Show me your long exposure photo's

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 😉 )

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.

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DSC_1828[/url] by zachwinsley[/url], 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

This was taken over 25 years ago with my first camera lol

Midnight New Years Eve
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Glen Etive
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96/365[/url] by stuartie_c[/url], on Flickr

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DSC03052[/url] by stuartie_c[/url], on Flickr

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caig1[/url] by stuartie_c[/url], on Flickr

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night_sky[/url] by stuartie_c[/url], on Flickr

Some inspiring photos! 😀

Some inspiring photos! 😀

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bridge of lights[/url] by rOcKeTdOgUk[/url], on Flickr

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Jan 28th[/url] by rOcKeTdOgUk[/url], on Flickr

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Aug 27th[/url] by rOcKeTdOgUk[/url], 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
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Mike “pro elbows” Davis[/url] by Notoriously Bad Typist[/url], on Flickr

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Mike “pro elbows” Davis[/url] by Notoriously Bad Typist[/url], on Flickr

and a couple of night time longer exposure ones

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Trees[/url] by Notoriously Bad Typist[/url], on Flickr

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Trees[/url] by Notoriously Bad Typist[/url], on Flickr

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aberlady bay submarine[/url] by yodagoat[/url], on Flickr

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Edinburgh, pentlands[/url] by yodagoat[/url], on Flickr
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aberlady bay submarine 1[/url] by yodagoat[/url], on Flickr
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Tobermory[/url] by yodagoat[/url], on Flickr
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forth bridge 2[/url] by yodagoat[/url], on Flickr
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winton estate night tree[/url] by yodagoat[/url], on Flickr
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landrover lammermuirs[/url] by yodagoat[/url], on Flickr
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whiteadder night1[/url] by yodagoat[/url], on Flickr

Love ’em, such quality photographers on here.

Lets see what I’ve got then.

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skyline-dark[/url] by Jon Wyatt[/url], on Flickr

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waterfall3[/url] by Jon Wyatt[/url], on Flickr

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Night Trails[/url] by Jon Wyatt[/url], on Flickr

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church2[/url] by Jon Wyatt[/url], on Flickr

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senseless waste[/url] by Jon Wyatt[/url], 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.

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Northbound[/url] by ronnie101[/url], on Flickr

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Trainers[/url] by ronnie101[/url], on Flickr

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Untitled[/url] by ronnie101[/url], on Flickr

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Untitled[/url] by ronnie101[/url], 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?

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

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SSEC2010 418[/url] by hopster007[/url], on Flickr

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The plough over Strontian

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jan 19th[/url] by rOcKeTdOgUk[/url], 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

Lovely photos.

This was a 60s shot in Les Arcs:

My offering

Really really great photo’s, I want to know how you do this.

I have two cameras –

(1) SLR with good lens but have to use “Film”

or

(2) Push and point Conan Digital IXUS 75.

So the question is how do I take good quailty pics.

O and if you know how to do it can you explain to me in “Simple Simon” language and NOT jargon.

Cheers

Mine are taken on a compact so I’m limited to max 15 seconds, I have a mini tripod and use the 2 second timer function so avoid any wobble from pressing the button.

15 mins