Long Exposure Photography: 15 Stunning Examples
Long Exposure Photography is something that can take your breath away when you get it right. Here are some shots to get you inspired (plus some tips below the pics on these techniques).
photo by MumbleyJoe - exposure: 114 sec
Image by Matthew Fang - Exposure: 117.4 sec
image by Paulo Brandão - exposure time: 124 sec
photography by BUR?BLUE - Exposure: 656 sec
Image by Nrbelex - Exposure: Not Given
Photo by MumbleyJoe - Exposure: 20 sec
Image by Insight Imaging: John A Ryan Photography - Exposure: 30 sec
by MumbleyJoe - Exposure: 31.9 sec
Photography by Sara Heinrichs - Exposure: 20 sec
Image by c@rljones - Exposure: 60 minutes
Image by MSH* - Image by 15 sec
Photo by Express Monorail (°O°Joe) - Exposure: 10.9 sec
by Andrew Stawarz - Exposure: Composite of 100 shots - each of 30 seconds
Photo by _mpd_ - Exposure: 23 sec
Image by Dave Smith - Exposure: 253 sec
DISCOVER how to take these kinds of Long Exposure Images:
- Slow Shutter Shoot Out – 3 Slow Shutter Speed Techinques
- How to Shoot Light Trails
- A Beginners Guide to Capturing Motion in Your Photography
- How to Capture Motion Blur in Photography
254 Responses to “Long Exposure Photography: 15 Stunning Examples” - Add Yours
January 20th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Wow. The first lighthouse is just phenomenal. I think I am inspired to go for a late night walk around town now!
January 20th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Hey I love this new template you got for this blog. It looks much better. And great post, stumbled :]
Regards: rizzy
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January 20th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Knapps Castle!
January 20th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Those are truly stunning. Thanks for sharing.
January 20th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Definitely these are stunning images. I’ve done quite a bit of these kind of shots in the past, but I guess I have to redo them seeing these awesome captures. Thanks for sharing Darren!
January 20th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Wow. A-W-E-S-O-M-E!! Absolutely stunning.
January 20th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
I don’t even like photography and wow… absolutely beautiful
January 20th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
These are beautiful!! Thanks for the roundup!
January 20th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
There are some really nice photographs there. I would love to own a camera that is able to produce photos like those, but I don’t think my point and shoot has that capability.
January 20th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Those shots are all amazing! Has me itching to go out and try some ;)
January 20th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Stunning! Dugg and shared :)
January 20th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
i love these, one and all. would want to go outside right now to check out how clear the sky is if not for the freezing cold. brrrrr!
January 20th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
I love long exposure photography, there’s so much creative potential. These photos are great and show a wide variety of what you can do with the shutter open for a long time. It’s even possible to do in daylight with neutral density filters or stacked polarisers. It’s also pretty much the only way to capture lightning without an optical trigger.
I’ve experimented lots with long exposures, especially astrophotography. If you’re interested, you can see some of mine on my blog: http://www.neilcreek.com/blog/index.php?s=long+exposure&submit=Go
January 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Stunning is not a strong enough word, these are great thanks.
January 20th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
These are stunning pictures, I’m going to have to play around with long exposure photography and see what I can come up with.
January 20th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
I love long exposure photography because of the possibilities that I can get. Light trails and etc. Things just illuminate. I am not sure about the 60 minute exposure though. I can not wait that long. LOL.
January 20th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Can that effect be replicated using a digital camera, or does it have to be normal film?
January 20th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Thanks for the inspiration….I love long exposures. There is a quality of light and a depth that is wonderful.
January 20th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
People often use the phrase “take your breath away” all the time – generally for something that ultimately disappoints.
However in the case – its right on the button. What fantastic bits of art those pics are. Thanks – and Im off for a late nights picture taking.
January 20th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
These pics are just.. awesome!
January 20th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Great pics! I stumble and dugg it :)
January 20th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Spectacular! The long exposure really gives them an otherworldly quality.
January 20th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Awesome!!!
January 20th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Don’t forget your camera’s long exposure noise reduction, makes a big difference!
January 20th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
I recently experimented with some hand-held long exposure where I “painted” with the light sources. These pics have me wanting to do some tripod shots!
