Just got my first SLR and had some fun playing around with long exposures last night with some sparklers, loved the effects it gave and I want see more photo's now to see how cleverly it can be used to get some really amazing images (definitely not so I can copy the ideas and pass them off as my own 
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Here's my basic efforts from last night anyway...
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did these years ago...
Theyre not very good but were fun to do.
DSC_1828 by zachwinsley, on Flickr
30 seconds exposure for this one:
OUM (Pitt Rivers Collection)
Bumblebee loose in the garden
And more in a similar theme to the OP
Angel
Alien Abduction
More OUM
Ooooh... a ghost!
The Alps
The international space station
Aberystwyth November Fair (2.5 seconds)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/surfr/2048308212/
Night Driving (3.2 seconds)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/surfr/791412921/
Aberystwyth Seafront (17 seconds)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/surfr/831012111/
Syfydrin Lake at Nant-yr-Arian (307 seconds)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/surfr/382929160/
Tal-y-Llyn by Cader Idris (275 seconds)
Newquay (Wales) Beach (176 seconds)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/surfr/100233446/
Aberystwyth Harbour Entrance (unknown seconds, around 4 minutes probably)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/surfr/85989327/
South Beach Aberystwyth (around 5 minutes)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/surfr/75318833/
Aberystwyth Harbour Wall (4 minutes or so including the photographer sitting very still)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/surfr/75318832/
Cymswmlog Smelting Chimney and the Pole Star (4 minutes perhaps)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/surfr/64325175/
Ynyslas Estuary (few minutes again)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/surfr/54964469/
Borth Beach (maybe up to 10 minutes due to star trails)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/surfr/46580941/
Nant-y-Moch Resevoir (270 seconds)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/surfr/45142715/
Nant-y-Moch again (276 seconds)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/surfr/45142714/
Pendam carpark at Nant-yr-Arian (me driving past the camera in both directions) (965 seconds)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/surfr/44136122/
Clarach (460 seconds)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/surfr/43368125/
There's some more in this flickr set of mine
http://www.flickr.com/photos/surfr/sets/480287/
This was taken over 25 years ago with my first camera lol
Midnight New Years Eve
Glen Etive
96/365 by stuartie_c, on Flickr
DSC03052 by stuartie_c, on Flickr
caig1 by stuartie_c, on Flickr
night_sky by stuartie_c, on Flickr
Some inspiring photos! 
Some inspiring photos!
bridge of lights by rOcKeTdOgUk, on Flickr
Jan 28th by rOcKeTdOgUk, on Flickr
Aug 27th by rOcKeTdOgUk, on Flickr
Cool photos guys. Love the long exposure stuff, especially when it's a night shot that's so long as to look almost like day. Bloody cold doing it though.
Used to have load more on my flickr account but had a clear out last time I got past the 200 images free limit. Mist sort out a pro account.
Anyway, couple of "short" long exposure daytime shots
Mike "pro elbows" Davis by Notoriously Bad Typist, on Flickr
Mike "pro elbows" Davis by Notoriously Bad Typist, on Flickr
and a couple of night time longer exposure ones
Trees by Notoriously Bad Typist, on Flickr
Trees by Notoriously Bad Typist, on Flickr
aberlady bay submarine by yodagoat, on Flickr
Edinburgh, pentlands by yodagoat, on Flickr
aberlady bay submarine 1 by yodagoat, on Flickr
Tobermory by yodagoat, on Flickr
forth bridge 2 by yodagoat, on Flickr
winton estate night tree by yodagoat, on Flickr
landrover lammermuirs by yodagoat, on Flickr
whiteadder night1 by yodagoat, on Flickr
Love 'em, such quality photographers on here.
Lets see what I've got then.
skyline-dark by Jon Wyatt, on Flickr
waterfall3 by Jon Wyatt, on Flickr
Night Trails by Jon Wyatt, on Flickr
church2 by Jon Wyatt, on Flickr
senseless waste by Jon Wyatt, on Flickr
ok - these look awesome. noob guide to taking a pic like one of the night time shots anyone?
the wife has a sony alpha 200 and i could get a tripod from work. Do you need a remote release to do this?
Use the self timer
I use a remote for mine.
WOW
Sturdy tripod. Focus to infinity, Start at F8 or so and experiment with timing. Depends on available light for night photography. Most of mine are taken no more than 3 days either side of full moon.
Only 2.5 seconds here, but that was enough for what I was after.
ok - these look awesome. noob guide to taking a pic like one of the night time shots anyone?the wife has a sony alpha 200 and i could get a tripod from work. Do you need a remote release to do this?
For shots with an exposure time of up to 30 seconds you can use the timer. For over 30 seconds, you'll need to set the camera to manual, shutter speed to "bulb" & use a remote control (and stopwatch). Also switch on the long exposure noise reduction or your shots will come out really grainy.
The A30 near Exeter airport
SSEC2010 418 by hopster007, on Flickr
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Sunsets-15 by jake474, on Flickr[/img]
The plough over Strontian
jan 19th by rOcKeTdOgUk, on Flickr
Although my 30D does not support in-camera noise removal, I'd not use the function if it did. It takes the same amount of time as the exposure to run so for a 8 minute exposure, it takes 16 minutes to take a single photo. Do it at home in Noise Ninja or Photoshop etc.
Point and shoot (in manual mode) IXUS 40 and no tripod, so I'm rather pleased with these. Both on Kangaroo Island in Australia
Great shots. i wish i could add a few but they are all on disc kicking about god knows where. Not worth searching for either!
There are some gorgeous photos on here. Seriously inspiring work
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