Light Blurs

[akshatrathi294]

I just got my tripod and had a go at long exposure shots. I wanted to capture light blurs by moving the camera during the exposure. I could not get a good subject so I shot one from my Hostel terrace. It's a particularly less urban area. How has the shot come out?

[mdwsta4]

moving a camera while on a tripod pretty much defeats the purpose of having a tripod, don't you think?

[wulf]

It does let you limit the type of movement to horizontal or vertical.

However, this shot has a lot of dead space and the lights are not particularly exciting. The idea might be worth pursuing but have a think about other targets.

Wulf

[clockdoc]

I think you have started a useful learning experiment. Here you just didn't have enough lights to make better use of the framed area. Try zooming during a long exposure as well as rotating the camera along the axis of the lens as if you had a shaft that ran straight through the lens and came out the back. Keep at it and I think you will come up with some interesting results.

[akshatrathi294]

Nothing great about this one...just a little more lights captured...

[akshatrathi294]

Don't Drink & Drive

[akshatrathi294]

Shake it baby..

The white light moving from the left is a train...

[aadam_21]

The more you do, the better they are getting. I would like the last one if there was a little less ambient light in the background. This extra light shows the blur of the buildings from the camera shaking.

[Thunderpup]

I'd go for moving the lights, not the camera. I'm hoping to do some of that in the not to distant future. I'm looking around for a spot in the Rocky Mountains that would look good under a fuller moon, long exposure, with cars sweeping around a curve.

The comment made by clockdoc about zooming in during exposure piqued my interest, but I would think it would be hard not to shake the camera while zooming during the exposure, unless the camera was in a vise like grip, which I believe could be accomplished with a little ingenuity. Certainly would be difficult with the average tripod.

[akshatrathi294]

It would be nice if some people could post their light blur pictures in this thread. As clockdoc said it would be a learning experience for everyone.

Cheers.