We’ve all taken a blurry photo before and have quickly deleted it before anyone can criticize it. However, sometimes a bit of motion blur can be a good thing as it adds character to the photo and tells a story. There are different ways to create a photo showing motion blur. Slower shutter speeds, panning, zooming or simply by just having an unsteady hand.

Here are 25 excellent motion blur photos to get you inspired. Hopefully this collection of photos would get you to think outside the box when it comes to taking a blurry photo.

Motion Blur by Parksy1964

Blur by AlphaTangoBravo / Adam Baker

Train Blur by coda

Night motion blur by Simon Hampton

Colors in Motion Blur by deVos

Blurred umbrella portrait by smile its shan

Opposite sides by camil tulcan

Surfing Burleigh Heads by Michael Dawes

Let’s go for a ride… by CW Ye

Motion blurs are fun by evilmidori

Percy Burn Viaduct by neeravbhatt

World In Motion by magannie

Greening of the Forest by dibytes

The Theory of Relativity by soylentgreen23

Go, Speed, go! by Sketchy Fletchy

Blur by caribb

Yellow Naga with Blue Regret by flash200

Motion sickness by gnackgnackgnack

Flowers in motion by John Carleton

Street Photography by SaZeOd

Motion by Knokton

Sing It Back by alphadesigner

Moving Across Columbus by Jeremy Brooks

Black Dog, Siem Reap, Cambodia by lecercle

Headrush by EmilyJane

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