I was tempted to use this one for this week's Photo Friday challenge – Speed – but I suspect I can come up with something noticeably better. I am quite pleased with this one though, not in terms of its quality as a photograph (it's not too great, to say the least), but because it's the first long exposure I've put up on chromasia. My old G5, at anything slower than a couple of seconds, produced images so noise-riddled they were unusable. This shot though was a 30 second exposure and there's barely any noise at all. I'm beginning to see why night photography is so fascinating.
All that said, I have a long way to go before I manage anything as good as this shot by Keith Kin Yan / Overshadowed.
capture date camera lens focal length aperture shutter speed shooting mode exposure bias metering mode ISO flash image quality white balance cropped?
9.49pm on 2/10/04
Canon 20D
EF 70-200 f/4L USM
200mm (320mm equiv.)
f22.0
30
aperture priority
+0.0
evaluative
100
no
RAW
auto
no
comment byDaniel Olovsson at 12:23 AM (GMT) on 3 October, 2004
Lovely shot; with two visible cars and the speedy lights in front makes this shot very interesting. And the fact that the noice-level is so low, if not none at all, makes it even more fun to look at. Great job!
comment bymiklos at 12:31 AM (GMT) on 3 October, 2004
30 second shutter speed? Those cars must've been going really really slowly. Damn I was going to say I am the first one to post a comment, but someone beat me to it as I was examining this photo.
comment bydjn1 at 12:35 AM (GMT) on 3 October, 2004
miklos: these cars are part of the Illuminations traffic along the sea-front at Blackpool – it crawls along. Add to which that this is an intersection, and you can see why they were going so slowly.
Hrmm... the cars are too detailed for it to be a 30 second exposure. Either that, or they were waiting for the light to change? An interesting exposure... almost looks like multiple exposures...
comment bytiffany at 04:29 AM (GMT) on 3 October, 2004
Makes me feel a bit drunk. :-)
comment byCharlie at 05:08 AM (GMT) on 3 October, 2004
This is great! I love the random phantom tire in the lower right... it really does seem like a double exposure. Really interesting shot!
comment by kalinka at 09:05 AM (GMT) on 3 October, 2004
Hey, Dave! You've been out shopping quite a bit
lately, no? Congrats, will enjoy seeing what you
can do with your new toys. You're the best!
comment bychrys at 09:08 AM (GMT) on 3 October, 2004
hey, glad to see you're enjoying that 70-200mm lens! i'm glad i picked it up as well - compliments the 20d nicely. still waiting for the remote to show up in the mail so i can do some night photos...
comment bydjn1 at 10:27 AM (GMT) on 3 October, 2004
chrys: I don't have the remote - I just used the self-timer as I figured, with a 30 second exposure, that it's not all that crucial that I can start the exposure at a specific point.
Camille (or anyone else): is it a problem photographing cars and including their license plates?
comment bymiklos at 06:06 PM (GMT) on 3 October, 2004
dave: I usually try not to take pictures of people's cars and licence plates. I'm not sure if there are any rules, but I personally don't do it.
It's illegal in some states here in the States, such as Colorado where I'm from. You need permission. I don't know if you've noticed some 'reality' TV shows, but they blur them out.
It's easier and easier to do identity fraud through these methods.
comment bydjn1 at 11:49 PM (GMT) on 3 October, 2004
Jessyel: thanks, I'll look into the position in the UK.
I was tempted to use this one for this week's Photo Friday challenge – Speed – but I suspect I can come up with something noticeably better. I am quite pleased with this one though, not in terms of its quality as a photograph (it's not too great, to say the least), but because it's the first long exposure I've put up on chromasia. My old G5, at anything slower than a couple of seconds, produced images so noise-riddled they were unusable. This shot though was a 30 second exposure and there's barely any noise at all. I'm beginning to see why night photography is so fascinating.
All that said, I have a long way to go before I manage anything as good as this shot by Keith Kin Yan / Overshadowed.
camera
lens
focal length
aperture
shutter speed
shooting mode
exposure bias
metering mode
ISO
flash
image quality
white balance
cropped?
Canon 20D
EF 70-200 f/4L USM
200mm (320mm equiv.)
f22.0
30
aperture priority
+0.0
evaluative
100
no
RAW
auto
no
Lovely shot; with two visible cars and the speedy lights in front makes this shot very interesting. And the fact that the noice-level is so low, if not none at all, makes it even more fun to look at. Great job!
30 second shutter speed? Those cars must've been going really really slowly. Damn I was going to say I am the first one to post a comment, but someone beat me to it as I was examining this photo.
miklos: these cars are part of the Illuminations traffic along the sea-front at Blackpool – it crawls along. Add to which that this is an intersection, and you can see why they were going so slowly.
Hrmm... the cars are too detailed for it to be a 30 second exposure. Either that, or they were waiting for the light to change? An interesting exposure... almost looks like multiple exposures...
Makes me feel a bit drunk. :-)
This is great! I love the random phantom tire in the lower right... it really does seem like a double exposure. Really interesting shot!
Hey, Dave! You've been out shopping quite a bit
lately, no? Congrats, will enjoy seeing what you
can do with your new toys. You're the best!
hey, glad to see you're enjoying that 70-200mm lens! i'm glad i picked it up as well - compliments the 20d nicely. still waiting for the remote to show up in the mail so i can do some night photos...
Don't forget to delete the number, on the car !
chrys: I don't have the remote - I just used the self-timer as I figured, with a 30 second exposure, that it's not all that crucial that I can start the exposure at a specific point.
Camille (or anyone else): is it a problem photographing cars and including their license plates?
dave: I usually try not to take pictures of people's cars and licence plates. I'm not sure if there are any rules, but I personally don't do it.
It's illegal in some states here in the States, such as Colorado where I'm from. You need permission. I don't know if you've noticed some 'reality' TV shows, but they blur them out.
It's easier and easier to do identity fraud through these methods.
Jessyel: thanks, I'll look into the position in the UK.
I really like the feel of this photo, it looks just how nightlife should look!