Photography portfolio of Ziemowit Maj.
daily shooting – nothing wrong with blur
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Went to a little town on business, two and a half hour from London on the train. Its was refreshing to change the surroundings.
First shot – well before sunrise, train speeding through the countryside. Darkness, blur, those little lights, more blur, and even more blur to top that. Nothing wrong with blur, not in my book. Please don’t give me that ‘if it’s not sharp it’s not good’… I thought we had enough of genius work in the XX century that was blury as hell (for example the whole Japanese school of are-bure-boke – roughly translated as “rough, blurred and out of focus”) as part of it’ inherent concept. But no. I still hear the sharpness mantra. (Funny thing is, it was shot with one of sharpest cannon lenses – the 35mm f1.4 – just to make things a bit more absurd.)
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I must admit, most of my work is sharp. But that just comes as a part of the things I’m exploring, it’s not a prerequisit. If I need the subject clear and sharp, I will make it razor sharp. The morning scene above has to be dark, wet, cold and blury to convey that frame of mind. Sometimes everything feels like one big massive blur, won’t you agree?
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The fog scene is a bit different I guess. Full of morning light, diffused by all the white stuff. The foreground parts are sharp, slowly dissolving into light grey – that’s not the same as blur, so I guess there’s nothing to frown upon here, right ? I believe both scenes are represented in the way they work best. Would be hard for me to choose my preference. Not that I really care, I love all my children.
