took a few shots on the motorway bridge

[extremeinferno]

had a play on the bridge, not the best location in the worls, but im happy with my 1st attempt.

 

[JR]

love long exposure shots like this

 

[Fletcher]

Not bad, what camera are you using??

 

[iimushroomzii]

Awesome!

 

[extremeinferno]

thanks for your comments guys!

Not bad, what camera are you using??

thanks, and a nikon d60


james

 

[BenWall]

Honestly - they look a little shaky. Was you using a tripod?

 

[Feirny]

Look a little unfocused too.

 

[BenWall]

Yeah they do, unfocused pictures make my eyes hurt

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

For focusing, focus on the motorway using the AF, then switch it to manual focus. Then when you take your long exposure pic, the focus wont change

 

[ukaskew]

...or assuming the camera is nice and stable, just switch to MF and bump the Aperture up to about f16 or higher, pretty much everything will be in focus and any spot lights will appear as stars. AF at night is very hit and miss, I rarely use it.

 

[extremeinferno]

yes i was using a tripod, all i done was stick it in 's' mode with iso 200 and shutter speed at 20secs. that seem ok to you guys?

 

[Leeshez]

Far better than my first attempt.

 

[extremeinferno]

thanks for all your help guys will remember them tip next time

james

 

[GeordieClioDriver]

Try them in black and white mate, long exposure shots look brilliant like that.

Heres the first one i took like that.

 

[Ian]

I do prefer that one. Not that I don't like the ones in the OP, but there seems to be soo many of these photos recently! Guess once I've seen a few B+W shots I'll be saying the same about them though

 

[R1XPH]

I can't wait to go out and do this.

What sort of settings do you use? Only got my camera 2 days ago lol

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Just put in into shutter priority, whack the shutter way up (like 10 seconds at least), and just go nuts!
Dont increase the ISO either, as the results will be really noisy.

 

[extremeinferno]

i found when i put my camerea in shutter priority (s mode). the iso automatically went up to 800 which looked pants, so i lowered it too 200.

 

[Paul_G]

Popped out last night and tried one of these...a bit earlier in the evening than yours.

I think the key with these photos is Location, Location, Location. The bit of motorway I snapped is a little boring plus there are quite a few overhead lights...

 

[extremeinferno]

looks good mate, like you say its all about the location i think too

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Plus, see if you can get a nice sunset in there too

 

[Moby]

I really like this type of shot.

here's my first and second attempts

 

[Alan]

Farkin love those shots Al!!

 

[GeordieClioDriver]

id like to know how to get rid of the orange light effect if possible.. or at least make it less noticeable.. any methods of doing that without the aid of photoshop?