Anyone interested in the long exposure pics can look in this set from the St. Louis Zoo this Christmas:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/onedadslife/sets/72157610174254334/
January 20th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
If it says, Exposure: 60 seconds, where do you set it in your camera? Does it mean 1/60 shutter speed? Sorry for the DUH question but this is Digital Photography SCHOOL, so I am here to learn. :-)
Thanks, Darren! These are great photos. Very inspiring!
January 20th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
I love long exposure shots! Here are a couple of mine in NYC.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30460413@N03/3202428121/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30460413@N03/3203277776/ (HDR)
This one is in Siwa, Egypt:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30460413@N03/3202436157/
January 20th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
These sort of images make me want to take up photography
January 20th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
all good work… I’m personally fond of http://www.flickr.com/photos/zebthepilot/3057751751/
January 20th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Thanks. I made this bridge as wallpaper in my laptop. Cool.
January 20th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
The first lighthouse pic looks like a multiple exposure, not a long exposure, unless the beam was switching on and off (which they normally don’t).
Yes, you can do these with a digital.
No, 1/60 is one-sixtieth of a second. You can either set the shutter speed to 60 if your camera allows it (most DSLRs only go to 30 seconds, though), or set the exposure to BULB and open and close the shutter manually with a remote or with a cable-tethered shutter switch. Don’t touch the camera at any point, or it will ruin the shot.
Some meager long-exposure stuff of my own at http://chris.thehavels.com/photo-groups.php?show=vegas and http://chris.thehavels.com/photo-groups.php?show=ashland
January 20th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Very cool collection!
January 20th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
These are really stunning shots! I experimented shooting lots of fireworks on New Year’s Eve, but they are not at par with what you posted here! Thanks!
January 20th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
I have to take up photography one day … that first lighthouse image is stunning~!
January 20th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Wow Wow Wow. Now these are truly some amazing captures. I just loved them :)
January 20th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
great pics… :)
January 20th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
Great photographs. Thank you.
January 20th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
Just wanted to share 2 images with you i took in Wan Chai in Hong Kong…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcaller/2518667166/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcaller/2518665810/
January 20th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
My favorite is the firework picture…absolutely great!
January 20th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
with regards to the lighthouse shot (the first one) – it wasn’t a multiple exposure shot – you can read the story of it here.
January 20th, 2009 at 7:03 pm
Inspiritational! All peaceful, even the traffic photos.
January 20th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Wow, amazing photos. I’ve tried this before with very poor results…time to try again.
January 20th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
nice collection :)
January 20th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Some really nice photos and some great ideas.
One of my all time favorite photographs is this 40 minute long exposure:
http://www.willbl.com/2008/06/caiman-under-the-stars/
January 20th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
excellent collection there. I love long exposure photography, and i often try my hand at it.
Do check my set on flickr, I managed to shoot the ‘Moon smile’ that occurred in some countries last year.
http://flickr.com/photos/26567970@N07/sets/72157610639210992/
:)
January 20th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
very nice pictures
http://www.ezzal.com
January 20th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
FAKE! FAKE!
January 20th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Beautiful. Thanks!
There is a guy in Sydney named Ed Hughes who takes long exposure shots using only natural light during full moons. Some great shots over there as well.
Check em out here: http://www.lunagraph.com.au/
January 20th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Wow! Some of those photos are fantastic – both of the lighthouse ones are particularly striking. Thanks!
January 20th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
these are wonderfull examples.. some i think are quite over done as in look a bit fake but i gues thats the beauty of them.. do check out some of the ones i have done.. cheers
January 20th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
great collection
January 20th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
Lovely shots,I had one go at Long exposure photography last year, I also added a little spot colour to mark the occasion. Its not as clear or as crisp as the examples (how do you get it that crisp??) but its my first attempt and it was taken around the war memorial so I think it has some power.
Would love to have some feedback on it, as im an amateur and was playing with my new nikon.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sankesolutions/2034197429/
thnkx
Paul
January 20th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Lovely.
Reysbro Photos
January 20th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
Can anyone recommend a cheap DSLR which would be capable of these photos?
Max budget €700 or $1,000
January 20th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
Amazing pictures all of them. I especially liked the first light house thouge with the multiple beams of light.
PatB Photography
January 20th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
awesome as usual !
January 20th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
indeed they are stunning, incredibili! and thanks for that
January 20th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
You’ll need plenty of battery power to take the star trail photo long exposure of 60minutes. Or its probably taken buy a film camera.
These are great shots. :)
January 20th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
wow….. wow……. wow!!!!!!
