Night Driving

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Night Driving

Postby Luke Smith on Sun Jul 31, 2005 10:18 am

Well, I've been here a while and I think its time I posted a pic or three :)

I like odd stuff, so for my first few images I decided that’s what I will post!



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Anne St 1

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Anne St 2

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Corronation Drive

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Western Freeway

Wheeeeee :P
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Postby Aussie Dave on Sun Jul 31, 2005 10:21 am

Hi Luke
the pics aren't showing up from here.
Perhaps check the links...??

Can anyone else see the pics ??
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Postby sirhc55 on Sun Jul 31, 2005 10:23 am

Broken links, so no pics :roll:
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Postby Luke Smith on Sun Jul 31, 2005 10:27 am

Fixed links, working pics :)
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Postby embi on Sun Jul 31, 2005 10:28 am

Oh Mr Hart :D
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Postby Aussie Dave on Sun Jul 31, 2005 10:32 am

It looks like a colourful electric storm
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby Atorie on Sun Jul 31, 2005 10:35 am

The first three have an excellent grungy urban feel about them, the light movement reflects the movement and rhythm in street graffiti, I like them.... however the last doesnt do it for me thou.
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Postby krpolak on Sun Jul 31, 2005 10:49 am

--> Luke Smith

Hey, I have been exploring this type of shots quite a bit recently. I thought I could share with couple observations. First of all you dont have to keep camera still and horizontal. You can move, wave, rotate, twist, everything. Think about camera as a brush and light as a paint. And do your painting. Secondly you can use multiple exposure with your digital camera. How? Easy. Set exposure time for lest say 30s. Make first exposure with your subject for 10, hide lens and when second subject comes unhide and expose again. How it could works see on my shot belowe (plus couple others). Just play with that techniques. Result usually are not too much predictable ;-)

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Postby Luke Smith on Sun Jul 31, 2005 10:55 am

yeap, you can do some neat stuff. The pics of mine above were taken from the back seat of a car over about 10-30 seconds with no particular effort to keep the camera still, I even zoomed in a couple of them for a while.

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This was done with the camera on a tripod using the IR remote in bulb mode. Point the camera at a wall and write whatever you like with a torch, in this case I used an LED torch which has a nice fluro blue glow to it.

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Postby embi on Sun Jul 31, 2005 11:11 am

Luke Smith wrote:IR remote in bulb mode


What sort of remote is it?? I only have one button on my remote
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Postby the foto fanatic on Sun Jul 31, 2005 11:20 am

These types of images are usually quite abstact and colourful.

If a less random effect is desired, it can be achieved by zooming in and/or out during the time exposure.

Reflections of lights from a wet pavement or an oil slick are also effective.

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Postby Luke Smith on Sun Jul 31, 2005 11:29 am

embi wrote:
Luke Smith wrote:IR remote in bulb mode


What sort of remote is it?? I only have one button on my remote


I have the standard ML-L3(?) remote. If you put the camera in bulb mode the IR remote will open the shutter on the first press and close it on the second... much easier than having somone else hold the on-camera button down for the duration.
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Postby MCWB on Sun Jul 31, 2005 11:31 am

Wow, this is really cool Luke, very arty. Thanks for posting! Will definitely have to give this a go. :)
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