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Long exposure photography is something that has the potential to create some amazing results. We’ve written on the topic numerous times (see links below) in our archives but to whet your appetite – here’s some great long exposure images.
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
Photo by Express Monorail (°O°Joe) - Exposure: 10.9 sec
by Andrew Stawarz - Exposure: Composite of 100 shots - each of 30 seconds
Photo by Thomas Anderson - Exposure: approximately 5 minutes
Image by Dave Smith - Exposure: 253 sec
Image by MSH* - Image by 15 sec
DISCOVER how to take these kinds of Long Exposure Images:
- 8 TIps for Long Exposure Photography
- 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
I agree with everybody...the photographs really are awesome. But, I do have a question...since the lens stop was not mentioned....... do you shoot with the lens wide open ??
I never publish commentary, but I read through several responses here at Long Exposure
Photography: 15 Stunning Examples but had a couple of requests for you
if you do not mind. Might it be just me or do quite a few of the above replies appear as if they're provided by brain dead people? And, in case you are posting on some various blogs, I'd like
to keep up with you. Might you put up a short list of your current social media sites including linkedin information, Facebook page or twitter feed?
I love the content on this site, but the ad that moves every time I scroll the page on my iPad is so distracting that I just gave up trying to peruse these Images. :-(
Hi,
Great pics! I want to shoot a star sky. Want to know, do I need to use a special filter with the lense, and a shutter-speed?
hi Darren. these tips are wonderful but I never know witch lens I should use am very new in these kind of photography. Can you tell me witch lens I need or adapter, my lens are canon 18-55mm 700d
thank you, very much Maria.
I really love the Lighthouse and the trees. All of them are wonderful. Can't wait to read more about how you do this!
Darren,
Thanks for the link to the Lighthouse explanation. I couldn't believe that was a long exposure since I once tried to do something similar (unsuccessfully of course). His explanation cleared it up. It is an absolutely stunning shot. Thanks for all of them.
All are great shots. Got me eager to go out in the night and try. Thanks a lot.
Congratulations to Darren and all other Master Photographers ! These images are fantastic !!
Absolutely stunning photography! As one of the comments inquired about the kind of camera used, I am using a kodak z650 that can be converted to the manual f-stops if I choose instead of the auto. For the "long exposure" shots, the explanation was to set the camera at "BULB." On my camera what would that be or would I just open the flash & use the timer at about 20 seconds on a tripod? I am just trying to learn the "other than automatic" world of my camera & find it very fasinating. Thank you for your time and assistance. Much appreciated.
amazing! i hope i can replicate how these are created
I am now inspired to get out and make photographs I never tried before. It would have helped to have known the ISO or ASA used for those photographs.
Lot of ideas for our camera.
these pics were awsum...my dream clicks...i will work as harder as i can to click in d same pattern....
Very impressive shots... tons of thanks for sharing. This is so inspiring for us beginners. c",)
Really stunning and magnificient pictures taken with long exposure shooting. My questions: 1)best time to take, aperature guide, ideal focal sense? thanks .
They are really stunning! It's amazing, I can't believe as an amateur can make such beautiful shots - but with this guidance I am sure I will be able to make it! Thank you!
I don't even know how I ended up right here, however I assumed this put up was great. I do not understand who you're but certainly you're going to a well-known blogger for those who aren't already. Cheers!
Many thanks for the nice explanation.
Nice blog post about Long Exposure Photography: 15 Stunning Examples. I appreciate you taking the time to write about this wonderful and insightful topic. Have a nice day and when you have time, check out my blog about IMEI Check!
Wow, Wow and more WOWs! I am very new in photography and seeing these shots make me wonder if I will ever be able to compose something like these in my lifetime. Beeeeaaaauuuutiful and captivating shots! Thanks for the view.
Wow Darren, there's 'stunning' and "stunning"......and these are '"dam stunning'". Many thanks for sharing. Darryl
These are beautiful ! great shot . please send photography details,i like it this work.
Interesting effect of using long exposure http://vimeo.com/40398430
Fascinating !!
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Sam!!
