Shinning billboards

[subrataofkris]

Liked the bright lights of the billboards through the coconut leaves. Long exposure has also created some motion blur in the swaying leaves and stars on the lights.


EXIF
ISO 200, F/22, 25 secs, Manual exposure on tripod, 80mm

[matthewchj]

Not much of a subject, really, but I like the star effects!

[windrider86]

Maybe with a little less of the palm dark palm leaves in the front. Nice job witht eh star effect

[clockdoc]

Just curious but could you have achieved a better result with a faster shutterspeed and wider aperture (or a different ISO?)? How did you arrive at the exposure combination here? The subject facility seems to be brightly lit to allow such settings. May also have been more effective shot a little after sunset before the sky went completely dark. A piece of house window screen or even nylon hose stretched over the lens will create a star effect at the right aperture.

[subrataofkris]

Clockdoc, I was in tripod and tried different combinations of shutter speed and aperture and found this one was best of the lot. I did not raise the ISO, because as it is light was less and I did not risk grains with small aperture. The leaves and the billboards were very far apart, so I did not open the aperture more. The star effect was created automatically, with less exposure, the leaves became completely dark; with more exposure, the lights became burned out.