Light trails

[zxcvbnm]

I was reading up some tips for doing some light trail photography and came across some fantastic shots:

And Airports seem to be a good location:

This one is superb:

Anyone here got any to share?

[Ivanho]

I managed to do these with my point & shoot Digital Camera (a Sony DSC-P73).

Would love to be able to do something like those airport or road ones. I have to have a look at that site.

[Dork Knight]

If star trails count then here's one of mine;

[Sidewaysbob]

this is cheating a little as the kart was at stand still and i moved the camera to get the effect. Still i like it

I like this because it looks like charlie is fighting off a light monster.

fun with a torch and an evening indoors

[rundll]

Just a little one...

[Exidor]

Macro shot of the lit-up power button on my monitor in an otherwise dark room. 4 second exposure and deliberately shaky hand.

[PopeSmokesDope]

[zxcvbnm]

"Traveling through hyperspace isn't like dusting crops kid......"

Some fantastic shots on here.

[Sabreman]

Could you link me to the original of this please? I'm hoping there is a bigger size. It really is beautiful.

[And]

Blimey, that is awesome, how did you do it?

Taken in vegas on my point and shoot panasonic: Not great but...

[Agent L]

I've done quite a lot of these but nothing as good as the plane taking off in the OP.

And, these are just done by putting the cam on a tripod in the back of the car and keeping the shutter open a long time.

Same technique

Need to get out and do more of these but it's the wrong time of year really as it's still light so late.

[And]

And, these are just done by putting the cam on a tripod in the back of the car and keeping the shutter open a long time.

How do you stop it from over exposing?

How long is long? 1 second? more?

Sorry, daft quaestions but full manual mode is still a scary place for me!

[Agent L]

My car shot is as follows:

Exposure: 8 sec

Aperture: f/11

ISO Speed: 100

The key to doing it well is a very smooth road (which I didn't have, hence the blurry dash) and some pretty lights overhead. As it's dark you wont over expose anything other than the lights themselves but that's kind of the thing you are trying to do. When you do a night shot in the dark you can leave the shutter open for AGES before you overexpose anything other than lights. To answer more simply though, close the aperture down to allow longer shutter speeds, you can practice the exposure in a stationary car under similar lights to see if the dash etc looks right and then take it on the road.

A remote shutter release or an assistant is a must though I'd say, pretty dangerous trying to drive and use the cam.

[And]

Cool, thanks for the tips.

[kloid]

Some beautiful work in here.

I couldn't resist flipping this one.

Zipping down a wormhole in some kind of flashy space dragster, complete with toothy droid co-pilot.

[PeteJ]

See I'm just childish and draw stickmen.

[futureshock]

Did these a couple of years back.

Looking back, I'm not very fond of them...but I do remember being really happy at the time. This means I need to make some new shit, pronto.

[Exidor]

This is amazing.

[zxcvbnm]

I found a few I did a couple of years ago using my ancient trusty powershot a60

[minkee]

yeah, that face is brilliant

[U2031]

Did these a couple of years back.

Looking back, I'm not very fond of them...but I do remember being really happy at the time. This means I need to make some new shit, pronto.

Those are great

Here are a couple my friend took of me, using a PSP to provide the lighting. Looking back, I think the second one is a phone or a GBA, can't remember now. I've cropped them from the originals, so any poor composition is me, not him.

[nilo]

Here's a shot taken in the west end of Glasgow! Inspired by the Bark Psychosis track 'Big Shot'

[nilo]

Here's another

[Dr Nookie]

Some beautiful work in here.

I couldn't resist flipping this one.

Zipping down a wormhole in some kind of flashy space dragster, complete with toothy droid co-pilot.

Send to the things with faces thread now.

[AngryH]