January 20th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
Wow, these shots are just amazing!
January 21st, 2009 at 12:16 am
Here are a few shots I have that are long exposure
http://www.zooomr.com/photos/alexoz/3363556/
http://www.zooomr.com/photos/alexoz/3363539/
http://www.zooomr.com/photos/alexoz/6631937/
http://www.zooomr.com/photos/alexoz/6631938/
http://www.zooomr.com/photos/alexoz/5112781/
January 21st, 2009 at 12:27 am
http://www.zooomr.com/photos/alexoz/3363539/
January 21st, 2009 at 12:37 am
You must be a member at Fred Miranda. They use “STUNNING” for every crap picture that is posted. All except one of these pictures is ho-hum ordinary. The fireworks picture is nice. The rest of the pictures are very plain and not done very well.
January 21st, 2009 at 12:38 am
Darren — fantastic work. Thanks for the explanation.
January 21st, 2009 at 1:09 am
very nice shots
rgr Thomas
January 21st, 2009 at 1:11 am
wow, awesome!
January 21st, 2009 at 1:31 am
I like it.
January 21st, 2009 at 1:53 am
Amazing!
January 21st, 2009 at 1:55 am
Another awesome example of this technique are ethereal moon trails of Chris Conrad at http://www.petroscans.com
January 21st, 2009 at 3:01 am
stunning photographics, i have not visited niagra falls, but i seen in picture. is this a real niagra falls. it is great.
January 21st, 2009 at 3:22 am
wow, great topic – one of my faves, here are some of my own … hope you like them.
http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/onblack.php?id=3018855290
http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/onblack.php?id=462524442
http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/onblack.php?id=371659110
January 21st, 2009 at 4:02 am
beautiful, thanks.
here u are some examples with six months exposure and more:
http://www.solarigrafia.com
http://www.solargraphy.com
http://free.art.pl/solaris/solaris/Home.html
http://www.greggkemp.com
January 21st, 2009 at 4:23 am
Wow, wonderful shots
January 21st, 2009 at 5:49 am
This is a beautiful collection of long exposure photographs. Great post.
Jeffrey Byrnes
January 21st, 2009 at 6:14 am
These are really inspiring, thanks for showing them!
I’m a huge fan of light painting… I love adding that to long exposures. You should include more than one next time :)
January 21st, 2009 at 6:15 am
These are brilliant! Very beautiful and inspiring.
Delicioused
January 21st, 2009 at 7:31 am
I like the last one most!
January 21st, 2009 at 7:31 am
Thanks for these great tips. I captured amazing-looking stars in Pittsburgh!
January 21st, 2009 at 7:49 am
uffff…. These are great photos!!!!
January 21st, 2009 at 8:25 am
The pictures are not natural for me. Too much photo editing . Where are pictures which show nature in its real shape ? Everything seems to be done not by a photographer but done by a graphic designer
January 21st, 2009 at 8:40 am
Awesome collection of photos. Loving the 60min exposure with the stars !!!
January 21st, 2009 at 9:07 am
Beautiful collection.
I guess you should’ve seen this too
http://flickr.com/photos/korayem/1543283671/
January 21st, 2009 at 9:36 am
Wow, I need to get a tripod, which I’m assuming was used in most of these shots?
January 21st, 2009 at 10:33 am
Joe: It’s not editing. Colors in photographs almost always turn out different than they look to the eye, especially when special techniques such as this are used.
January 21st, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Wow! Aesthetically marvelous photos. Thanks for sharing.
January 21st, 2009 at 4:36 pm
amazing shots !
January 21st, 2009 at 7:36 pm
OMG, that’s magnificent skill! Awesome! However, a master photographer should be able to create a masterpiece as good as using a tripod with their hands.
January 21st, 2009 at 7:58 pm
A great set of images there. truley inspiring and thought prevoking. I love using long exposure to add that extra dimension to my images. Thank you for sharing.
January 21st, 2009 at 8:02 pm
Beautiful! Thanks!
January 21st, 2009 at 10:35 pm
A lot of great ideas for my next photos thanks ;)
January 22nd, 2009 at 1:46 am
Beautiful photography! Now if only I could afford a nice camera…
January 22nd, 2009 at 1:52 am
Great Shots!!!
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:31 am
Very nice pictures it’s really stunning.
