Blur

Today I set out with a goal of trying to figure out how to blur motion. This is something that is used mostly for moving water and for clouds. It gives them a dreamy, milky look and represents the sense of motion rather than freezing the action which is generally the case when picture taking.

Now, I'm obviously not going to say that I mastered this technique in one outing. It was a great learning experience though and a step in the right direction I think. I was able to do this in broad daylight without the use of a tripod. This meant for some slow shutter speeds...handheld. This leaves a little to be desired in the sharpness department, but these didn't turn out too bad considering.

Warning: these images are not anything special to look at (it's just a boring damn afterall) from a composition standpoint. Technically they are another stage in the learning process. Pay close attention to all of the moving water: