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From: J.COOK@ENS.Prime.COM
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Motion Blur
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Date: 6 Aug 90 00:21:00 GMT
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Nf-From: ENS.Prime.COM!J.COOK    Aug  6 00:21:00 1990


Re: Motion Blur and what we are imitating.

I once read an article that mentioned "life imitating art imitating life."
The big example was that early focal plane camera shutters (a moving slit)
when used to take pictures of race cars, produced pictures that showed the
car slanting forward.  The effect had to do with the movement of the car
while the exposure was being made.  This was the art imitating life.

The outgrowth (claimed by the author) was the BMW hood/grill.  It rakes
forward to resemble these photos.  So life (the BMW hood/grill) imitates
art (the early race car photos) imitates life (race cars).

Amusing.
J.Cook@ENS.Prime.COM
"Just my recollections.  Prime doesn't have a corporate recollection."