January 22nd, 2009 at 10:42 pm
I LOVE long exposure pics. I always make it as well. One day I hope I have the chance to do such beautifull pictures as this ones! Thanks for the selection!
January 23rd, 2009 at 12:28 am
Absolutely AMAZING!!!
Cheers! JJ
January 23rd, 2009 at 1:10 am
these are really great – i can’t wait for the weekend and try out some of these tricks! thanks for sharing
January 23rd, 2009 at 2:29 am
Here’s one that my brother did of the Forth road bridge in Scotland a few years ago…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/iankmitchell/351725465/in/dateposted/
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:32 am
fantabulous is the word to be used for these excellent pics….AMAZING….
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:49 am
How do you prevent noise in such long exposures, especially when taking RAW, I always seem to end up with way too much noise with my 350D :(
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:58 am
A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! Thanks for sharing.
January 23rd, 2009 at 7:47 am
When I was a kid in the 50’s and there was nothing digital except your fingers, what we did was take our Nikon out with a 250 lens and try to get a shot of our girlfriend on a rock.
Well, clearly you kids have come a long way. The top shot os the Golden Gate Bridge is my favorites.
January 23rd, 2009 at 1:04 pm
i gotta say, i love the photos..!
January 23rd, 2009 at 2:12 pm
This is awesome I’ve always wanted to get into photography
January 23rd, 2009 at 2:48 pm
*** BREATHLESS…. ***
Even my camera still prosumer, but surely want to try those tips ! ;-D
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:43 pm
I can do that…hehe! in due time I hope! I am inspired….wow!
January 23rd, 2009 at 7:44 pm
The first picture of the lighthouse and the forest inspired me too. The other pics are ok.
January 23rd, 2009 at 8:14 pm
Just wanted to say thank you so much. We do live in a very magical world, but unfortunately we sometimes forget or become so blasé we just don’t see. Photography has the power to show us what we need to remember, to open our eyes again.
January 24th, 2009 at 6:06 am
Thoare are all excellent shots. I’d experimented with long exposure photography back in the early ’80s when I was in college and selling stereos & cameras at a Service Merchandise! Problem is that I’ve moved so many times that I can’t locate any of them. I think my favorite from above is the carnival ride.
January 24th, 2009 at 6:26 am
I love this! These pics are great. Thanks for sharing!
January 24th, 2009 at 6:29 am
OMG so kl these r so good i wish i could do stuff like tht : )
January 24th, 2009 at 6:31 am
Very cool, you have another loyal reader! Nice that some of these are large enough to work as wallpaper.
January 24th, 2009 at 9:57 am
luv long exposure’s! we have a few very good ones over in Perth..seems to be cause of the smaller light cast and the fact we can drive 30mins away and get brilliant skys!…you should check out the PiP group on flickr ;)
January 24th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Breath-taking!
January 24th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
This was only 2 sec. does that count? http://aerialperspectives.smugmug.com/gallery/6563151_5hzxL#417688149_DPMYN
January 24th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Simply awesome and very helpful. Thanks.
January 24th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
Wow!!! great pics!!!
January 25th, 2009 at 12:32 am
Wow is remained without words for the beauty of these photos… The world is the own beautifulst one…
January 25th, 2009 at 1:05 am
oh my, makes me want to study my camera’s manual, get a tripod and figure out how to do this.
January 25th, 2009 at 3:05 am
Awesome pictures!
January 25th, 2009 at 3:31 am
Please find my long exposure
January 25th, 2009 at 4:00 am
Wonderful informative and beautiful article.
January 25th, 2009 at 6:01 am
Those are cool shots! I need to try out some long exposures.
January 25th, 2009 at 8:02 am
absolutely stunning images
thanks for posting
ric
January 25th, 2009 at 9:48 am
Stunning photos – thanks!
January 25th, 2009 at 9:49 am
Very impressive! Makes me want to rush out and set up a tripod next to the road…
January 25th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
lovely shots
January 25th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
those are cool paintings i am kidding but they are really nice photos and i might use some of them in my class for school it gives it a nice effect
January 25th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Spectacular!
January 25th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Yes, I need to get back to the drawing board and create some more long exposures. It’s amazing what a little creativity will dol
January 26th, 2009 at 3:13 am
Wow, I especially like the photograph of the “Zero Gravity” ride. it just looks unreal. It would be cool if there were some specifications with each photograph besides the exposure time.
