 1, 2011 at 11:36 AM

Love this..colors and processing look great.

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Comment posted by Gino Cortez on September 1, 2011 at 11:43 AM

I like everything about this! The muted color palette, foreground trees providing a strong sense of verticality, and the blur. Beautiful abstract. It's probably a small consolation, but the story and photos about your accident on your web site reminded me to take it easy in my 4Runner on those Utah and Colorado dirt roads.

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Comment posted by Jeffrey Sipress on September 1, 2011 at 12:09 PM

Sorry to hear about your tale of woe, but this image rocks. Nothing can keep you down, Jimmy!

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on September 1, 2011 at 12:15 PM

I am not one for in-camera motion images, but this one is about as good as they get.

You should give William Neill some lessons.

Registered on November 19, 2003, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Chambers on September 1, 2011 at 12:17 PM

I'm usually not a big fan of these blurred images, but how can you not love the colors in this??? Very painterly - super work Jimmy. Let's not have a repeat of last fall's accident this year!

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Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on September 1, 2011 at 12:25 PM

Just excellent in every respect. About as good as it gets in the "motion blur" genre of landscape photography.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on September 1, 2011 at 1:19 PM

Yes, done before, but none better than this. A very strong comp and the technique used to perfection.

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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on September 1, 2011 at 1:44 PM

Very nice colors and texture. A pleasure to view. Could also have been posted in the photo art forum.

Registered on July 27, 2011, 262 Posts, 2597 Comments

Comment posted by Karsten Wrobel on September 1, 2011 at 3:03 PM

I just love these colours...

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Comment posted by Dorin Bofan on September 1, 2011 at 3:19 PM

I think the color combination makes this one really special. It's so calming and optimistic and I can never get tired of looking at these panning shots.

Registered on April 30, 2007, 122 Posts, 3086 Comments

Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on September 1, 2011 at 3:32 PM

Works for me. Never heard of that technique...does it produce a much different result than hand-panning? Good work

aF

Registered on October 26, 2009, 399 Posts, 2789 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on September 1, 2011 at 7:16 PM

Jimmy,

Beautiful color and a great application of the blur technique. Even the strong light and luminosity works to the advantage here.

Although we haven't been enforcing it too much and we don't get a whole lot of these, I thought I would just mention that I believe that Photo Art would be a better suited gallery for this and motion blur images in general. Not a big deal.

It's a great image, perfectly executed.

Lon

Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on September 1, 2011 at 7:54 PM

Very nice Jimmy. Really well done! The colors are wonderful.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Russell Colletta on September 1, 2011 at 8:57 PM

Very beautiful Jimmy, downright ethereal! Hope your recovery is as good as this image.

Registered on October 31, 2009, 114 Posts, 1008 Comments

Comment posted by David Edwards on September 1, 2011 at 9:56 PM

Sure it's an often tried technique, but it's all come together beautifully here, Jimmy. Love the limited golden palette and the design of three. Very artistic and dreamy.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 142 Posts, 2623 Comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on September 1, 2011 at 10:29 PM

This is nice light, Jimmy. Those three strong foreground threes make a nice entry point to the rest of the scene.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 364 Posts, 22328 Comments

Comment posted by Matt Anderson on September 1, 2011 at 10:34 PM

Jimmy this is amazing!
I'm glad it didn't get moved to photo art.
The buttery colors really make this image.

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Comment posted by Richard Hartmann on September 2, 2011 at 12:00 AM

I love the clean pallet and the three strong trunks in the comp.

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Comment posted by Art Escobado on September 2, 2011 at 1:37 AM

Nice use of the TS Jimmy!

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Comment posted by Steve Sieren on September 2, 2011 at 2:40 AM

Has it been a while since anyone has called you Aspen Whisper????

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Comment posted by Abdullaziz Bin Ali on September 2, 2011 at 3:03 AM

Absolutely beautiful

Registered on May 31, 2009, 112 Posts, 1590 Comments

Comment posted by Andreas Resch on September 2, 2011 at 3:43 AM

You're right - the subject is nothing new, but I've rarely seen such a nice rendition of it. It's interesting that both sides of the trunks are almost equally lit. Was this a backlit scene?

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Comment posted by Jody Grigg on September 2, 2011 at 9:27 AM

Jimmy,

Sure is PURDY! Are coming back out to Colorado this fall?

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on September 2, 2011 at 12:50 PM

Wow...Good use of shifts.

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on September 2, 2011 at 12:57 PM

Really nice blur shot Jimmy!

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on September 2, 2011 at 8:50 PM

Beautiful color here. I find the light to be quite nice as well as it soft and seems to glow. It looks like wrap around light too, as both sides of the boles are illuminated.

Chris

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