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[oliver122]

that pictures cool , i would like do something like that , going have a play with my camera later

[TA2DMAC]

Thats pretty cool. The lightng of the cars going by is from a long exposure. Everything else is stable. Like the others said, play with exposure times. I think I may do some experimenting myself.

[The Matt]

Yeah, I've done a few light trail piccies as a practice, but not with neon lights in the background. I think I may do a bracket exposure and merge elements of the two/three photos.

[surfblue63]

Get a tripod and experiment, and have you camera in full manual. When you have your shot set up take the same shot 3 or 4 times with different shutter speeds. Also when taking the shot use the self timer, that way there will be no chance of you blurring the shot when you depress the shutter release. A higher ISO setting will give a grainier look to your picture, this is especially so on cameras with a small light sensor. A higher f-number will give you a deeper field of view, ie more will be in focus.

This picture was taken on a classic car rally, the settings were ISO800, f/16 appature and 25 seconds exposure (shutter) speed. It is a Rover 2000 running through at test on the rally. This was the 3rd attempt to get the picture.



This shot is of the moon rising over a hill, settings were ISO100, f/2.9 appature and 20 seconds. This was the 4th of 6 shots that I took all with different exposure times.

[TA2DMAC]

very nice

[Turbo Nick]

a couple of mine, can't remember the seetings but they should be in the data on my flickr page.
I really need to start getting out more with my camera again!

wish i'd have pointed the camera more to the right and avoided the orange glow from the other lights.


the light trail on the pavement was off a bloke in his wheelchair

[Carlzilla]

That was done using a long exposure shot, and walking around the car with an LED light. Not sure on the exact technical bits but that's pretty much what happened haha. They look much better full size too

Edited by Carlzilla, 05 February 2012 - 01:25 PM.

[RossKnight]

Not related

but this was a 30 second exposure in pitch black that I took

[Samini86]

Think I'm gonna have a play later :)

[Pauly]

Couple of mine. I like night shots, can experiment and make some cool shots. Its all to do with exposure and light, if you know the basics then its just a case of playing around with different shutter speeds and with a stand-alone flash or a decent torch for cool effects ;)


DSC_0224 by Pauly90, on Flickr


DSC_0035_1 by Pauly90, on Flickr

Edited by Pauly, 05 February 2012 - 05:52 PM.

[Pauly]

And for a really good night shot .


DSC_0287 by Pauly90, on Flickr

Edited by Pauly, 05 February 2012 - 06:00 PM.

[Dan]

Hard to get the moon like that, it's bright but it doesn't half move fast.

wish i'd have pointed the camera more to the right and avoided the orange glow from the other lights.

The most important thing to remember really, and you'd be amazed once you actually do it how little you did it before, is to actually look at what is in the frame. Look at the edges, look at the background, look at the composition. Not just the subject. Once you get used to scanning the image in the viewfinder with your eye you pick things up very quickly.

[Carlos W]

Tripod,

Remote shutter release

off the camera flash

Shutter set to bulb

and play!

[Pauly]

Hard to get the moon like that, it's bright but it doesn't half move fast

Not really. Quick shutter speed and a 70-300mm lens on a tripod, sorted. Got quite a few shots at different focal lengths.

[oliver122]

pauly that's an awesome shot of your mini in the garage , i love do something like that