Originally posted by LiquidSVT:
Thats definatly a photoshop fake and a bad one at that. Look how bad the blur is and how the civic isnt blured at all. why bother even make a pic like that


The reason for the freezing of the Civic is the Flash that was used. If you notice the image of Speed Demon's car isn't blurred because the flash isn't hitting it. The impression of the Civic was made first and the brightest so any other image of the Civic wouldn't register on the film. The Contour wasn't flashed so the motion it made was collected until the shutter closed. Also the reason for the guy blurring is that photographer followed the action with the camera. The primary purpose of a flash is to help freeze action on low sensitivity film, not as fill light. This is a common misconception.

Speed Demon- As a note to your photographer have him use 800 or 1000 speed film next time to avoid such problems. Also don't use a Point and shoot camera get an SLR with an internal meter and AF.

Last edited by Lee; 09/07/02 10:13 PM.

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