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June 3, 2022

#2628: Motion Blur explain

Motion Blur

[White Hat is holding a camera up to his face looking to the left away from Cueball and Ponytail standing to his right. Cueball is holding one hand, with a balled up fist, up towards White Hat]

White Hat: Okay, I’m going to pan around.

Cueball: No, wait, your shutter speed is too fast, it will look choppy if—

[White Hat turns clockwise towards Cueball and Ponytail, with the camera held up partly behind his head, so it points in the panel. Cueball clenches both his fists, held down now, and hunches his shoulders. Ponytail stands as before next to him.]

Cueball: Hnnnnngh

[White Hat has turned around and is now pointing the camera towards Cueball and Ponytail. Cueball now appears blurry while Ponytail looks normal.]

[Caption below panel:]

Expert photographers can learn to generate their own motion blur to compensate for other people’s bad camera settings.