How to get this effect?

[chris98891]

Hey guys, i never cease to be amazed by your photography, so i was hoping you could help me. i found this picture by John Vic on interfacelift:

can anybody tell me how to get this effect? he said he used a nikon d70 and photoshop. i just recently got cs3 and have been aching to play around with it, but does anybody have any ideas as far as where to start? thanks!

[Ecnelis]

Maybe try to use Filter --> Blur --> Radial Blur --> Zoom?

[chris98891]

yep! looks just like it, thanks alot ecnelis!
while im at it, any other fun things to play around with in cs3?

[johnnynumfiv]

Long shutter speed while moving.

[chris98891]

i wish i could do that but with a little P+S nikon L1 i cant do much

[johnnynumfiv]

i wish i could do that but with a little P+S nikon L1 i cant do much

Is there a manual mode or one that you can adjust the shutter speed?

[RacingManiac]

or changing the focal length while in long-ish exposure....on a SLR that is...

[chris98891]

Is there a manual mode or one that you can adjust the shutter speed?

none that i could find yet and ive had it a couple years now

[ScionDriver]

Long exposure paired with zooming the lens. Keeps the focus in one spot.

[my porsche]

Long exposure paired with zooming the lens. Keeps the focus in one spot.

Ding ding ding.

[pat_ernzen]

Ding ding ding.

Not "ding ding ding". The photographer said he used Photoshop. Ecnelis's reply was correct, it's just a radial/zoom blur in this case.

[zeppelin]

Either methods are ways to achieve the effect, but in this case it was Photoshop blurring. I'd recommend experimenting with both.