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Shinjuku Commute

Noticing this girl as she waited for the train to arrive, the photographer used a slow shutter speed to let the train blur while keeping her perfectly sharp. When both the subject and the background are moving, a slow shutter speed produces an impressionistic effect. Different shutter speeds produce different amounts of blur. Try several.

Photograph by David Alan Harvey