Aspenscape - intentional camera motion blur on aspen grove in autumn scene Acrylic Print

AspenScape"
I've been waiting for a nearby aspen grove to "color up" so I could try some intentional motion-blur images to blur the color and accentuate the vertical-lines of the brilliant white trunks. I set the camera for 1 second shutter speed and then as soon as shutter opened, I "panned up" with camera to blur the scene. I shot about 30 attempts, but this one came closest to what I had in mind

Image captured 10/13/19 with Pentax K-1 and Rokinon 135mm lens west of Stoughton at Viking County Park.

Peter Herman was born and raised on a farm in North Dakota. He first became interested in photography during high-school, and after acquiring a Pentax SLR, began taking photos for the school yearbook and developing/printing B&W images in school darkroom. He continued shooting through college, taking portraits, group pictures, weddings, but after beginning his engineering career at Cummins, he let his photography interests go dormant until about 2005 when he acquired his first DSLR and started shooting scenic landscapes from around the US, but concentrating especially on rural areas in ND and WI. Many of his images were encountered while riding motorcycle down random backroads during "golden hour", searching for that magic light...