Long Exposure Light Trails on a Roundabout
As my very clever and imaginative title suggests, this is a long exposure image I took too try and capture some light trails on a roundabout near the centre of town here in Edinburgh, Scotland.
As you can see, those pesky street lights threw down some serious lens flare issues which I was unable to resolve. I would love to shoot this place again but from a more elevated position. There is a cathedral behind me in this shot, but somehow I think they might frown on my climbing onto their roof for a better vantage point.
..I had considered a drone for a cool aerial shot but the paperwork is insane. The business case, the risk assessment, the permissions, appeals and applications.. just to legally fly in the city .. probably a week of paperwork for a 10 minute flight. Maybe if I was doing it commercially.. but I'm not.
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It's still a cool shot even with the lights flare. I guess something you could do is take long exposure shot for the light trails and a short exposure shot for the lamps and somehow blend them together manual HDR-style? (I've never tried something like that myself, so I might be saying nonsense, let me know if that's the case)
hmmm.. interesting idea..you can do something like that, it might work but the blending process might be a lot of work... I might try a bigger lens hood first, that might help but as its a wide angle shot would give it a vignette... interesting, i might give it a try next time! :) thanks!
Looking forward to seeing your results. I don't think a vignette would look bad on that scene, it might actually be an OK effect. I've never done blending like that so I have no clue how much work it is but I can imagine it's not going to be just a little indeed.
Yeah i think it would take me some time to figure out how to do first :)
Sweet cap I especially like the flares and the round about wight the lights 🚦 circling around
thanks man :)
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This is awesome, I love these type of clever photos where you get car light trails - quite amazing. How long does it take to do a photo like this?
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Thanks mate, I do love light trails. They add a lot of life to a night scene... and they're fun to do ;) The amount of time can depend on the available light and how busy the traffic is, but its usually for me about 30 seconds. Sometimes a minute.
I love it, including the light flares. I still get fascinated by the light trails, how awesome!
Thanks, I feel the same way about light trails. I can't get enough of them! :)
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another fabulous night shot such cool light trails
Thanks mate :)
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