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'Turning the clocks back': Ideas/Help

 
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Oct 22, 2009 09:26 |  #1

Hey,

For one of my current photo projects I need to make an image which fits the brief 'turning the clocks back'. The idea I had was to photograph a clock face with a slow shutter speed showing the hands going around the wrong way, effectively blurring backwards. Does anybody have any idea how it could be possible to do this?

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Oct 29, 2009 20:48 |  #2

Battery wall clock with the battery in backwards?


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Nov 13, 2009 05:06 as a reply to  @ Biffbradford's post |  #3

Take the shot with the hands going clockwise and then flip it horizontally. I'm pretty certain that'll give you what you're looking for : )




  
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Nov 21, 2009 15:45 |  #4

Take a still shot and use motion blur in Photoshop.


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Nov 21, 2009 16:46 |  #5

In a dark room use a very long shutter speed with a flash on first curtain sync. The hands will be frozen at the starting position and blurred to a latter position, making it seem as if they're going "backwards." Of course the clock would need to be going much faster than normal...


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Nov 21, 2009 16:53 |  #6

Cheers guys.. my project did end about a day after I asked though :p


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Nov 21, 2009 16:55 |  #7

Well let's see the pic then :-)




  
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Nov 27, 2009 22:55 |  #8

I know this is over already, but taking an image of the clock hand at a certain point, and as many other points that you want to show, then stack them later in PS.


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