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Zoom Burst Technique

Hello there!

In this post I have decided to blog on a photography technique called 'Zoom Burst'. This technique is used by photographers to highlight the given pin pointed object under focus. It is a highly skilled technique that requires at least a month of experience with a DSLR camera.

The basic principle of this method is usage of lower shutter speeds to capture a trail of light which persists in the CMOS sensor of the DSLR camera. One needn't be a professional in photography to achieve these kinds of effects in the camera. Most of the people prefer to get these effects with the help of Photoshop or any photo editing software. But I personally believe that "the true spirit of photography lies in discovering new ways of seeing things, different from other people." One can truly enjoy his/her efforts in these fields of photography. I did get stunning results with this, but lacking time to perform more experiments, I satisfied myself with few pictures.

Steps:

1. Consider a very stable immobile subject, preferably non living things.
2. Light the subject very well so that you can maintain your ISO levels at the most at 1600
3. Set the lens to the maximum possible aperture possible. Note that this technique is possible only   with a zoom lens and not with a prime lens.
4. The important setting is to set the shutter speed. It must be set ranging from 1/20 to 1/10 depending on the amount of light you have. More is the light, faster should the shutter speed be.
5. It is always preferred that your DSLR be in the manual mode to have the maximum possible freedom on your camera. Setting the white balance and others is a personal taste.
6. Once you set the camera and the subject, auto focus is done using single point auto focus system.
7. As you press the shutter button down, the lens is rotated to zoom in, without shaking the camera. This is preferably done with the camera mounted on a firm tripod stand to avoid unnecessary               shaking. 

This trick can be a bit frustrating in the beginning, but as one gets his experience, the image results will stun you. Here are some sample images I took. Sorry for the bad lighting as nothing was prearranged.
                                         Canon EOS 700D 1/15s  f4.0 ISO 800
Canon EOS 700D 1.0s f 9.0 ISO 250
In the first image one can notice that the speed with which I moved the lens was less, so only little blurring had occurred. But in the second one, the effect is prominent. For any queries mail me. :)

Navneeth Krishna
@mnavneeth

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