For long exposures you simply turn your exposure time to "BULB" on a digital camera and then press the button that takes the picture. The shutter will remain open until you press the button again. You can take a picture with an exposure time as long as you wish. Simply use a tripod so the camera doesn't move. Most use a remote to open and close the shutter. I have done many long exposures some 10-12 minutes. It's very easy.
These are really stunning, I am also trying something like this. Here is one of mine.
Street at night
It looks much better.
I kept seeing the time exposures with 100, 200+ second exposure time. Still scratching my head. Is it possible? How? May be I have to take a class in digital picture taking to learn the tricks.
Stunning long exposure's, congrats to the photog's!
Inspiring and fantastic photos thanks for sharing
Is there a camera around $100-$500 that I can take beautiful pictures with and still capture the depth, lightness and darkness in the pictures? If so, what is the brand called and how much does it run? Thanks all. Novice photographer here. Not taking photography as in having a job but just having fun.
Need to learn/understand the technical data on those pictures exposed at hundreds of seconds, 600+ one of them, many 100+ seconds of exposure.
Even i discovered this option recently. It is really beautiful.
Just shows,doesn't it.All you have to do is get out there and try to emulate these shots.You'd be surprised what you can do if you try!!!
Beautiful images. Simply stunning.
AWESOMEEEEEEEE...........!! is the only word for these shots, just mind blowing.
Still, don't notice anyone "explaining" why some of these shots were exposed at 100+ seconds exposure time. I know a little about photography, from the print film days. How were they done? This is what I don't understand about digital photography, I thought.
I love night pictures. And all these photographs are just amazing!! When I was young I used to shoot the red lights of the cars.
Nice Photography. Thanks For Sharing...!!!
Some Photography stuff of my own at http://websmine.com/design/photography/55-examples-of-breathtaking-aerial-photography/
Out of this world!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/raouf_m/6401387601/
Everything is noticeably light. sometimes as a beautiful, light noticeably.
Some of these pictures had 100's seconds given as exposure time. How so? Example - the Sarah Heinrichs pictures of an amusement park area shows people, though blurred, still standing and recognizeable. They were almost motionless for 20 seconds like that and the pictured image of them are still recognizeable? What ISO? Someone enlighten us, please.
Amazing Photographs, I love especially the Carnival Photo....very inspiring, thank you!
http://www.thenewpinkandblue.com
Thanks for sharing this link, but unfortunately it seems to be offline... Does anybody have a mirror or another source? Please answer to my post if you do.
Those photographs are beautiful i hope some day i can take the same.
Fantastic photography.......good to know how long some exposures took. I'm definitely going to take my shot at it.
I simply LOVE these pictures. especially the one of the forest! simply beautiful! thanks for sharing!
beautiful Photography Like thanks
Man, I wish I could take beautiful long exposure pictures, I have alot to learn.
MumbleyJoe and the waterfall one as well. Very impressive..
Long Exposure Photography is something that can take your breath away when you get it right
I'd like to learn, how to take a shot with 114 seconds exposure time.....
My attempt at prolonged exposure . http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=242834679083843&set=a.242834592417185.66801.122609814439664&type=1&theater
also on http://www.kumbkarni.com/landscapes . Eager to know your comments fellow enthusiasts :)
Wow!!! I Love all the Pictures!!! it's really inspired me to practice on long exposure and try to create something that great
Wow, playing with exposure can really make a difference. these are some amazing photographs.
Klima Servisi...
Thank you very much
Nice examples of Long Exposure ...
Amazing shots!
Going by the amount of responses to this article I would hazard a guess that I am not alone in saying that these are inspirational photographs and anyone can come close to matching these images should be very proud!!
just loving that lighthouse shot....
The lighthouse is amazing. In fact they all are. Unreal what exposure can do. Thanks Darren.
Great shots! I was just wondering. How would you go about compositing images? Through Photoshop? Thanks!
What aperture should be use for long exposures?
I like the light house and Paulo Brandão tree in the snow shots. They are awesome.
Wow I like the stone with lightning. you are a photoshop master.
I really like the lighthouse and Zero Gravity shots ... they xtra cool.
WOW!!!! These are amazing shots......Thanks for sharing.....
BTY how to click this kind of shots with high end POS cameras?
Amazing pictures. I love the bridge pics by MumbleyJoe and the waterfall one as well. Very impressive!