January 26th, 2009 at 9:13 am
An inspiring collection of images, but I am a little concerned about the attributions. First picture is credited to Mumbley Joe yet the image itself has an imbedded copyright logo “© Tyler Westcott”.
January 26th, 2009 at 11:27 am
very beautiful shots!
January 26th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
Such an incredible series of wonderful images in deed!!!
January 26th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Absolutey awesome collection. Really I can’t explain how I am inspired after viewing all these photos. Thanks!
January 26th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
A now very cheap camera capable of great shots is the Pentax K200D now selling around $700
Australian to the chap who wanted to know a good camera to buy.
January 27th, 2009 at 2:02 am
Certainly a nice set of long exposure examples.
Some other great night shooters worth mentioning:
n+s
http://flickr.com/photos/nicesmooth/sets/72057594088823046/
bobwest
http://flickr.com/photos/bob_west/sets/72157594286186396/
notraces
http://flickr.com/photos/notraces/sets/72157607616407598/
sharper24 (old school night shooter)
http://flickr.com/photos/sharper24
Lost America (light painter extraordinaire)
http://flickr.com/photos/lostamerica/
January 27th, 2009 at 2:04 am
Motion blur has got to be one of the most spectacular effects in photography. I love it and have a go at any opertunity I get.
Tube trains are a great place to start as you are guaranteed a new go every few mins!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesfletcher/2338923012/
January 27th, 2009 at 3:28 am
Wow. Simply not much else I can say. These pics will be rotating as my desktop wallpaper — they’re something else.
January 27th, 2009 at 4:27 am
I am a constant reader of your other blog, I didi not know you published these sort of posts I might have to visit this site more often, one of the days I need to get quater of a million readers.
January 27th, 2009 at 6:35 am
These are remarkable! Beautiful moments captured in time.
January 27th, 2009 at 8:13 am
These photo’s are absolutely incredible. My favorite by far has to be the lighthouse at the top! Of course I love the a href=http://www.squidoo.com/oregonlighthouses>lighthouses in Oregon when we go to the coast, I might just have to try that with them!
January 27th, 2009 at 8:19 am
These photo’s are absolutely incredible. My favorite by far has to be the lighthouse at the top! Of course I love the lighthouses in Oregon when we go to the coast, I might just have to try that with them!
January 27th, 2009 at 9:11 am
Nice collection of photos right off Flickr BUT before you get everyone trying to make posts to get 250k + visits like this please host the photos on your own servers and not leach massive bandwidth from Flickr and PLEASE don’t use copyright images like the ones above, example : Sara Heinrichs ride for example is fully copyright.
It’s great that you got massive traffic but please stop encouraging others until you clear up these small issues. Thanks.
January 27th, 2009 at 9:19 am
Pop Wealth – all I can say is that Sara’s image was CC last week when we posted this – we don’t use copyrighted images on DPS (unlike some sites who regularly do). I’ll try to contact her to see if she wants the image removed.
In terms of hosting images on Flickr – they actually encourage this by have a ‘blog this’ option on their images – so until they tell us they don’t want us to do it I don’t see the problem.
January 27th, 2009 at 9:51 am
Excellent.
15 large images x 250,000 pageloads x a quarter MB each = almost a TERAbyte of transfer already, enough to completely fill twenty five 40gig hard drives.
“Blog this” works with one image, likewise large images are kept on their own pages within our Flickr communities. When you get 15 on one page like this it’s a considerable amount of resources. If 100 other blogs do the same all of Flickr begins to suffer slower load times. It’s common courtesy to host them, please.
January 27th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Very cool! ‡)))
January 27th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
These are great long exposure. For me and other amateur people who just have P&S digital camera, our chance to have long exposure is limited, just maximum 5 or 8 or 10 seconds. By the way, how long the long exposure ruin or drain the battery? Cheers!
January 27th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
These images/photos are just the business in my opinion… With I had time to even contemplate achieving something like those above!!
My latest offerings …
January 28th, 2009 at 12:23 am
Nice shots but you get a thumbs down because of the super-annoying pop-up advertising – just bad!
January 28th, 2009 at 3:49 am
Those are some very nice images!!! At the moment, I have a Canon Powershot SD750 P&S digital camera. I can get some great long exposure shots with it up to 15 seconds. Either way, it provides some ground for creativity and is very fun to explore the possibilities. You can shoot things you never though were possible and get brilliant results. Evening landscapes are spectacular. I am about to make the step up to a DSLR, Canon of course!! I can’t wait to see what will come of it.
