1st Go at Light Trails

[gramps]

#1

The speeding patrol car.

#2

The bus.

#3

The junction.

1st ever try at this so all helpful suggestions appreciated.

 

[Phall82]

#1

The speeding patrol car.

#2

The bus.

#3

The junction.

1st ever try at this so all helpful suggestions appreciated.

I'm no expert on this as I've never done it but I like them.

What was your setup?

 

[Just Dave]

They look great, Gramps, you lucky thing blues on your first try

 

[gramps]

Thanks, these were all taken with the D3 and 24-70 and tripod obviously - varied between 10 & 15 seconds, f10-f20, all exif is intact.
Other than that it was available cover from oncoming vehicles and regularly punctuated by "Oo - who's coming down here then" or "Do you want to take my picture?"

 

[Manc Man]

3 nice pics Gramps, and you were lucky to get blues.

 

[hooch-lemon]

This is something i know a bit about and they look great i see you had the f stop at f 13 if you play with that you can get different effects on the street lights the closest one is a bit distracting

 

[gramps]

Being a busy city and had I been a bit more agile/quick, during the evening I could have had police car, ambulance and fire engine within about an hour at various places!

 

[gramps]

This is something i know a bit about and they look great i see you had the f stop at f 13 if you play with that you can get different effects on the street lights the closest one is a bit distracting

Good point, I'll give that a try.

 

[bensilcox]

Is that park street in Bristol??

 

[spencer]

Great effort!
I've had a few goes at this sort of thing & failed quite badly.

I usually try to do it just after sunset, so you get that inky blue sky. But I know that is difficult this time of year.

Yes bensilcox that is park street.

Spence

 

[gramps]

Is that park street in Bristol??

Great effort!
I've had a few goes at this sort of thing & failed quite badly.

I usually try to do it just after sunset, so you get that inky blue sky. But I know that is difficult this time of year.

Yes bensilcox that is park street.

Spence

yes Park Street, just past the Council House.
These were taken at the end of the evening, hence no inky blue sky, even earlier unfortunately there was too much cloud cover to get that.

 

[spencer]

yes Park Street, just past the Council House.
These were taken at the end of the evening, hence no inky blue sky, even earlier unfortunately there was too much cloud cover to get that.

Blimey that was brave, with all the drunks about!!

 

[gramps]

Blimey that was brave, with all the drunks about!!

Safety in numbers, there were six of us so we were able to share the interruptions

 

[Penguin]

Great shots. love the last one, first one really gives a sense of speeding car

middle one I'd say is a bit light for me so the car lights don't seem as effective x

 

[AndWhyNot]

It's the positioning of the nearest streetlamp that makes it look awkward, I think the lens has handled the direct light pretty well. You've done a good enough job of the trails in this location, somewhere with a little less ambient light would let you emphasise the trails more.

"Do you want to take my picture?"

Yup, get that a lot

 

[MWHCVT]

Not a bad effort at all but I would like to have seen it with out that street light directly over the church at the top of the hill :shrug:

Matt
MWHCVT

 

[Blank_Canvas]

Great effort Gramps, good capture of 'blue light taxis' I think #1 is your best photograph

Nick

 

[paseodj]

Hi, love the first one with the blue trails, it stood out a mile even in the small format on the iPad! Well done..........I may go out and get me one at some point.....never tried it myself yet