
Not an original photo I know but it was something I wanted to try and it was a lot of fun!
I set up the camera on a tripod in the middle of the Champs Elysees as I wanted to try and get some trails from the car lights passing through the image but this was very early in the morning and for once there wasn't a lot of traffic.
To get enough car light trails I had to set the f stop up at f22 to get a long enough exposure...as a result I don't think this image is as sharp as it might be due to diffraction. If I'd used an f stop more in the f5.6 - f8 range it would have been sharper. One to remember the next time I try this!
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@Paul van der Meer: Thanks very much Paul!
@jkjond: Hi John!....I do know what you mean :-) It was a lot of fun trying this technique for myself and I learnt a lot from it....I'd now like to try it on some city centre Manchester buildings. It's certainly not as easy as it looks when I've seen it on other peoples shots.
I did actually take quite a few shots of this one before moving the camera.....how on earth do you layer multiple shots into one?
(by the way I'd be really interested in what your view is on the comments that GJC left for me on yesterday's photo. It wasn't something I'd thought about and it's now got me thinking. I hardly ever agonise over whether to process a shot in colour or B&W as I just go with what feels right. That's what I'm going to stick to doing but the comment has made me think about the colour v B&W issue a lot more.)
@jkjond: Thanks for very detailed reply John...I'll have a look at Photoshop Elements to see if it will let me stack photos in the way you describe.
Colour v B&W!....the link to Ansell Adams was really interesting as I wasn't aware of his colour work. It's hard to find much of it on the web so I'll keep looking. I did find this interesting discussion of his colour photography : http://www.hachettebookgroupusa.com/books/94/0821219804/chapter_excerpt13230.html .
He was obviously living in a different era but, as you say, just what would he have produced in digital?....his agonising over the colour issue is neatly summarised by this Adam's quote from the link :
"I have done no color of consequence for thirty years! I have a problem with color—I cannot adjust to the limited controls of values and colors. With black–and–white I feel free and confident of results."
@jkjond: :-)....the comment about the D60 and the cats....priceless!
@Steven: Thanks Steven....It was a lot of fun to try this type of shot!
@Laurie: Thanks very much Laurie!
@Lorraine: Thanks Lorraine....I'm really pleased that you liked it!
@amy: Thank you Amy!
Regarding Photoshop.... I'm only just starting to get to grips with layers so the full version may be too much for me to get my head around just at the moment...I'll see how things progress with Elements just for the moment but it's certainly an ambition of mine to be able to improove my post processing ability.
@Michael Rawluk: Thanks Michael....there are no special filters involved, just the natural effect produced by the Nikon kit lens.
@standley: Thank you very much Standley!
@tom: Thanks very much Tom!
NIKON D40
6 seconds
F/22.0
ISO 200
82 mm (35mm equiv.)