I love them all...but if I had to choose a favourite it would have to be the one in the woods:)
Love this images, hte lighthouse one is just amazing!
@SeanJC
These pictures are impressive - a beautiful thing is that there is nothing unnatural. That is the nature captured in a long exposure. The results prove to be very surprising. And so it always is. Really beautiful photos. Amazing work.
waowww :) Amazing work. Keep it up. thank you
Amazing pictures. I love the bridge pics by MumbleyJoe and the waterfall one as well. Very impressive!
Sorry for the huge review, but I’m really loving the new toys, and. hope this, as well as the excellent reviews some other people have written, will help you decide if it’s the right choice for you.
Love the image by Paulo Brandão.. Amazing stuff...
Amazing work. Keep it up. Saves a few of the images for my laptop backgrounds :)
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Darren,
I am surprised the moon didn't move during the 20 seconds of exposure (in the Golden Gate pic). I usually end up with an oval shaped moon in long exposure, due to the movement of the moon.
Would like a reply.
Thanks
Ash
These are amazing. I'd love to try and shoot longer exposure photos like more than an hour but too bad my Sony NEX5 can handle only up to 30s.
I have always wanted to do this and I am curious to know how they successfully did it in picture 4 since it doesn't look very dark and I'm under the impression that you have to do it in a dark area.
Wow, stunning pictures, the best I've ever seen so far. The lights are just perfect. Can I do this with the SLR Nikon D40?
can i do these with my nikon l110 camera
How I love long exposure photography. Just beautiful!
Wow this is for sure a great inspiration and makes me want to grab my camera and get out there. Thanks for sharing these awesome shots.
best regards
Zuska
Wow, that lighthouse shot is spectacular!
Ready to go out early this evening and do about a 60 minute exposure to see how well I can capture some stars.
I always wanted to take pictures like that, I will do my efforts to buy a good camera, if somebody can recomend a good one appretiate it. thanks
The image by Dave Smith looks like building is on fire! Excellent
one i took in dubai recently
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sashdc/5047230148/
nice work everyone
Amazing photos!Quiet interesting and attracted.
LOVE the trees and the snow and the lighthouse. Favorites!
Some absolutely gorgeous images. Makes me want to pull out the bulb and stop shooting 1/1000 sports images and start shooting 20 second exposures.
hey fellow photographers, hope all is well.
could any one be informed of someone selling a used 5d mark II.
am interested in buying it.please let me know if any one is.
otherwise those are pretty shots taken.
The image of the forest at night is impressive. Love it :)
The Niagara Falls one looks like a painting.
Super nice pictures....but how can u get such perfect ones without any trace of noise?? I guess photoshop has walked over them....I've tried with my Fuji Finepix S1000 that of course is not too sofisticated, but there is always noise...even with ISO 100....I just don't get it...what should I do??......beautiful anyways.
Great work. Love your work.. cheers :)
What a great set. Maybe you could cover the best black and white and have....mine! ;-)
Avoid noise and long exposures using three or four photos taken on
a tripod with normal exposures i.e. of a creek etc
and explore the technique described at.
http://photoshopnews.com/2007/03/27/image-stacks-in-photoshop-cs3-extended/
It's all good fun.
Fabulous work. I am a great fan of long exposure work and this is very motivating. Thanx a lot
Most of the long exposure shots I take (> 10 min) are botched because of high noise levels (night sky and star trails). I believe most of the shots posted above have been post-processed to remove noise. It would be great if someone posted tips/links on noise elimination techniques.
i am a student ,Photography is one of my subjects
i am really very pasionate about PHOTOGRAPHY
& from here i am really learning alot of new & amaazing aspects of photography
thank u so much
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Wow - I have never seen such cool looking photos. I have tried long exposure on my Nikon D40X and got what I thought were good results but nothing even close to the ones here!
The lighthouse one is amazing - it looks computer generated because it looks so 'impossible' looking.
very nice
can u explane me this effect...?
how will come in slr camera
very nice dear
keep it up
i really like night shots especially long exposure photos.. here there some of my works..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mustafakhayat/4413215336/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mustafakhayat/4505124912/
Amazing Photos! I think I like the lighthouse one the best. Thanks for sharing!
