45 Beautiful Motion Blur Photos

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Photos taken with a camera do not represent a single moment of time. Due to technological constraints these shots stand for some scene over a brief period of time. This time frame depends on the camera’s shutter speed. In motion blur, any object moving with respect to the camera will look blurred or smeared along the direction of relative motion.

Motion blur is frequently used to show a sense of speed. You can achieve this effect in a usual scene using slow shutter speeds. You may want to take a look at resources provided in the end of the article — they show how one can add the motion blur effect in photos.

This article presents 45 beautiful examples of motion blur in photography. This showcase isn’t supposed to be the ultimate and complete selection of motion blur images — it is supposed to provide you with some inspiration of what can be done with motion blur. All pictures are linked to the author’s pages. You may want to explore further works of the photographers we’ve featured below.

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The picture presented below is not motion blur, yet it somehow fits to the post. The picture is titled “Meaning of Life”.

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Vailancio Rodrigues is a web ninja who bakes semantic muffins. Apart from that he is also interested in Motion Graphics, Visual Effects, Photography and knows little bit of Physics due to his college education . He is from Goa - a beautiful tropical paradise in India.

  1. 101

    Incredible… yea, I don’t see any motion blur on the last one. I’m a rookie photographer and I can’t wait til I manage to know how to do those things.

    Great Job!

    +3
  2. 102

    And they say taking a blurry picture is a bad thing ….. Amazing, and visually stunning…

    Mike Kelly

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  3. 103

    Es increible lo que se puede lograr con una camara fotografica, (bueno no solo con la camara) tambien con la creatividad. Exelente muy inspiradoras

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  4. 104

    Awsome selection!

    +1
  5. 105

    Amazing Homi u got my Heart

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  6. 106

    Nice! I’ve played around with blur photo myself…a little less representational than most of what is here.

    Blurstrations:
    http://www.photo-genesis.net/gallery.php?galleryid=9155

    +1
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    • 108

      crap’s what you get all over your dick every night you poo packer… pricks like you dont get anywhere but the back of a guy’s ass,

      FUCKIN WHOREEE….. or SLUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      (-_____-)

      -17
  8. 109

    wow………totally beautiful………..

    +2
  9. 111

    Fantastic images!!!!!!!! cool effects !!!!!!!!!! inspirational

    +2
  10. 112

    I really falled in love with your fhotos!!!
    Congratulations.
    Saludos desde México.

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    Willy Yanto Wijaya

    February 24th, 2009 9:43 pm

    Cool

    Willy Yanto Wijaya

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  13. 115

    These scenes are very much inspired me .

    +1
  14. 116

    wow nice pics

    +1
  15. 117

    i like blur…

    +1
  16. 118

    wow!……what a wonderful amazing pictures!

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  17. 119

    Love the dice. Awesome shot

    +2
  18. 120

    very nice ;;;;;cool effect ;;; i love the effect of 1st,14st and 16

    -1
  19. 121

    nastay bawlz.

    May 12th, 2009 6:57 am

    these all suck nastay bawlz.

    -10
  20. 122

    Some great photos!

    but what would be even more useful is to know what cameras were used to take these photos and what settings were used? So that we can actually learn how to take shots like this.

    Thanks smashing mag as always. Keep up the good work!

    +1
  21. 123

    Newbie question: How were these pictures created? Is it a matter of shutter speed?

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  22. 124

    the pics are amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  23. 125

    they where soooooooooo koooool!………………the best best best eva

    -1
  24. 126

    nice. i love those ones

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  25. 127

    Excelent, good examples of talent talent behind the camera.

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  26. 128

    … and that’s what I call smashingphotos.com! ;)

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  27. 129

    i like very much……
    there are really beautiful…..

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  28. 130

    unbelivable i seen this only in dream good very very nice

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  29. 131

    Can someone kindly explain to me what are the methods to control motion in an image? How they work? And why I would use these in various areas of photography ?

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  30. 132

    great post. i love this. keep posting please… from submitlinks.biz

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  31. 133

    omg the one with the dice was amazing! I’m only 16 but i’m also a very avid photographer and to see pictures like these only makes me want to be that much better!

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    i think i love it

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    Hi,
    Its really wonderful pictures amazing.

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  35. 137

    Mind blowing !!!! i am almost in faint

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  36. 138

    Loooooooved it!

    Extremely inspirational. I take a lot of motion blur photos, a lot of which include lights and the city. This has given me some interesting ideas for the near future.

    Thanks heaps, this rocks!

    Catherine, 12 years old, attends photography class.

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    wwwowww!!
    pic’s wer amazing dude!!

    +1
  39. 142

    Awesome Pic

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  40. 143

    amazing pictures! WOW!

    +2
  41. 144

    They are soooooo beautiful…. just amazing!!!!!

    +1
  42. 145

    ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh wat apics hts off to this site congratulations mind blowing tttttttttoooooooooooooo2222222222 good

    extrordinary

    -1
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    These piccy babies broke my pant zipper because my erection was sooooooooooo big :D

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  45. 149

    Wow, one of the best sites. Great photos no matter the theme.

    -1
  46. 150

    it,s very good

    -2
  47. 151

    oh !!! that’s great photos …. :)

    +1
  48. 152

    I have a weakness for motion blur. It’s somehow very very pleasing to my eye, and mind.

    I also must say that the photograph of the dog (the 19th photograph?) looks very reminiscent of Falkor from the movie The NeverEnding Story (1984).

    +4
  49. 153

    breathtakingly great! Thanks for the share.

    +1
  50. 154

    hi this is cool howd ya do this with these picture

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    OUTSTANDING, photography i love it;;;;;;;;

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  1. 1

    I have a weakness for motion blur. It’s somehow very very pleasing to my eye, and mind.

    I also must say that the photograph of the dog (the 19th photograph?) looks very reminiscent of Falkor from the movie The NeverEnding Story (1984).

    +4
  2. 2

    Incredible… yea, I don’t see any motion blur on the last one. I’m a rookie photographer and I can’t wait til I manage to know how to do those things.

    Great Job!

    +3
  3. 3

    wow………totally beautiful………..

    +2
  4. 4

    Fantastic images!!!!!!!! cool effects !!!!!!!!!! inspirational

    +2
  5. 5

    Love the dice. Awesome shot

    +2
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    amazing pictures! WOW!

    +2
  8. 8

    yay, nice one

    +1
  9. 9

    Very nice collection! I particularly like the rocket launch and the ones involving traffic.

    +1
  10. 10

    holy crap!

    +1
  11. 11

    Awsome selection!

    +1
  12. 12

    Nice! I’ve played around with blur photo myself…a little less representational than most of what is here.

    Blurstrations:
    http://www.photo-genesis.net/gallery.php?galleryid=9155

    +1
  13. 13

    These scenes are very much inspired me .

    +1
  14. 14

    wow nice pics

    +1
  15. 15

    i like blur…

    +1
  16. 16

    Some great photos!

    but what would be even more useful is to know what cameras were used to take these photos and what settings were used? So that we can actually learn how to take shots like this.

    Thanks smashing mag as always. Keep up the good work!

    +1
  17. 17

    wwwowww!!
    pic’s wer amazing dude!!

    +1
  18. 18

    oh !!! that’s great photos …. :)

    +1
  19. 19

    nice

    +1
  20. 20

    They are soooooo beautiful…. just amazing!!!!!

    +1
  21. 21

    breathtakingly great! Thanks for the share.

    +1

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