How do you get this effect?

[pix0r]

Hi,

I was just browsing around the site and I came across this link:

http://www.vividlight.com/

I'm just curious how they got the effect on the indy car on the main page. The body of the car is sharp, from front to back, but the sides are both blurred.

Thanks :)

[FocalSpeed]

You pan with the car when taking the picture, open the apreture wide open, so the depth of field is small (apreture at the smallest number possible or small number)..

Should be like that, since I got quite a few shots like that.

[Yance]

A very popular question!! (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=24421)

In the previous thread you would be hard pressed to see it as a digital manipulation but this picture is very obviously photoshopped. In a real photo if you had blur in one section of the car, all areas of the car would be blurred. It's common sense and would be physically impossible to create this shot without digital manipulation.

[pix0r]

Cool, that's what I thought. Thanks for the input :)

[sdommin]

Not only was that example picture Photoshopped - the car was standing still! Look at the wheels. They're not moving, but the rest of the car is (seemingly).

Here's a quick 'n dirty example of how its done...

Looks pretty fast, doesn't it?
http://home.att.net/~sdommin/gordon2.jpg

Here's the original. Note that there isn't even a driver in the car - his helmet is hanging on a hook inside (in fact, Mr. Gordon is sitting on a toolbox in the background). I just created a layer, "motion blurred" it, then erased parts of the layer I wanted to remain sharp. Note the tires. If I wanted to spend more time with this, I could have put a radial blur on them to make them look like they're moving. Took about 3 minutes.

http://home.att.net/~sdommin/gordon1.jpg