Stunning images. The lighthouse shot is just awesome. I wonder how much the Long Exp Noise Reduction impacts the final images?
Those photos are just amazing image by Paulo Brandão is my favorite, Thank you for sharing Marios
Wow man these are simply amazing, i love photography as a hobby. I run a great site GO-Share photography, photo albums and slideshow community. I'd love for this type of content to be added in the public area they'd really appreciate it, join free 1GIG memberships. Hope to see some of you there, cheers
Lit only with moonlight. 15 min. long exposure.
No digital manipulation. Shot with a Hasselblad superwide.
Love these. I think I see where my next project is heading towards!
these are so amazing!!!!!! wow wow wow I am speechless
WOW! Absolutely amazing! These are so beautiful!! I am now inspired to try some of my own. Just bought a DSLR ! Thank you for posting these pictures Darren and thanks to those who took the pics and shared them!
Inspiritational! All peaceful, even the traffic photos.
Inspiring. Very nice work. Well done and thanks for putting it on the web.
I should stand up here and say:
I'm soooooooo bored of technician talk.
truly AMAZING.. thanks for posting..
--
Meher
These are amazing! I've been wanting to get out & do more long exposure photography, these images give me the inspiration I need!
My friend Matt has taken a number of these. You can see them at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/mattallen?section_id=5744538
My less magnificent attempt can be seen at:
http://www.themonroes.net/index.php?showimage=37
Simply amazing and beautiful!
thank you bvedgar.
whenever you have tine try my flicr albums at this link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33385365@N08/
WOW!!! Great images. I have not done any like these. I am now eager to try. Fantastic work to those persons who took the photos.
love the long exposure. is one of the most beautiful pictures. It shows more than you can see.
one of my fave shots taken on the beach in Roatan, Honduras posted on flicr
[eimg link='http://www.flickr.com/photos/33385365@N08/4252216851/' title='IMG_4221-2 cs fire play on the beach' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/4252216851_aa20209645.jpg']
love the long exposure. is one of the most beautiful pictures. It shows more than you can see.
one of my fave shots taken on the beach in Roatan, Honduras posted on flicr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33385365@N08/4252216851/sizes/m/in/set-72157622816142999/
I love the image with the woods at winter and the carnival. I LOVE night photography. We've done some experimenting with long exposures too. One thing that we've noticed is that the longer exposures turn moving water into glass. This can be a cool effect, but it doesn't give that flowing water feel any more.
ohhhhhh, These are amazing
thanks for share us
These are amazing pictures, thank you
Ok I stand corrected. if you want to know how the shot of the light house was done, the first picture in teh series, go here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36114439@N00/2043508173
huh....my only question is how did the first shot get done? was it a composite or photoshop? the only way to get the perfect array of light beam would be to composite a bunch of images or photoshop.
I just don't see that being just one long exposure. If it were, you would have a halo around the light house, not singular beams of light.
wonderful, I wonder how long exposure will turn out in wedding shots.
Must try it next time
Great photos I love the one near the top with the snowy trees in the dark. The light source in the back looks like an alien ship landing! Very cool.
I love using this in weddings!
http://mojicaphotography.com/wedding.jpg
Beautiful!!
The first photograph is as good as it gets. Absolute perfection. I've never tried these kind of shots but, that's going to change. Thanks.
Wow, stunning, I have not really played around with this kind of photography but I love the results. My favorite is the light house pic - amazing stuff.
Going to try to work out how to make this fit my business.
thanks
david.
Wow. An amazing selection. I especially like the lighthouse and the forest scenes. Puts my previous attempts to shame :(
I'm off to dig my tripod out...
Its a superb collection, thanks for sharing..
great photos. i want to start getting into that. im still learning 2 new cameras to me a nikon d1x and a canon rebel
While these are truly awesome pictures, I can't help but wonder how many of them would have been easily done before digital photography. The instant feedback provided by today's DSLR does make the task so much easier. Back in the film days, I don't know how many times I tried pictures like this then had to wait a day or so for processing only to find out that I was too long, too short, too open or too closed. : (
We can certainly all be thankful for the new tools that digital photography has given us!
