I wanted to practice 'panning' and get a photo of the train 'frozen' and the rest of the world blurred. i think i got it here, and of course i love supersaturating and over sharpening my shots . . . (also rotated and cropped - all adjustments were to the entire photo).
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Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background 6
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing 5
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc. 5
How well does it meet the challenge: 8
Total Averaged Rating(Rounded) 6
The thing about motion blur is that it has to be enough to be clearly deliberate, not to look like the background is just out of focus. Very nice try, but IMHO it just misses the mark.
I gave this a five. Mainly because I couldn't tell if this is a real scene (I think it is) or a model train with a poster in the background. It was mostly just confusing to me because of the title. I don't understand the choice of blurred background. The reason I gave it as high as a five is because I like the composition if the background wasn't all blurred. Also, I'm guessing I'm missing some element that would enlighten me.
I really love the set-up and idea here. I wish there wasn't such a difference in focus and clarity between the background and the train. But great idea!!!
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