Canon Patent Application: Motion Blur Composite Photos

[Canon Rumors]

I have no idea if that’s a good title, but we’ll go with it. Y’all can raze me in the forums. Consider a photo where you have the desire to have motion blur, but also have a main subject. Usually that involves some sort of composite, or if the motion is fast enough a shutter

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[Maximilian]

Interesting topic.
I don't know, if I would use this, if my camera had that feature.
What comes to my mind:

• Can AI do this easier from one single static photo.
• In sports/news/agencies photos, would such a thing be too artistic and losing the reputation of documenting the moment?

 

[EOS 4 Life]

Golf and the fountain are good examples where this is difficult in real life.
I did not really comprehend the other examples.

 

[Richard CN]

Golf and the fountain are good examples where this is difficult in real life.
I did not really comprehend the other examples.

I agree, it's difficult, even the golf one I was thinking. would that be a thing? baseball would be another subject that would lend itself to it.

also foreground with water background scenics, etc.

Interesting topic.
I don't know, if I would use this, if my camera had that feature.
What comes to my mind:

• Can AI do this easier from one single static photo.
• In sports/news/agencies photos, would such a thing be too artistic and losing the reputation of documenting the moment?

AI? it would be creating versus documenting. also, it would be difficult to determine accurately the movement vectors without multiple images.

I think motion blur would document better in some cases as it would show a measure of motion that wouldn't necessarily be captured normally.

 

[AccipiterQ]

Running water shots maybe? Maybe then I could finally get an artistic shot of a stream.

 

[Maximilian]

... AI? it would be creating versus documenting.

Hi Richard!
Fully agree, when it comes to documenting.
AI would be against sports/news/agencies photos, IMO.
But from an artistic point of view, so when it is about creating art, IMO there is not that much difference any more to modify a photo by photoshop or by the help of an AI.

also, it would be difficult to determine accurately the movement vectors without multiple images.

I suppose it is just a question of time until an AI has learned enough from "real" motion blur photos.

Disclaimer: I am a purist in photography. PP is something I try to
But I am interested in the development of the photography in combination with AI.
And what others will do with it (for the good and the bad, I know).

 

[David - Sydney]

How would the patent work for:
- Waterfall where as you want to freeze leaves/branches around the waterfall. Normally, compositing is the only option with a faster shutter speed for the leaves ie no one area for the focus point
- Seascapes where you generally want both the clouds and the water to be blurred vs the rocks/beach etc ie potentially half of the image would be blurred
- Using a very long shutter speed for a streetscape where you want the people to blur out almost completely leaving the architecture.

 

[andrewmckay]

Depth map or mask?

Why not capture all the data and let the user "develop" it in post instead?
That would eliminate the need to make it "smart" and let the user identify objects or "pick" a "shutter speed".

 

[EOS 4 Life]

Why not capture all the data and let the user "develop" it in post instead?

You can already do that.

 

[koenkooi]

Depth map or mask?

Why not capture all the data and let the user "develop" it in post instead?
That would eliminate the need to make it "smart" and let the user identify objects or "pick" a "shutter speed".

I see this as the 'depth composite' features in the R3/R7/R6II/R8, you still get the RAWs, but the in-camera preview composite is useful to spot slow movements:

You can opt to spend a lot of time fixing that in post or try to reshoot the stack

(R8+Sigma 150 OS, 42 images)