Nonetheless, one needs to know how to use those new tools; kudos to the photographers who provided thses images... truly outstanding.
dlm
really makes believe that i have to go and buy a tripod. Thanks for sharing these fantastic shots.
Another method for representing movement with blur is to use file stacking in CS 3 extended.
Originally intended for combining long exposures in astrophotgraphy,
Stacking can also be used to reduce noise in low light photo's by using multiple photo's
taken on a tripod of water, clouds etc . no need for f 22 for long exposures in daylight
which means you have control of depth of field...
for details
http://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/Photoshop/10.0/help.html?content=WSA1E7602F-1D34-4ecf-B2FE-2BB344D6937C.html
Neville
Wow, stunning indeed!
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.
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?
Some of these are just fantastic - Thanks for putting this collection of images together
Tim
These are really fantastic great find.
I really love the last one. Definitely my favorite
beautiful!
Amazing. Thank you very much for the stunning collection.
Simply breathtaking! Thanks for sharing!
Cool pictures! Touching images, nice shots! Thanks for sharing and looking forward your other stunning images.
That first light house is VERY inspiring. The carnival ride almost has a Pixar look to it.
fantastic examples . many many thanks. i can see many sleepless nights ahead!!
just awesome thanx a lot ni go to buy a camera now !:p :)
karthik - read the photog's description of the photo opp -> http://www.flickr.com/photos/mumbleyjoe/2043508173/
doesnt sound fake to me...
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.
not bad. i think some may have benifited from photoshop though :-)
Wonderfull photos. The time of taking these pictures also would have been mentioned. Which camera have facility to take so much slow shetterspeed ones,
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.
wow what an inspiration! i'll try one like these. very stunning!
Wonderful pictures...great!
Long Exposure Photography has really good effects.
mexican mushrooms are also a good pics to do i got a lot on
These are absolutely stunning!
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?
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 ?
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/
10.9 seconds for the fireworks? think about it!
these take my breathe away.
How much more better can it get? Was just over-awed by the pix! Kudos to the photographers! Really!
Beautiful and truly inspirational.
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
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.
Love the first lighthouse shot - incredible!
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?
Lovely stuff here. The first lighthouse image is just fabulous. I like the firework display too.
I love all photos in long exposure from technical and creative angles.Expertise in handling the situations is in essence.Thanks
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
Its very beautifull, i have to buy an camera to do beauty like this.
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.
o my God..
There's nice picture.. Really-really amazing.. Need more practice to get photo like that..
wowww,look at them they are simply amazing and wonderful!!!!i love all of them.....really great work...thanks for sharing these stunning images......
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
wow, great pictures, nice
I have a night picture that was taken with a 12 second shutter. . ,,,
Awesome pictures. I love taking long exposure! In this kind of pictures you can see lots of dynamics.
These are amazing
They are just beautiful!!
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
Fantastic photos set. My Fav is the Fireworks!
Incredible collection of photos!
Wow!! fantastic photos!
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!
This is an awesome collection which gives me some ideas - Thanks from ReTwurl
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.
A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!!!!!!!!!!! :DD
Wow! These shots are so beautiful! I'm going out to shoot something pretty tonight, they inspired me!
Anne
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!
Very cool photos, i love the one in the woods and hopefully am able to get shots like them one day.
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 :)
Thanks Tony,
Eye candy gooooood!
Wow!! Some very very nice pictures! I love it!
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!
These are incredible!
The carnival shot and the 1st lighthouse image are truly fantastic. All very well done.
I am now inspired... wow
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. :)
Here's my time lapse set.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericsbinaryworld/sets/72157594271036007/
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)
Wow! Those are some amazing photos!
amazing! im a beginner in photography and to see things like this get me even more exited on what is yet to come! xD
Aesthetically marvelous pictures. Thanks.
Regards,
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Some of those shots are just a little above average, but some are really awesome. Great collection. Big Thank you from Germany
You gotta love these photo compilations...they always make me feel like an inferior photographer. Alas, there is photoshop! Still, a great collection.
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
very nicely done..i love your photographs thanks for sharing
Super Duper pictures....Thanks for sharing.
I love this picture made by Paulo Brandão... Like from books "The Chronicles of Narnia". :)
Amazing photos
Great Shots.. I have 3 more long exposure shots that are of similar greatness....
