Askew | Contorted | Crooked
The prompt was about capturing reflections that were distorted. However, one of the photos I saw on the CY365 gallery used a specific camera technique to create a distorted image and I decided to give that a try.
I set my shutter speed on 4 seconds, ISO 100 and aperture f5.6 and had a go at taking some photos with the zoom lens. No luck - all of the ones I took came out white, and I wasn't sure why. That led me to a google search, but I wasn't too sure of what keywords to use. Eventually I found this site which explained what I need to do quite well. I changed my aperture to f32, as what I had used let in way too much light, which is why the photos were coming out white, they were completely overexposed. I then set the shutter speed to 0.3 sec. I left the ISO the same.
Those changes made the differences and I was able to at least get something. I think the most difficult aspect of taking this sort of photo is camera shake. It isn't possible to handhold a camera steady at such slow speeds, and then add in camera shake as you move the zoom lens and often it just ends up as a complete blur. The idea is that the centre of the image stays kind of in focus but I think I would need to set up the tripod to achieve that. Perhaps that's a project for another day.
I set my shutter speed on 4 seconds, ISO 100 and aperture f5.6 and had a go at taking some photos with the zoom lens. No luck - all of the ones I took came out white, and I wasn't sure why. That led me to a google search, but I wasn't too sure of what keywords to use. Eventually I found this site which explained what I need to do quite well. I changed my aperture to f32, as what I had used let in way too much light, which is why the photos were coming out white, they were completely overexposed. I then set the shutter speed to 0.3 sec. I left the ISO the same.
Those changes made the differences and I was able to at least get something. I think the most difficult aspect of taking this sort of photo is camera shake. It isn't possible to handhold a camera steady at such slow speeds, and then add in camera shake as you move the zoom lens and often it just ends up as a complete blur. The idea is that the centre of the image stays kind of in focus but I think I would need to set up the tripod to achieve that. Perhaps that's a project for another day.
One of my first attempts - even though the flower isn't quite in focus, I liked the movement of the lines and processed it to achieve an effect I liked.
This is closer to the look I was trying to achieve. Focus in the centre and the movement radiating outwards from the effect of zooming the lens while pressing the shutter button.