How is this done?

13 years 2 weeks ago #46401 by kearaS852
I tried to search stop motion, but came up with the wrong thing. Alright so my question is how do you all stop the motion of cars, motorcycles, or even birds in flight. I've seen tons of pictures stopping motion to where the tires on cars are stopped...so how is it done?


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13 years 2 weeks ago #46403 by DestinDave
Very fast shutter speeds - the less time the shutter is open, the less distance the subject will move in front of the sensor.. Also, the faster the shutter speed, the larger the aperture (smaller f/#) must be to allow enough light in to capture the image..
To get a picture where the subject is "frozen" but the background is blurred, it's sometimes necessary to "pan" - move the camera in the direction of the subject's travel while taking the picture..

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13 years 2 weeks ago #46404 by kearaS852
Thanks, so I need a higher/faster speed.


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13 years 2 weeks ago #46407 by Zardoz
Two major ways to stop what you are shooting is to allow such a small amount of light to fall on the sensor that it stops the motion as in fast shutter speed, or shooting in the dark and putting your camera on B (for bulb) and flashing a flash. Since the flash lasts around 1/12,000 of a second it will pretty much stop anything you are taking a picture of, and it is allot of fun.

The other way is panning, which means you are going to follow the bird for example though the viewfinder for the lengh of the time of your exposure. This allows your subject to stay relatively in the same place in you frame of shot making a more stable shot of the bird. Typically I will track the bird for a short time, and carry on the "feel" of keeping it in the viewfinder then squeeze off the shot keeping it in the frame and follow though with the sweep as the shot is made. Ideally the subject should have little movement and the background is blurred from definition by the arch recorded in the shutter speed.
The smoother you follow the subject the better the shot. The trade off is stopping some things; while they are sharp as a tack may lack feel of movement that are inherent with speeding cars for example. Experiment and enjoy!


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13 years 2 weeks ago #46415 by chasrich
Your Nikon d3100 should have fast shutter speeds. You should be able to select the shutter speed as a priority then experiment with different objects at different speeds. The faster the motion and the closer you are to the subject will determine what shutter speed has a certain effect.


This was shot at 1/197s. There was no panning.


This was shot at 1/512s with some panning.

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