Motion blur photos taken with Canon 7D
This past weekend the three of us traveled up to San Francisco to get away briefly. I had a chance to do some experimenting on the streets trying to capture interesting motion blur shots.
Streetcar on Market Street, San Francisco, CA
A neutral density or ND filter is useful for capturing motion blur during the daytime because the long exposure will over expose the image. It's purpose is simple, don't let as much light into the lens by placing a dark piece of glass in front of it. I didn't have one with me so I made the most with what the camera setting offered me, lowered the ISO to 100, set a manual shutter speed of around a second and stopped down the lens to f/22 to let in as little light as possible.
Next time I'll have a ND filter with me but here are a couple examples of what I came up with. Not spectacular by any means but fun nonetheless.
Cable Car on California Street, San Francisco, CA
