Informal / fun riddle: How was this photo made ??

[soeren_engelbrecht1]

Hi All,

 

I took this picture a while ago (using an RF camera, of course :-) Can anyone

explain the way the dog looks relative to the rest of the image ?? I only have

a theory myself, but am not certain... Any input will be appreciated !!

 

And, yes, I know that the horizon is not even, but I dont think this

necessarily detracts from this particular image :-)

 

Thanks in advance,

 

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[soeren_engelbrecht1]

I should add that no manipulation whatsoever took place when I scanned the picture - it accurately represents the original negative and silver print. And neither animals nor women were harmed during the recording of the image :-)

[james mitchell dc]

Focus is on the dog? I'm not sure what you're asking.

[james mitchell dc]

Camera moved to follow the dog's action?

[kevin_sarsfield]

Assuming that the camera was held in a vertical orientation, I would suspect a slight camera movement (probably upward) at the time of exposure. It is likely that the dog matched this movement and, therefore, was rendered sharply, while the rest of the photo shows is slightly blurred due to the movement of the camera.

 

Just my guess..

 

KPS

[andrew1]

Yup, this is simple panning, in this case vertical rather than the usual horizontal pan

most people think of. You might well have done this unintentionally-

if you were watching the dog, and moving with him, or bringing the camera up to

shoot just as he

jumped. Intentional or just a "happy accident" (says Bob Ross), the effect is nice, and

makes this a nice snapshot. Nobody with any sense should give a damn about the

crooked horizon here, either, IMO.

[andrew1]

OK, clearly I don't have enough to do with my Saturday evening, but to illustrate my

point about the horizon line (or perhps contradict it) I did a quick rotate and crop of

your shot- hope you don't mind. I don't think it does much to improve the shot;

others may disagree. Anyway, here's another take on it. Cheers.

[andrew1]

Duh- the picture.<div></div>

[paul hart]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I think it's taking a jump at the stick, not your

wife :-)

[steve_huff1]

To me it looks like a shot of a dog jumping up in front of a poster sized print of your wife.

Dog appears to be 3 dimensional while the rest does not. I doubt this is it but to me, it

appears this way. Otherwise i would say you pointed and snapped the shot.

[jja]

Panning + flash?

[gus_gus1]

I agree with Steve Huff. It is a dog jumping up at a cardboard poster. Gus.

[skeeter]

I agree with Steve Huff. It is a dog jumping up at a cardboard poster. Gus.

 

oh, you have *got* to be kidding....

[dougmiles]

I will agree with Juan; I think there is some fill-flash at work here to flatten the appearance.

[soeren_engelbrecht1]

Thanks for all your responses - I am surprised that so many agree with my own theory. I have to say that this effect was totally un-intended. The only equipment involved was a Zorki 4K and a Jupiter-8 (50 mm) lens - no flash, although I would have thought that for sure, had I not taken the picture myself :-)

 

I think what happened was that I snapped the picture while still raising the camera to my eye, and thus managed to make a perfect vertical pan without even trying. That's advanced camera technique for you :-)

 

Thanks again for the responses - and the rotated crop, which I agree is not as dynamic.

 

Cheers,

 

Soeren

[gwebster]

I definitely think it's due to camera movement. I have seen similar effects in my own photos (see below), although usually with the kind of lateral panning that is commonly used to track the motion of vehicles or people moving quickly on bicycles - or in the case shown here, on rollerskates.<p>

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[Uhooru]

probably panning, it can be more or less obvious:) Diagonal pan-walking up steps

 

 

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[stephen hazelton]

Next time you're at a waterfall or fountain, try panning with the water. I've tried it a time or two, and while it looks neat, I haven't actually gotten a good shot out of that either. With a waterfall, the water is accelerating, so it's not all going at the same speed, and can't be exactly panned as you might imagine.