Tom Reichner wrote in post #19184755
..... what do y'all think about this issue of completely frozen vs. a bit of motion blur?
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Absolutely like both, and it absolutely depends for me. ie: there is no right or wrong here, it's down to what you are shooting and what your trying to portray.
In general, I'd like to see some blur at the wingtips to help show motion. For some shots I also love it when the shutter speeds are low enough that you can see the background motion blur from the panning shot, (and that requires and even slower shutter speed than what you'd need to get some wingtip blur,. ) at which point you are going to be compromising, and getting less keepers. It takes a certain timing and shutter speed to get teh subject in sharp enough detail and also get panning blur. for Auto racing, this is mandatory, but the shape of the car is not changing, it's not flexing and the distance rom the headlight to the windshield never changes, so it's easier to more consistently get a sharp car with good panning motion blur, then with an organism that is moving all over.
Sometimes, you just want every detail, sometimes freezing all the action is great. When you do this, you are being taken to a place that still photography can take you, seeing moments that only still photography can show, because those details are too fast for the human eye.
