Attention: strong breeze!

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Taking this photo was an exciting challenge because the wind was blowing with a force of about 6 (40-50 km/h or 25-31 mph). I used a ND filter here to achieve an exposure time of a few seconds to capture the movement of the flag. When I set up the tripod I realized that it was vibrating a little bit because of the strong breeze. I wasn’t sure if the photos would  get really sharp. But, it seems like it worked quite well. Thanks to Manfrotto! Great stuff!

Btw, the sand was moving very fast as well. After this shot my shoes were completely covered with sand. :)

You can also view this photo at flickr.

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This entry was posted on Sunday, September 16th, 2007 at 9:58 am

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  • http://www.riika.name riika

    Great picture! And nice of you to tell how you did it :)

  • http://withwhatlightwehave.blogspot.com joshua mahar

    This is a wonderful shot! The colors are very nice, and laid out perfectly with the shapes within the image. I love the action on the flag, as well as the shadow that it casts on the ground creating more depth in the image. This is very well done. Also, as Riika points out, it was very nice to know how you did it. Great shot.
    Cheers

  • http://splendor-solis.com Ian

    It definitely worked very well.. Looks great!

  • http://markfleming.pixyblog.com Mark

    Fabulous my friend.
    I have wanted to create a shot like this for some time now. Wind moving mater, especially sand, over the course of a long exposure creates such a cool effect. I love the flag as a foreground piece as well.
    Awesome shot!

  • http://www.tnhportfolio.dk Thomas

    Hi there.
    Had to comment on this shot – I like it a lot :)
    Never seen this setup before, great stuff.
    -> Thomas, http://www.tnhportfolio.dk

  • http://www.redlanternstyle.com nihao pengyo

    You can feel the wind with this shot. Great work!
    nihaopengyo
    http://www.redlanternstyle.com

  • http://www.andrewrugge.com/ Andrew

    Spectacular sense of motion! Simple yet complex. Great work.

  • http://www.terotielinen.fi Tero

    I can almost feel the wind! The 90 degree angel between the flag and the shadow is very clever.

  • http://www.fischimglas.de Saxi

    klasse foto, das licht gefällt mir sehr gut und der rote tupfer in der landschaft macht sich auch hervorragend ;o)

  • http://www.somepictures.net garghe

    You did it! Cool shot:)

  • http://www.gentsekoppen.be gentse koppen

    wonderfully vivid in dynamics and colors

  • http://photos.mirrortheworld.de Matthias

    sehr dynamisch – toller weiter Sandstrand und super Himmel. Wo ist das?

  • http://www.lawrencestaats.com/pixelpost/ Lawrence Staats

    Very cool shot. Great sense of movement!

  • http://www.chozma-photo.com/blog Charlotte

    It’s an amazing photo! Beautiful colouurs and composition and th emomenemtn is just fantastic!! – Pretty near perfect I’d say – well done!

  • http://pabst-photo.com Matthias Pabst

    Thanks for all your kind comments!
    @Matthias: auf Amrum, Nordfriesland.

  • http://www.crashryan.com crash

    cool motion shot!

  • http://www.rolfkaul.de Rolf (BOULEVARD)

    da musst du ja zusammen mit deiner Kamera gesandstrahlt worden sein. Doch das Foto ist es allemal wert. Kompliment!

  • http://taikrixel.net thomas mueller

    this is wonderful. the red moving flag and the huge landscape. brilliant composed!

  • http://www.somedaysomewhere.net/Photoblog/index.php JM

    I really like this one – the color cast is just fantastic – great work..

  • http://www.allblues.de Frank Schindelbeck

    Fantastic photography. And it reminds me to get a good wide angle lens as soon as possible.
    Frank

  • http://www.arnofoto.com/ Arnofoto

    bravo en tout cas pour cette photo!!!

  • http://www.seekingfocus.com/photo/ Jason

    Oh yeah, really cool idea. Good job and foresight to capture the flag using the long exposure. There’s a huge sense of motion throughout the photo as well, likely also due to the ND.

  • http://occhiodivetro.altervista.org Marco Tajé

    Yep. Nice job!!

  • http://phlog.it Sebastiano Pitruzzello

    Great images. I really love this one. Your photoblog will be a “go-to site” for me since now. I started my photoblog today. Hope you come visit! Bye!

  • http://twenty-five.net jennifer

    awesome

  • http://eyecandy.n00.be Thomas

    Wow. I’m amazed at how sharp this image turned out to be. Those manfrotto tripods seem to cancel out the wind quite well. Awesome photo!

  • http://www.virusphotoblogs.com/Vinkfoto Vink

    A wonderful composition ! perfect capture !