Question

Just as many early painters used the camera obscura to sketch out future works, the same trend continued among artists as photography matured, just in a slightly different way. While painting a portrait of a woman sitting in a chair was easy enough, trying to capture on canvas the speed of a child running or the drama of snow falling off a precipice was not. These more active shots couldn’t really be visualized in perfect detail because they moved too fast for the human eye. But modern photography allowed for _________ ________, the process when a camera shutter pauses long enough to capture detail in motion, like a muscle in a state of tension, a horse in full gallop, or a person in mid-step. Painters were suddenly able to capture challenging moments with a snapshot, which could then be used as the basis for a specific work, as well as a way to make their own process easier.
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1 point
creating light
weird drawing
stopping action
excellent dancing

Answer 1

The correct answer to fill in the blank is "stopping action."

So, the complete sentence would read: "But modern photography allowed for stopping action, the process when a camera shutter pauses long enough to capture detail in motion, like a muscle in a state of tension, a horse in full gallop, or a person in mid-step."