For those of us with P&S cameras, it is still possible to do long exposure. All you have to do is just fiddle around with your settings or read the owners manual, lol. Normally you can get fairly good results using slow synchro but it varies. Try it out, you will be amazed!!!
January 28th, 2009 at 4:38 am
wow. these are insanely amazing.
January 28th, 2009 at 5:55 am
if i wanted to take a star trace picture what f stop and exposure would i use? and does it have to be dusk or night time?
January 28th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
Wow really great photos. Thanks for sharing!
January 29th, 2009 at 5:45 am
amazing.. really beautiful
January 29th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
Great job.. Fantastic
January 29th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
awesome wow thank you :)
January 29th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
I love these time lapse photo’s. The first one by far my favorite. Using the strobe to capture such a dynamic photograph shows a well thoughtout photo and executed perfectly. Great collection Thank you~!
January 29th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
Beautiful….Really Stunning.Thank you.
January 30th, 2009 at 12:07 am
Whoa. Great job!
January 30th, 2009 at 1:33 am
Beatiful! thanks for sharing :)
January 30th, 2009 at 2:49 am
@ DanielS ” I love these time lapse photo’s. The first one by far my favorite. Using the strobe to capture such a dynamic photograph shows a well thoughtout photo and executed perfectly……………”
Aren’t time lapse and long exposure two different things?
January 30th, 2009 at 7:07 am
Wow, the first lighthouse photo is amazing.
January 30th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Wow, Really interesting! I’ve never getting enough skills to take a good snap yet. But those stunning images really inspired me. :) Thanks for sharing, Darren! Nice work and congrats for your new theme design. ;)
January 30th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
Very impressive photography, I simply loved the lighthouse one..awesome!
January 31st, 2009 at 9:02 am
these are awesome I wish my digital rebel would let me do longer than 30 seconds.
January 31st, 2009 at 6:11 pm
wonderful images, now lets take time exposures out of this world!
February 1st, 2009 at 1:34 am
Simply awesome! Absolutely stunning. Thanks
February 1st, 2009 at 5:56 am
Hi,
These are stunning examples of how a simple “trick” can turn a normal shot into a work of art.
have a great weekend,
José
February 1st, 2009 at 8:18 pm
These are fantastic, Darren. The winding road is definitely my favorite — reminds me of that PIKA PIKA Japanese art collective, with all those long-exposure flashlight films.
In general, I find long exposures lend themselves brilliantly to time-lapse video. Like that recent one of city lights shot from a moving airplane.
February 2nd, 2009 at 1:05 am
I wonder how the picture with 60 minutes shutter speed was taken without over exposing.
February 3rd, 2009 at 2:10 am
Very beautiful this images!
February 4th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
wow!!!……..what a shot!………….
February 5th, 2009 at 12:50 am
yeah spectacular pics, i see some other pics of the same author on this website http://www.champignonsmagiques.fr
nice work, keep it.
February 5th, 2009 at 2:57 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/_ajith/3152271616/
February 5th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Amazing! Here one more ^_^
http://picasaweb.google.ru/i.u.kogan/kdulML#5296242795351844898
February 5th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
those pictures was great.
February 6th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
That first lighthouse one reminds me a lot of this one here .
http://paulhartrick.com/long-exposure-photograhpy
February 6th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Great Shots.. I have 3 more long exposure shots that are of similar greatness….
February 11th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
Amazing photos
February 12th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
I love this picture made by Paulo Brandão… Like from books “The Chronicles of Narnia”. :)
February 13th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Super Duper pictures….Thanks for sharing.
February 16th, 2009 at 8:57 am
very nicely done..i love your photographs thanks for sharing
February 16th, 2009 at 9:25 am
I love to take road trips. Where is that winding road located? (the 2nd photo – the Matthew Fang photo) I would love to drive that road. Please advise. thanks! The pics are very inspiring!
Lynn
February 22nd, 2009 at 10:30 am
You gotta love these photo compilations…they always make me feel like an inferior photographer. Alas, there is photoshop! Still, a great collection.
March 10th, 2009 at 10:32 am
Some of those shots are just a little above average, but some are really awesome. Great collection. Big Thank you from Germany
March 23rd, 2009 at 6:48 pm
Aesthetically marvelous pictures. Thanks.
