Long Shutter Speed

I made two different first attempt with long shutter speed.

f/20.0 & 1/20secs & ISO 200

First as shown above is the penning effect. The background is blurred while the subject (in this case a car) remains in focus. Having a blurred background removes any possible source of distraction and draws the viewer's attention directly on the subject.

However, this is not a very good illustration because the car is still slightly blurred due to handshake.

In order to take good penning shots, it is advisable to mount the camera on a tripod to minimise any possible blur due to handshakes.

f/13.0 & 1/20seconds

This picture you see above, has a opposite effect from the penning shot earlier on. In this picture, the background is clear whereas the subjects (the guy running and the bus) are blurred. In this picture, the subjects both appears to be in motion.

f/11.0 & 1/15secs & ISO 100

For this picture above, the guy in blue's action seems to be freeze but the vehicles at the background are blurred. For this, a flash was fired so that the action of the guy can be "frozen" and will not contribute to any motion blur but the vehicle's motion blur are captured.

f/8.0 & 1/50secs & ISO 200

Tried a penning shot again (similar to that of the 1st pic) but this time with a tripod. I cropped the picture leaving ample "breathing space" on the right side of the photo so that the car does not appear to be "smashing" against the edge of the photo which might not be visually attractive.

The ISO has to be lower and aperature has to be smaller (larger f-stop) to compensate for the longer shutter speed (to capture the blur) so that the eventual photo's exposure will be balanced out.