Leeds Traffic

Me, driving home from work.

Another shot of car-headlight trails in leeds. The bridge in the forground is the one i took this shot (looking back this way) and this shot (looking the other way).

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Jim Moran says:

Wow, looking at the date and time, it could well be you caught me coming home from work here!
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

he he. been thinking about taking a shot from here for a couple of weeks, made the effort to wonder up and do it at last (didnt hang around though, it's not the safest looking part of town).

Was quite impressed that the road planners had the fore-thought to place a wall sloping down towards the road too, so no need for a tripod.

Need to try to get here at rush-hour some time, it's the intersection of 5 roads - i reckon it would be cool to have lots of traffic on all of them.
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

singingpixel--now in Austin! says:

Lovely--brilliant clear colors and lines.
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

tonypreece says:

Might be an idea to get a few people there together all having a go, rather than hanging around there on your own like you say?

It'd obviously be followed by a pint or three later and involve nuts!
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

Steve Webel says:

A very nice night shot. Everything is very clear and in focus.

Good job!

(1-2-3)
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

(Mo) says:

Amazingly vivid picture. Did you play with WB settings or why do the lights appear so blue?
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

tricky ™ says:

@ moritz: thanks, yes, i did tinker with the white balance, i prefer to remove the yellowyness of the street lamps so i set the white/neutral point to the road (given its pretty much gray) and hey presto.
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

(Mo) says:

Yes, I also don't like the yellow cast of the street lamps. I like the cooler light much better. :-)
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

dolphin_dolphin says:

Oh!! Wonderful imaging!!
BTW...
Thank you so much for your visit!!
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

emily1983 says:

I love this photo. I took a similar one (possibly from the same area) and really like the effect gained from a slow shutter speed.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Red~Cyan says:

Love the reams of light, I'd love to know how to do this!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

tricky ™ says:

@Nat - it's fairly easy, its just a case of finding a good vantage point with lots of traffic.

Compacts aren't ideal as you want to maximise the amount of time the shutter is open for ( so with a SLR camera you switch to shutter priority mode and pick around 15 seconds or so). What i'd try doing is switching off the flash, switch the camera to manual mode, and set the ISO value to as low a number as possible (this should result in the longest exposure your camera can manage). You could also try setting the exposure compensation as high as possible too, though i'd try without that first.

Then all you need to do is wait for darkness and find a suitable location where there's lots of traffic and something flat you can balance your camera on (as practice you could turn the lights off at home, and use a torch or something to see how well it works first).... then switch to self timer mode - you want to avoid touching the camera while it's taking the shot to avoid blurring).
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Red~Cyan says:

Thanks for the tips, I will try this out, especially when I get a better camera still!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

NinJA999 says:

Whoa--looks really neat! Especially messes with my eyes since I expect to see the red on the *right* lol.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

pbo31 says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Light STREAM___, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

3dnan 7assan says:

nice
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

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