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This is the best of the bunch i think, just needs a crop in the left to finish it off.
Comments & Critique welcome
Comments & Critique welcome
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exposure is the lenght of time the shutter stays open for, long exposures let what goes on infront of the camera to be captured, so a passing car on a 10 sec exposure will show as a streak of light.
See my gallery for more long exposure things with torches and stress balls
See my gallery for more long exposure things with torches and stress balls
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Marky G:
These shots look great and are quite easy to do.
You need a tripod, darkness, flowing traffic and a camera with a self timer.
Set the camera up on the tripod in aperture priority and in self timer mode, aim it, set it with an aperture that gives you a long exposure (30 seconds in this case), wait for traffic and fire
That gives you a basic traffic trail.
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Orange streetlights are less good. I like the style in the pic posted.
The above tecnique only scratches the surface of what you can do. A cable release will enable longer exposures (Bulb mode) than is possible using the method above. I don't have one yet - filters first.
These shots look great and are quite easy to do.
You need a tripod, darkness, flowing traffic and a camera with a self timer.
Set the camera up on the tripod in aperture priority and in self timer mode, aim it, set it with an aperture that gives you a long exposure (30 seconds in this case), wait for traffic and fire
That gives you a basic traffic trail.
Tips:
Orange streetlights are less good. I like the style in the pic posted.
The above tecnique only scratches the surface of what you can do. A cable release will enable longer exposures (Bulb mode) than is possible using the method above. I don't have one yet - filters first.
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Pook
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The Edge said:This is the best of the bunch i think, just needs a crop in the left to finish it off.
Comments & Critique welcome
Looks bloody cold.. I know that much
Well done.. you're getting better. Once you got the technique right, which to be honest, I think you have... start to look for better locations.. ones that would make a great shot WITHOUT the trails.. THEN do a time exposure.. that way, you get a truly great shot.
Have you noticed something about doing shots like this? There's always more traffic going one way than the other
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Steve
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Pook has again got this spot on, the way to progress this is to find an interesting location that also happens to have passing traffic. By doing a time exposure shot there at night and getting a good balance of foreground and background subject matter exposed correctly, all the elements will drop into place and return a great picture. Light trails in a picture are not enough to make a picture just as a sunset with no subject matter will not hold anyones attention.