Instead… as you can see for yourself, everything is hard and crisp.

This is a blend of a hundred frames each five seconds apart. I’m left to mull the results and the difference from my expected outcome. Which reminds me of a great talk I just listened to:

Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Future Has Always Been Crazier Than We Thought
Monday, February 4, 02008

http://www.longnow.org/projects/seminars/ (I hesitate to deep link directly to the audio–you can find it.)

There is really quite a lot to think about in this talk. Hints as to my inability to predict the outcome of this photo abound.

So, why did this photo fail? I believe the fact that the plants tend to a center position is the answer. Well, that and the huge number of images I blended. I am going to try this again blending just a few frames. The fact I used so many images seems to just have reinforced the strength of the norm and washed out the movement.

I am sure you guessed that the tripod fell over. And yes, that’s me with the look of horror you just can’t make out. Arrggg! My camera has a telescoping lens and it’s bent and stuck now. (No, I’m not going to show you a picture.) It’s off to the repair shop for this little one.

And what did I learn? Wind is not to be ignored. Until now, I gave very little consideration to placing the tripod. If it stood, I figured close enough. Not anymore. Yes, all very obvious in retrospect. More so, because the wind was the entire point of the picture. I had planned to contrast the solidness of the landscape with the movement of the plants in the wind.