Regards,
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March 26th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
amazing! im a beginner in photography and to see things like this get me even more exited on what is yet to come! xD
March 27th, 2009 at 8:57 am
Wow! Those are some amazing photos!
March 28th, 2009 at 4:01 am
I like the first lighthouse and the waterfall. I think those are the most creative ones. (Not that the others aren’t visually stunning. But everyone – myself included – does the carnival and street shots)
March 28th, 2009 at 4:10 am
Here’s my time lapse set.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericsbinaryworld/sets/72157594271036007/
March 28th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Amazing! And there is so many different ways of using long exposure.
Someday I’ll try to put some effort to do a shot like these. :)
March 29th, 2009 at 1:33 am
These are incredible!
The carnival shot and the 1st lighthouse image are truly fantastic. All very well done.
I am now inspired… wow
March 30th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
I really miss taking long exposure images, ever since my tripod broke and i have been too lazy to go back and get a new one. Something about how everything glows, and you see things you never noticed were there before really intrigues me!
April 1st, 2009 at 3:44 am
Wow!! Some very very nice pictures! I love it!
April 3rd, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Thanks Tony,
Eye candy gooooood!
April 5th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
wow! I’m impressed, some interesting photos here… ehem, it reminds me that I don’t do enough long exposure work, in fact I never did anything with tripod… thanks for inspiring me to get out and do some night long expo photography.
Firework shot mesmerizes me :)
April 6th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Very cool photos, i love the one in the woods and hopefully am able to get shots like them one day.
April 7th, 2009 at 6:15 am
I love light painting and exposure manipulation! Seriously, I am a fire performer and web designer and using exposure is a amazing thing. It allows us to draw out all the patterns and people can visually see exactly what we paint. Nice imagery you have here, thanks for the post and Inspiration!
April 9th, 2009 at 10:12 am
Wow! These shots are so beautiful! I’m going out to shoot something pretty tonight, they inspired me!
Anne
April 13th, 2009 at 10:24 am
A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!!!!!!!!!!! :DD
April 14th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Extremely fantastic creative photography. Great new ideas I hadn’t thought of. I can’t wait to try some of these ideas. Thank you so much.
April 26th, 2009 at 2:34 am
This is an awesome collection which gives me some ideas – Thanks from ReTwurl
April 26th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Wow!! That’s all I can say. What awesome pics you have here.
This takes photograpy to whole nother level. Keep up the great posts!
April 29th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Wow!! fantastic photos!
May 1st, 2009 at 6:57 am
Incredible collection of photos!
May 20th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
Fantastic photos set. My Fav is the Fireworks!
May 22nd, 2009 at 2:50 pm
mmm mmm mmmmmm i loves me a bit of long exposure in the morning….but preferably at night for obvious reasons. Some really fantastic ones in there and great ideas too. And now for the obligatory contributions…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sashdc/2416800652/ – combining a bit of still life and movememnt
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sashdc/2664999456/ – hey i just think this ones purty
June 1st, 2009 at 6:48 pm
They are just beautiful!!
June 7th, 2009 at 1:40 am
These are amazing
June 7th, 2009 at 5:04 am
Awesome pictures. I love taking long exposure! In this kind of pictures you can see lots of dynamics.
June 11th, 2009 at 11:30 am
I have a night picture that was taken with a 12 second shutter. . ,,,
June 12th, 2009 at 4:09 am
wow, great pictures, nice
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:25 pm
I love the pictures. Whoever shot them was a great photographer. I would like to do this when I’m older. I would also like to be an artist. Good thing these two art forms are related!
-Brielle
July 10th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
wowww,look at them they are simply amazing and wonderful!!!!i love all of them…..really great work…thanks for sharing these stunning images……
July 15th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
o my God..
There’s nice picture.. Really-really amazing.. Need more practice to get photo like that..
July 15th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
I love long exposure photography, there’s so much creative potential. These photos are great and show a wide variety of what you can do with the shutter open for a long time. It’s even possible to do in daylight with neutral density filters or stacked polarisers. It’s also pretty much the only way to capture lightning without an optical trigger.
August 6th, 2009 at 7:29 am
Its very beautifull, i have to buy an camera to do beauty like this.
