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General => Photography Section => Topic started by: ThomWalker on October 18, 2013, 12:50:59 am

Title: Long exposures at night
Post by: ThomWalker on October 18, 2013, 12:50:59 am
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Title: Re: Long exposures at night
Post by: xjay1337 on October 18, 2013, 12:59:44 am
Nice!
 I'd love to have a DSLR to be able to mess around. It's amazing what you can do with the light and a long exposure :) I like the one where you wrote Golf haha.

Here's one my friend SLEEDS did of mine..

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And one from the uk-mkivs Mega meet a buddy of mine took

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(It was literally pitch black middle of the night in a field in the middle of nowhere, used a light in a tube!)

 
Title: Re: Long exposures at night
Post by: Marc-5-GTI on October 18, 2013, 11:07:36 am
The ISS is going over this week... Try and get that in shot!
Title: Re: Long exposures at night
Post by: jonm on October 29, 2013, 09:54:59 pm
many years ago I tried this with a point and shoot camera...

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Stick man (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonmmorgan/375451094/) by JonMorgan. (http://www.flickr.com/people/jonmmorgan/), on Flickr



Now this is the outcome

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Skoda Octavia (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonmmorgan/9139252708/) by JonMorgan. (http://www.flickr.com/people/jonmmorgan/), on Flickr

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Deva Dubs VW Show 2013 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonmmorgan/9007581054/) by JonMorgan. (http://www.flickr.com/people/jonmmorgan/), on Flickr

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Ibiza (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonmmorgan/8838776230/) by JonMorgan. (http://www.flickr.com/people/jonmmorgan/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Long exposures at night
Post by: Another Fluffer on November 03, 2013, 09:12:43 pm
Nice pics! :happy2:
Title: Re: Long exposures at night
Post by: xjay1337 on November 03, 2013, 09:13:28 pm
That mk1 is lovely.
Title: Re: Long exposures at night
Post by: rich83 on November 03, 2013, 09:15:15 pm


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Foel Ortho Star Trails (http://www.flickr.com/photos/richwigley/4280516774/) by Rich Wigley (http://www.flickr.com/people/richwigley/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Long exposures at night
Post by: rich83 on November 03, 2013, 09:16:02 pm
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.staticflickr.com%2F4077%2F4942811909_1d0d41e638_b.jpg&hash=30c30616d5baf7dfaa9892a2d7f0c575bde607b2) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/richwigley/4942811909/)
Star Trails over Zell am See (http://www.flickr.com/photos/richwigley/4942811909/) by Rich Wigley (http://www.flickr.com/people/richwigley/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Long exposures at night
Post by: ThomWalker on November 03, 2013, 11:58:03 pm
Some awesome pics
Title: Re: Long exposures at night
Post by: Jack-j100 on December 04, 2013, 10:08:11 pm
Cool as f**k!!!!
Title: Re: Long exposures at night
Post by: JohnRoberts on December 10, 2013, 10:06:23 pm
Quote from: xjay1337 on October 18, 2013, 12:59:44 am
Nice!
 I'd love to have a DSLR to be able to mess around. It's amazing what you can do with the light and a long exposure :) I like the one where you wrote Golf haha.

Here's one my friend SLEEDS did of mine..

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net%2Fhphotos-ak-prn2%2F1277703_10152326410044782_1649763902_o.jpg&hash=4317bd2319292339745d6fc3cc6333e5794d5973)

And one from the uk-mkivs Mega meet a buddy of mine took

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.staticflickr.com%2F5532%2F9493793070_07d8608d08_c.jpg&hash=1f8c8f7b098cb4c3fd739ae060ab6d8eeef9c133)

(It was literally pitch black middle of the night in a field in the middle of nowhere, used a light in a tube!)

 


What do you mean by light in a tube,can you explain please? Sorry not too good with cameras but my girlfriend just got me a nice one for my birthday and want to use it too it's full potential  :smiley:
Title: Re: Long exposures at night
Post by: xjay1337 on December 11, 2013, 01:01:44 am
You have a like 1 minute exposure time and put a light or a torch in a device (eg a pringle tube cut in half) to direct light only in one direction. You can then light up your subjects while keeping the foreground and background relatively dark.

Hence why you can see a prominent black line where the light was kept from bouncing back. The main thing here is you have to be very careful to not let any light "stray" as in when you're moving across frame, you cannot point the light at the camera or the effect will be lost and it'll look like a flare's gone off.
Title: Re: Long exposures at night
Post by: Top Cat on December 11, 2013, 08:47:56 am
Also an important point is to take eat all the pringles out of the tube before you start this process. And remember once you poppem! you cant stoppem!.  :innocent: