Motion Blur

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Was the train moving? There are basically two main ways to convey motion. One is by panning on the moving object. Here you use a relatively slow shutter speed and follow the motion of your subject with you camera lens. After pressing the shutter you follow through with the motion. This produces a sharp subject against a blurred background.

The second is using a slow shutter speed with you camera on a tripod. This produces a sharp background but your subject is blurred to some extent depending on your shutter speed. You can reduce cars to light trails at night, but too slow a speed and your subject "disappears".

Another method to create a blur effect is to "Zoom" you lens. This looks cool in night club type scenes, for instance.

Creative zoom bursts

Ok, it's not the best example but here is a quick zoom out of my bookcase just for fun: