Photography quiz 1

[Samwise]

This photo is taken by one of my Chinese friends in Facebook (his name is in Chinese alphabet so I don't really know his name)
I was impressed by the shot and wondered if anybody knows what's the technic behind the shot.

I have my own opinion which I'd share later on

from a Facebook friend by samwise.gamgee, on Flickr

[Donald]

Sam

You have posted a thumbnail. It is therefore impossible to make any comment whatsoever on the image as it's far too small to see.

Also, I think you would be advised to secure the person's permission before reproducing their picture on here.

[dubaiphil]

Well it's Facebook, and as the 'owner' of the image you lose all rights. But is looks like panning to me which at night is easy to achieve with a slower shutter speed, without the need for an ND filter.

[Samwise]

Sorry folks, this is in proper size:

from a Facebook friend by samwise.gamgee, on Flickr


I've also told my friend and I'm sure he'd be watching this thread

[Samwise]

Hi Phil, I doubt if it's panning. It's just the bicycle seems so sharp and can't imagine to sync the camera movement this accurate.

I thought it's slow flash.

[Manfred M]

My read is that it is panning as well, based on the type of motion blur. The light streaks are not completely straight, so that is consistent with a hand-held, slow shutter speed pan.

Definitely not flash, as I don't see any signs of light drop-off or motion trails that would be consistant with flash with dragging the shutter. If you look at the shadows / reflections of the bicycle, the shot has a high back-light component.

[Saorsa]

My read is that it is panning as well, based on the type of motion blur. The light streaks are not completely straight, so that is consistent with a hand-held, slow shutter speed pan.

Definitely not flash, as I don't see any signs of light drop-off or motion trails that would be consistant with flash with dragging the shutter. If you look at the shadows / reflections of the bicycle, the shot has a high back-light component.

It may be an accidental pan. The light streaks are pretty short for an intentional pan. The bike may be moving very slowly at a near stop to let traffic go by. The umbrella position would indicate that.

Still a nic

[bnnrcn]

Could it be done with PP ? I mean adding the man with the bcycle on a blurred image.

[Manfred M]

Could it be done with PP ? I mean adding the man with the bcycle on a blurred image.

Binnur - that was one thought that crossed my mind, but if you look at the reflection of the bicycle in the puddle, that would be a non-trival thing to do in post. Unfortunately, there is no useful metadata available in the image file.