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Hello all, first post here so please be gentle. I am a mature A level student and I am trying to work out an image in order to duplicate some of the elements containedwithin it.
[IMG]http://www.colethompsonphotography.com/Cole%20Overflow/2006-5-20%20The%20Angel%20Gabriel%20-%20Final%2010-15-2007%20750.jpg[/IMG]

Credit to Cole Porter for the image above.

I am trying to photograph in a High Street, I have one single person sitting still, I would like the passing people to to blurred the same as in the image above.

I assumed that I would need to set an appropriate long exposure (I think I used anything between 10 and 30 seconds) and then a matching Fstop to keep the exposure correct. However, when I check my images you can barely see the passing people at all?!?!

Any advice would be greatly appreciated on a possible technique...
I have googled 'long exposure people' & ' how to blur movement' but so far i find mostly milky seas and pretty skies!!

Many thanks in advance.

Paul

In the July 2012 issue of Digital Camera, in the Master the Art of Travel section, it's suggested to use between 0.25 and 1 second to blur the movement of people (as long as they aren't stationary. They give an example image, which isn't too far away from your example. So I'd suggest that your 10-30 seconds is far too long.

I guess you could experiment with how long it would take you to take a stride (like those in the photo are doing), but it would probably be similar to the timings above.

HTH

Nick

The exposure time on your example is 1/15.

BlindLuck,

Open up the image you have posted here, in you photo-editor. It will tell you the settings the photographer used as they have exported the EXIF details with the image. For example it'll tell you they used the Canon EOS 5D, and as Donoreo mentioned, it's a 1/15th shutter speed at F/14, but your picture will require different settings because you are in a different location, have different light source etc.

[QUOTE=donoreo;87035]The exposure time on your example is 1/15.[/QUOTE]

No, it's 15 seconds.

[QUOTE=blindluck;87017]
Credit to Cole Porter for the image above.

I am trying to photograph in a High Street, I have one single person sitting still, I would like the passing people to to blurred the same as in the image above.

I assumed that I would need to set an appropriate long exposure (I think I used anything between 10 and 30 seconds) and then a matching Fstop to keep the exposure correct. However, when I check my images you can barely see the passing people at all?!?!

Any advice would be greatly appreciated on a possible technique...
I have googled 'long exposure people' & ' how to blur movement' but so far i find mostly milky seas and pretty skies!!

Many thanks in advance.

Paul[/QUOTE]

It's Cole Thompson, I think. Cole Porter was a different genre entirely, but hey, Anything Goes. :)

With a 15 second exposure, passers by will only register if they stop for a couple of seconds.

You could try reading how the photographer made the image [URL="http://www.colethompsonphotography.com/TheAngelGabrielStory.htm"]here[/URL].

Chris

[QUOTE=greenwing;87064]No, it's 15 seconds.[/QUOTE]Yes, I mixed it :) Sorry.

Why not try a range of speeds from 1s to 20s and see which one works out best. :D

[QUOTE=greenwing;87073]It's Cole Thompsom, I think. Cole Porter was a different genre entirely, but hey, [B]Anything Goes[/B]. :)

With a 15 second exposure, passers by will only register if they stop for a couple of seconds.

You could try reading how the photographer made the image [URL="http://www.colethompsonphotography.com/TheAngelGabrielStory.htm"]here[/URL].

Chris[/QUOTE]

I see what you did there! :D

hi Blindluck
I just wonder if tis the shadow round the frindge you want, if so I do beleave one can get a filter for this efect