Cinemagraphs

I came across these images recently called cinemagraphs, at first I thought they were just average photography and then I realized that they all had some subtle motion in them. I'm not entirely sure if I like the effect but I did find them very interesting to look at. All of them have very small things in motion, things that could easily be overlooked. In one picture there is a train going past the edge of the subway platform, it is really interesting to actually see the train moving because it is something that my mind would imagine was moving when the picture was taken anyway. I enjoyed seeing the pictures where everything was very still but I could see the flickering of a candle or leaves blowing in the breeze but also found it to be unnecessary. These images fascinated me mostly because they got me thinking about how much my brain fills in about what is going on in a picture without having to see any movement at all. While its very cool that we can create images like these cinemagraphs I think its even cooler that our brains don't need to see the movement to know its there.

http://www.noupe.com/photography/photography-in-motion-the-creativity-of-cinemagraphs.html