P3D Creative blur

["Dr. George A. Themelis" <DrT-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark Dottle writes:

>Wow..Wow...Holy Cow!! How many of you thought my post 
>"Someone call an expert?" was serious?! 

You mean there are people who think you can be serious????
HOLY COW!!! :-)

>It was not a flame....it was not directed
>specifically toward anyone ( well....Ok...Dr.T) 

What?  This one:

>Auto-focus cameras are a rip-off!! I took pictures of golfers during
>their swing.....and every picture was blurry. Wait until Dr.T realizes
>this after spending $3,000 for an automatic camera and getting blurry
>pictures....

As a matter of fact, a few weeks ago I went out seeking to take
blurred pictures with my RBT.  Here is why:  The upcoming assignment
in Detroit is "creative blur".  Up to this point I was only
experienced in non-creative blur.  So, I put my $3,000 automatic
camera on a tripod and had my son roller blade around our yard.
I followed him with the camera (rotating on the tripod) set at
1/15 second.  Took only two pictures.  One turned out well with
my son relatively sharp (it is mostly a matter of luck to get the 
subject sharp in this case) and the background blurred.  I will
enter this in Detroit and I am keeping my fingers crossed...

So, yes, a $3,000 automatic camera can be used to take blurred
pictures!!!

George Themelis


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