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Winner and Finalists of Slow Shutter Speed Photography Assignment - #68

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Finalist Image by olmail for Slow Shutter Speed Photography Assignment #68
Winner and Finalists of Slow Shutter Speed Photography Assignment - #68 © olmail with permission to About.com, Inc.
While other images used slow shutter speed to add things that were not there the whole time, this image uses slow shutter speed to partially remove something that was there. By only staying in the frame for part of the 4 second exposure, the subject becomes translucent as the background was exposed longer. While the composition is not necessarily strong it works well for this subject because it fits into the idea of an unposed "ghost" sighting.

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