photos - "lights"

bretti_kivi · Post by **bretti_kivi** » Wed May 13, 2009 1:05 pm

a little experiment from this evening... and a competition entry, which is why it's not public.

I set up the camera, with its 24/2.8, peering over my right shoulder. On a tripod, aimed, manual focus set to infinite, 2s delay, between 8 and 25 seconds, f22 (too light outside).

hurtling down the freeway:

past some trucks

at the service station (with a traffic island, that's why the curves)

earlier:

in town:

these are the traffic lights on the way back from the Mottoritie, and it's what I'll be using for the competition "lights" unless something better comes up...

nearly home, I take a detour... sharp left / right, that's why the curves...

Comments welcome

Post by **stipud** » Wed May 13, 2009 1:16 pm

Is this for an Audi forum or a photography forum? If the latter I might prefer it without the car in frame.

I do think that the long exposure car shots can be a little cliche though... pretty much every 14 year old girl with a camera has done them.

Instead, I would recommend doing something else... Park your car in the dark, set up the camera to do a long exposure shot of the car, and then run around it swinging various colored lights. If you move fast enough it shouldn't pick up your body much at all, and you will end up with some interesting color reflections and light lines floating around the car. I did this a long time ago with a junky old camera and the result was pretty cool... unfortunately I don't have that pic anymore.

Post by **ttocs** » Wed May 13, 2009 2:12 pm

stipud wrote:I do think that the long exposure car shots can be a little cliche though... pretty much every 14 year old girl with a camera has done them.

Instead, I would recommend doing something else... Park your car in the dark, set up the camera to do a long exposure shot of the car, and then run around it swinging various colored lights. If you move fast enough it shouldn't pick up your body much at all, and you will end up with some interesting color reflections and light lines floating around the car. I did this a long time ago with a junky old camera and the result was pretty cool... unfortunately I don't have that pic anymore.

I would not recomend letting the neighbors see this. I can only imagine what it looked like to someone that didn't know what you were doing.

I thought they were kinda cool.

Post by **mr tibbs** » Wed May 13, 2009 3:39 pm

That does look pretty cool. Do you have a sunroof?

5.9Limited · Post by **5.9Limited** » Wed May 13, 2009 6:29 pm

call me simple, an non photo savy or whatever. but I thought they were all sick... like sick enough I'd frame 'em man. . props man...nice shots... mind if I use 'em??? I totally understand if not...just curious.

really like the shots . well done.

bretti_kivi · Post by **bretti_kivi** » Wed May 13, 2009 9:57 pm

thanks for the feedback. No time to comment more right now, but 5.9; hold fire, I'll try something else tonight and see what happens.

Bret

5.9Limited · Post by **5.9Limited** » Thu May 14, 2009 5:11 am

no sweat man...I've always loved pics like this...so again.. nice work.

bretti_kivi · Post by **bretti_kivi** » Thu May 14, 2009 12:18 pm

so. I will go out now and try this, it's almost dark... at 23:15.....

Bret

bretti_kivi · Post by **bretti_kivi** » Thu May 14, 2009 1:19 pm

new ones:

I'll upload fullsize if you want... or give me your mail address, I'll send them over.

Bret

Post by **stipud** » Thu May 14, 2009 1:24 pm

That's better. Now do it without your headlights

teamradrz1 · Post by **teamradrz1** » Thu May 14, 2009 1:52 pm

I think they look sweet!

Post by **mr tibbs** » Thu May 14, 2009 2:27 pm

teamradrz1 wrote:I think they look sweet!

x2!!!

gkitching · Post by **gkitching** » Thu May 14, 2009 4:39 pm

I did a similar type of shot way back with my 35mm. It was at night at the beach with my mother-in-law sitting and my daughter, who was like 3yrs old then, running around her in circles. The image of my mother-in-law was still, with a look of anguish on her face, and my daughter was a whirlwind around her with her clearer image stopped behind her blowing bubbles. It was totally by accident but was truely an awesome pic.

5.9Limited · Post by **5.9Limited** » Thu May 14, 2009 5:21 pm

nice

bretti_kivi · Post by **bretti_kivi** » Thu May 14, 2009 9:31 pm

stipud wrote:That's better. Now do it without your headlights

okay, if I'm not completely shattered after tonight's work (my car is in pieces at a friend's house, so I have to go get some wood and set up my amp rack tonight...) I think I will try that. The location for that is pretty simple and I'm surprised, but the traffic lights were still on past 11. Most shut down at 10 or so.

Thanks for the comments, guys; tibbs, it should be obvious how these are done, no? the latest ones are without noise reduction and I think they were only 10s.

ohyeah; idea: if I do the August German trip, I might well mount the camera like this and leave it taking a pic every two minutes or so, to meld into a video.....

Bret

andy600rr · Post by **andy600rr** » Thu May 14, 2009 10:15 pm

^^Traffic Lights turning off after 10-11pm??

WTF

The trip idea would be really cool.

bretti_kivi · Post by **bretti_kivi** » Fri May 15, 2009 1:17 pm

so, the final versions:

and

Post by **stipud** » Fri May 15, 2009 1:42 pm

That's better!

Post by **mr tibbs** » Fri May 15, 2009 2:57 pm

VEDY NICE!!