Activity 4: Time

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Find a photograph where the photographer has used a slow shutter speed and describe the subject matter including the background. Discuss any technical difficulties the photographer may have encountered and how these may have been overcome.

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The subject matter in this picture is the subway moving in the background. The man is still and waiting for the subway to stop. I think some technical difficulties would have getting a perfect shutter speed because you can ever see the other side of the stop through the train. Also it could have been getting a perfect shot since the train moves so fast and having to wait. Also lighting could have been a major factor when taking this picture. I think the photographer possibly waited and until the train came and took as many pictures as possible to see which they could pick out of the many. As well as trying their best to work with the light.