Long exposures are fun

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: EGGO
A gallery of photos I took while in the skies.

http://eggo.us/Sky2/

There are two other ones that aren't in there, these are those pictures:

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/5564/2006070606481ul.jpg

and

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/1769/2006063005622ft.jpg

How do you take a long exposure from an airplane? Won't the movement of the plane mess it up?

 

[QED]

Originally posted by: schneiderguy
for a total picture noob, what does a long exposure do compared to a short exposure? sorry if its a really dumb question

Long exposures allow you to capture motion, especiallly from things that emit or reflect light (such as the rippling of water, the motion of car taillights, etc.). As you can see, scenes with a little bit of light and water seem to take on a almost magical quality when captured with a long exposure...

 

[QED]

Originally posted by: MS Dawn

Originally posted by: QED
I'm guessing he used a star filter which makes points of light look like stars...

Nope. Mine look that way too - no filter used.

Hmm...then maybe your lens have a polarized coating on them? They shouldn't look that way by default...

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: QED

Originally posted by: schneiderguy
for a total picture noob, what does a long exposure do compared to a short exposure? sorry if its a really dumb question

Long exposures allow you to capture motion, especiallly from things that emit or reflect light (such as the rippling of water, the motion of car taillights, etc.). As you can see, scenes with a little bit of light and water seem to take on a almost magical quality when captured with a long exposure...

Here's a long exposure I took of water with some light.
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[schneiderguy]

Originally posted by: QED

Originally posted by: schneiderguy
for a total picture noob, what does a long exposure do compared to a short exposure? sorry if its a really dumb question

Long exposures allow you to capture motion, especiallly from things that emit or reflect light (such as the rippling of water, the motion of car taillights, etc.). As you can see, scenes with a little bit of light and water seem to take on a almost magical quality when captured with a long exposure...

ah, thanks

 

[Rubycon]

There's a ghost in this one

Can you see the "see through" person sitting down? :laugh:

 

[Special K]

You have to use a small aperture size when taking pics like this, right? Otherwise everything will look washed out? I was trying to take pics like this with my SD300 but because you can't adjust the aperture I had to mess with the ambient lighting to keep the pictures from being overexposed. Pics I took in a room with the lights off at night ended up looking like they were taken during the daytime when I used a 5 second shutter speed.

 

[state 08]

Originally posted by: DeathBUA

Originally posted by: ironwing

Originally posted by: state 08
Back to the future!

2 sec @ F2.8

Cool but the driving it took to get that pattern! :shocked:

That looks like I75 at night

It is I-75 at night. I was coming back from the Auto Show.

 

[TraumaRN]

Originally posted by: state 08

Originally posted by: DeathBUA

Originally posted by: ironwing

Originally posted by: state 08
Back to the future!

2 sec @ F2.8

Cool but the driving it took to get that pattern! :shocked:

That looks like I75 at night

It is I-75 at night. I was coming back from the Auto Show.

Pathetic that I know that even with the 2 second exposure... I75 is my second home

 

[Bootprint]

Originally posted by: QED

Originally posted by: MS Dawn

Originally posted by: QED
I'm guessing he used a star filter which makes points of light look like stars...

Nope. Mine look that way too - no filter used.

Hmm...then maybe your lens have a polarized coating on them? They shouldn't look that way by default...

That star effect is caused by the stopping down of the lens to f/8.

 

[EGGO]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: EGGO
A gallery of photos I took while in the skies.

http://eggo.us/Sky2/

There are two other ones that aren't in there, these are those pictures:

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/5564/2006070606481ul.jpg

and

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/1769/2006063005622ft.jpg

How do you take a long exposure from an airplane? Won't the movement of the plane mess it up?

Oh trust me, I have a lot of pictures that are really messed up. Here then, these are some long exposures.

Some fire: http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/5894/200603260323hk7.jpg

Rachael: http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/2089/200605280494zk7.jpg

 

[Tobolo]

Yeah I saw yall talking about I-75 and I was trying to make it out, then I saw that the name was detroit and I was like "Oh." Im a little more used to seeing I-75 in Atlanta LOL

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: EGGO

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: EGGO
A gallery of photos I took while in the skies.

http://eggo.us/Sky2/

There are two other ones that aren't in there, these are those pictures:

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/5564/2006070606481ul.jpg

and

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/1769/2006063005622ft.jpg

How do you take a long exposure from an airplane? Won't the movement of the plane mess it up?

Oh trust me, I have a lot of pictures that are really messed up. Here then, these are some long exposures.

Some fire: http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/5894/200603260323hk7.jpg

Rachael: http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/2089/200605280494zk7.jpg

Nice. I'm just trying to understand why the movement of the airplane doesn't blur the image. From my limited experience, on a long exposure you need a tripod, or you gotta be stock still because movement blurs everything.

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: SampSon
My best is a shot of a road in Paris, it's currently mounted on my wall.
I'll see if I can dig it up.

Find it. I'm interested to see it.

 

[pyonir]

My favorite long exposure shot i've taken

 

[tbike06]

This is a neat thread

 

[axelfox]

Can I take pictures like this with my point and shoot digicam? Casio EX-Z750. I figure some of these almost must be shot with a tripod.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: axelfox
Can I take pictures like this with my point and shoot digicam? Casio EX-Z750. I figure some of these almost must be shot with a tripod.

Depends on what kind of manual shutter speed settings you have. I took mine with a simple p&s Canon G3 at 15 second shutter speed and a tripod. You'll need a tripod, or something solid to set the cam on.

 

[vegetation]

Originally posted by: pyonir
My favorite long exposure shot i've taken

Unable to view.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: vegetation

Originally posted by: pyonir
My favorite long exposure shot i've taken

Unable to view.

Drag and drop works, i didn't realize that site didn't allow hotlinking, i never use it anymore.

Here you go

 

[JM Aggie08]

tripods id assume.

 

[puffff]

Some of mine.

Tallinn
Salt mine
Budapest Nights
Medusa Head

 

[virtuamike]

As long as it gets for me (macro work)

And my usual fare

 

[jlbenedict]

Originally posted by: QED

Originally posted by: schneiderguy
for a total picture noob, what does a long exposure do compared to a short exposure? sorry if its a really dumb question

Long exposures allow you to capture motion, especiallly from things that emit or reflect light (such as the rippling of water, the motion of car taillights, etc.). As you can see, scenes with a little bit of light and water seem to take on a almost magical quality when captured with a long exposure...

Long exposures are also a requirement for astrophotography. You should see some of the amazing photos you can take with a decent telescope and decent camera.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

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