For our first session we headed to the construction site on the town bypass road. The work was almost over, but there was still some machinery left.
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On the bypass road.
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The bypass road, Kamniška Bistrica river on the left and Stari grad hill in the background.
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Then the sun emerged from behind the clouds.
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Beware.
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Light signal.
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Then we moved to the train station and waited for the train to arrive.
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Back in the town center I found this house interesting, but the photo doesn't really fit the theme.
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There were a couple of downpours while we were out shooting, so we had to seek shelter. After we'd given up and called it a day, I decided to drive up to the summit of Stari grad to capture this amazing light. Yes, it was really that freaky.
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A week or so later we gathered again. The weather was nicer to us this time. First, the train.
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I almost got run over for this picture. :)
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Then we headed up Zaprice hill with a nice view over Kamnik and Stari grad.
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OK, a nice road, but nothing special.
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Šutna, the main street leading through Kamnik center.
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A sun-lit alley.
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The house on the left is the same I took a photo of the last time.
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Main square.
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I thought the reflection and the house basking in the late-afternoon light were quite interesting.
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Then we camped at the main square and had a lesson in panning. Between us, we probably took hundreds of photos in less than an hour.
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Yes, panning takes practice.
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If the path of the subject isn't parallel to the plane of sensor, you won't get a completely sharp subject.
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More panning.
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With a wide lense the lines of the blurred background converge to the corners.
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A motorbike.
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Here the head is in focus, the rest of the body is more or less blurred due to the movement.
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This is almost a 100% crop. The biker didn't move his body and legs a lot, that's why he isn't blurred much.
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Panning with the subject coming toward you is trickier.
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I wish the bus was sharper, but this was the best I could do.
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Circular movement of the subject - hard work for the photographer!
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After we got tired of the panning exercise, it was time to head back to our cars. On the way I took one more warning sign shot.
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I seem to be fascinated with buses. :)
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A very quick shot - I noticed a tractor heading towards me very fast and I just raised the camera in my hand. There was no time to change the settings, I just snapped a photo. And I love it!
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