Zoom burst

Zoom burst

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02 October 2008 11:46

Zoom burst is a technique that creates blurred streaks emanating from the centre of an image. The effect is created with zoom lenses that have a manual zoom ring. By using a slow shutter speed, generally under 1/60sec, and zooming into your subject while the shutter is open creates the zoom burst effect. The effect looks very similar to motion blur.