In my attempt to capture the effects of a moving object at slow shutter I used a toy hotwheels racer and a ramp to propel the car. I and the ramp are in the background and the racer is moving toward the camera. Can someone explain why the "motion" effect proceeds the car? I had expected the opposite effect. Thanks
Jon has the right idea. I don't know anything about your camera, but it flashed briefly at the beginning of the shot, then the rest of the 1/4 second you get the motion blur as the car continued moving. 1/4 second doesn't sound like a lot of time, but since the flash was probably only "on" for about 1/1000 of a second (or maybe even less) you can see that most of the shot was taken while the car was moving, hence the blur. Check your manual to see if your camera has something called "rear sync" or "rear curtain sync." If so, use that flash setting, and the flash will occur at the END of the exposure period. For example, in this shot, the car movement would blur during the first part of the 1/4 exposure time, and the flash would go off during the final 1/1000 of the 1/4 second time. The result - the motion lines follow the car instead of preced it. I hope that all makes sense - Bob T.
its probably like that because you used a flash, the flash froze it when went off, you may want to try using a handheld flash or something like that then fire it when appropriate...at least thats what i think
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