runaway lights

[Tommy C. Photography]

I took this downtown Huntington Beach right after sunset. This was one of my first attempts at long exposure photography. The picture came out over exposed due to the natural lighting, I used curves to bring in the contrast as well as make the fire hydrant pop out.

Nikon D200

Nikkor 18-200mm VR - at 70mm in photo

shutter speed: 60/10 sec

ISO 320

Tripod

Curves in photoshop

[vicshippers]

Love the flare of the headlights, I thought that was difficult with long exposure?

[chapstick]

Great use of blur-- love it!

[ramirez0715]

Nice picture. Just a thought to slow down the shutter a bit more
is to lower your iso to 100 and increase your f stop.

[Tommy C. Photography]

thanks for the comments. Long exposure wasn't hard at all, i used my tripod and a photix remote shutter release. As to the ISO tip thanks, i just got into photography about a month ago, any help is appreciated.