Long exposures

[mpphoto12]

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i just tested some new long exposures at about 30 sec. or longer at about F/19 with a Canon rebel XT on a gitzo Tripod with a remote release and an 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6[img]/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.00.24.10/IMG_5F00_8115-resize-.jpg[/img]

[Anthony]

I've always thought that light streak images were interesting.





I really like the Christmas tree picture. I like how it appears to be glowing, rather than how they are often captured (a bunch of tiny bright dots on a very dark background).

[Tim]

I always was fascinated with light streaks too, a few years back I was in the car at night at produced some odd pictures by turing the camera during an exposure. This is my favorite of the bunch.


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[Anthony]

That's very cool. Just headlights andtail lights?

[Tim]

I believe so, although its quite hard to tell if there was a street light involved.

[Dumien]

I tried a couple of times...


20 seconds @ f11 ISO 100 with kit lens on a canon XSi






4 seconds @ f11 ISO 100






30 seconds @ f8 ISO 100






this last one, actually, was pretty hard to take: I had to keep the streetlight in the composition, but it resulted in a lot of flare, which is not visible in B&W, but I'm not sure if I like it cropped or B&W. And it resulted very underexposed even at 30 seconds; I tried to set the camera to 400 ISO and to a lower shutter speed, but results didn't change that much, and flare was still there. So what I did was get back at the original settings and increase the exposure in DPP (I shot RAW), which resulted in some noise, removed with the same software.

[Anthony]

The second one is my favorite, with the nice reflections.

[mpphoto12]

wow those are cool im just starting so thanks for the compliments