Motion Blur with Tripods
Motion blur with the camera mounted on a tripod allows much greater control than when handheld, and gives two distinct possibilities.
One is subject motion blur with the camera motionless, so that the setting remains sharp. The other is smooth panning, and if you have time to set up a tripod, this assumes some kind of predictable, or anticipated subject. We looked at panning and tracking on pages 110–111, and while either works well enough handheld, using a tripod offers two advantages. One is that it frees at least one hand to operate camera controls, the other is that it allows a steadier flow of movement. In either case, subjects that have distinct blocks of tone or color, and an outline that is easy to recognize, ...
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