August 25th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
WOW some of these have to be some of the best images i have seen in a long time, and deffinately the best long exposures
August 25th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
I love all photos in long exposure from technical and creative angles.Expertise in handling the situations is in essence.Thanks
August 25th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
Lovely stuff here. The first lighthouse image is just fabulous. I like the firework display too.
August 26th, 2009 at 1:27 am
I love shooting long exposures but I have noticed that I tend to get a “glow” in the upper left and right corners of most shots. I wrote and asked about this on another site and was told that it may have something to do with the fact that in a digital DSLR the sensor heats up during long exposures. Is their a noteable risk of damaging the sensor by doing this too often or too long?
August 26th, 2009 at 7:11 am
Love the first lighthouse shot – incredible!
August 26th, 2009 at 9:32 am
OMG these long exposures are GORGEOUS!! Personally I love shooting star trails so I have worked with these types of exposures. But I’d really like to know about the exposure of the Lighthouse with the star captures. I’d have no idea what to expose on, on a photo like that.
August 26th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Many of these pictures look like the work of Harold Davis who did two wonderful tutorials on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdn3gJxSzew and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meQyUxwhmQs
August 26th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Beautiful and truly inspirational.
August 27th, 2009 at 2:00 am
How much more better can it get? Was just over-awed by the pix! Kudos to the photographers! Really!
August 27th, 2009 at 9:26 am
these take my breathe away.
August 27th, 2009 at 11:43 am
10.9 seconds for the fireworks? think about it!
August 27th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
I also wanted to share some of my longtime exposures:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthiashombauer/3782603982/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthiashombauer/3447901197/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthiashombauer/3320429028/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthiashombauer/3319740437/in/photostream/
August 29th, 2009 at 9:33 am
These just show mw how much more there is to learn. Tells me I need to get more equment as well.
I would like to know more than shutter speeds. IOS, Apt. setting, any filters ?
August 29th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Wow, these are great. I have a problem doing shots like this because my camera (fujifilm finepix s700) limits me to 4 seconds. Is there any way to change that?
August 29th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
These are absolutely stunning!
September 5th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
mexican mushrooms are also a good pics to do i got a lot on
September 12th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Long Exposure Photography has really good effects.
September 14th, 2009 at 7:04 am
Wonderful pictures…great!
September 14th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
wow what an inspiration! i’ll try one like these. very stunning!
September 15th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
These are all my dream photographs. It appears that it is a long way to go for me. However, I will try my best.
My photography skills are improved a lot since I joined the DPS.
September 16th, 2009 at 1:13 am
Wonderfull photos. The time of taking these pictures also would have been mentioned. Which camera have facility to take so much slow shetterspeed ones,
September 17th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
not bad. i think some may have benifited from photoshop though :-)
September 18th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
The images are very nice..but the first pic of the light house, looks fake (photoshopped) because the fact that flash was used is evident in the lower portion of the picture. Second, the lighthouse does not flash lights in discreet streaks..it is continuous and so there is NO way such discreet rays could emanate from it as shown in this picture.
September 18th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
karthik – read the photog’s description of the photo opp -> http://www.flickr.com/photos/mumbleyjoe/2043508173/
doesnt sound fake to me…
October 1st, 2009 at 6:43 am
just awesome thanx a lot ni go to buy a camera now !:p :)
October 6th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
fantastic examples . many many thanks. i can see many sleepless nights ahead!!
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:35 am
That first light house is VERY inspiring. The carnival ride almost has a Pixar look to it.
October 24th, 2009 at 1:14 am
Cool pictures! Touching images, nice shots! Thanks for sharing and looking forward your other stunning images.
October 25th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
Simply breathtaking! Thanks for sharing!
October 26th, 2009 at 7:27 am
Amazing. Thank you very much for the stunning collection.
October 28th, 2009 at 10:28 am
beautiful!
October 30th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
I really love the last one. Definitely my favorite
October 31st, 2009 at 11:24 pm
These are really fantastic great find.
November 3rd, 2009 at 8:34 am
Some of these are just fantastic – Thanks for putting this collection of images together
Tim
November 4th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
hey,how do you compesate of over-exposing your picture when you open up the shutter that long?is setting the aperture to the its lowest the only way,besides the ISO?
November 5th, 2009 at 5:41 am
Beautiful….I have not done any long exposure with my digital. This sure makes me want to try and I will. I am retired and think I can make the time for doing it.
November 17th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
Wow, stunning indeed!
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