In case you're wondering....yes, that's me at the wheel and you can see that the car is moving from the dash dispay......the camera is mounted on a heavy tripod that's securely fixed into position in the back of the car so that the camera and car are moving as one, otherwise it would all be a blurry mess with an exposure this long.
The shutter is triggered with a wireless remote.
It was all a bit of a wild experiment that happened to work much better than I was expecting.
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@Double KK Photography: Thanks very much!
@«miguel.peixeiro»: Thanks Miguel.....the lens is a Sigma 10-20 and is my favourite by far. Mounted on my Nikon D40 it converts to a 15-30mm so the exif is showing that it's at its fully wide setting.
@HESTER: Thanks very much Hester!
@GJC: Thanks very much GJC!.....I love experimenting with this new camera and it's great to get such positive reactions about the results.
@Helma: Thanks very much Helma!
@Allan: Thanks very much Allan!
@Viewfinder: Thanks very much Viewfinder!
@MGarand: Thanks very much Mathew....I'm really pleased that you liked it!
@bm: Thanks bm!.....yes, give it a try for yourself. It isn't hard to set up; just remember to make sure the tripod can't move and the camera is securely fixed in place, otherwise you'll end up with just a blurry mess as the camera bounces about (its a lot safer too :-)
@Lorraine: Thanks Lorraine!
@Michael Skorulski: Thanks Micheal!
@Jason Kravitz: Thanks Jason!.....I'm really pleased you liked it.
@Nick Passantino: Thanks Nick!
@greg: Thanks Greg!....the light streaks up above the road are from the lights illuminating the motorway (freeway)
@Betty: Thanks Betty!
@Michael: Hi Michael....yes making sure the tripod couldn't move was important for safety and to minimise blur of the parts of the image that are inside the car......when the car goes over a bump at high speed the camera and the car need to move together.
@Twelvebit: Hi Twelvebit!....I loaded them onto JPG at about the same time as here and this one is now up for sale on the Alamy stock photo site. I've just started loading some of my better D40 photos there.
My ambition is to see some of my photos get published so decided to actually do something about it
NIKON D40
8 seconds
F/11.0
ISO 200
15 mm (35mm equiv.)