That first lighthouse one reminds me a lot of this one here .
http://paulhartrick.com/long-exposure-photograhpy
those pictures was great.
Amazing! Here one more ^_^
http://picasaweb.google.ru/i.u.kogan/kdulML#5296242795351844898
http://www.flickr.com/photos/_ajith/3152271616/
yeah spectacular pics, i see some other pics of the same author on this website www.champignonsmagiques.fr
nice work, keep it.
wow!!!........what a shot!.............
Very beautiful this images!
I wonder how the picture with 60 minutes shutter speed was taken without over exposing.
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.
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
Simply awesome! Absolutely stunning. Thanks
wonderful images, now lets take time exposures out of this world!
these are awesome I wish my digital rebel would let me do longer than 30 seconds.
Very impressive photography, I simply loved the lighthouse one..awesome!
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. ;)
Wow, the first lighthouse photo is amazing.
@ 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?
Beatiful! thanks for sharing :)
Whoa. Great job!
Beautiful....Really Stunning.Thank you.
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~!
awesome wow thank you :)
Great job.. Fantastic
amazing.. really beautiful
Wow really great photos. Thanks for sharing!
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?
wow. these are insanely amazing.
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!!!
Nice shots but you get a thumbs down because of the super-annoying pop-up advertising - just bad!
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 ...
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!
Very cool! ‡)))
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.
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.
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.
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!
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!
These are remarkable! Beautiful moments captured in time.
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.
Wow. Simply not much else I can say. These pics will be rotating as my desktop wallpaper --- they're something else.
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/
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/
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.
Absolutey awesome collection. Really I can't explain how I am inspired after viewing all these photos. Thanks!
Such an incredible series of wonderful images in deed!!!
very beautiful shots!
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".
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.
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
Spectacular!
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
lovely shots
Very impressive! Makes me want to rush out and set up a tripod next to the road...
Stunning photos - thanks!
absolutely stunning images
thanks for posting
ric
Those are cool shots! I need to try out some long exposures.
Wonderful informative and beautiful article.
Please find my long exposure
Awesome pictures!
oh my, makes me want to study my camera's manual, get a tripod and figure out how to do this.
Wow is remained without words for the beauty of these photos… The world is the own beautifulst one…
Wow!!! great pics!!!
Simply awesome and very helpful. Thanks.
This was only 2 sec. does that count? http://aerialperspectives.smugmug.com/gallery/6563151_5hzxL#417688149_DPMYN
Breath-taking!
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 ;)
Very cool, you have another loyal reader! Nice that some of these are large enough to work as wallpaper.
OMG so kl these r so good i wish i could do stuff like tht : )
I love this! These pics are great. Thanks for sharing!
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.
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.
The first picture of the lighthouse and the forest inspired me too. The other pics are ok.
I can do that...hehe! in due time I hope! I am inspired....wow!
*** BREATHLESS.... ***
Even my camera still prosumer, but surely want to try those tips ! ;-D
This is awesome I've always wanted to get into photography
i gotta say, i love the photos..!
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.
A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! Thanks for sharing.
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 :(
fantabulous is the word to be used for these excellent pics....AMAZING....
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/
these are really great - i can't wait for the weekend and try out some of these tricks! thanks for sharing
Absolutely AMAZING!!!
Cheers! JJ
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!
Very nice pictures it's really stunning.
Great Shots!!!
Beautiful photography! Now if only I could afford a nice camera...
A lot of great ideas for my next photos thanks ;)
Beautiful! Thanks!
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.
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.
amazing shots !
Wow! Aesthetically marvelous photos. Thanks for sharing.
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.
Wow, I need to get a tripod, which I'm assuming was used in most of these shots?
Beautiful collection.
I guess you should've seen this too
http://flickr.com/photos/korayem/1543283671/
Awesome collection of photos. Loving the 60min exposure with the stars !!!
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
uffff.... These are great photos!!!!
Thanks for these great tips. I captured amazing-looking stars in Pittsburgh!
I like the last one most!
These are brilliant! Very beautiful and inspiring.
Delicioused
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 :)
This is a beautiful collection of long exposure photographs. Great post.
Jeffrey Byrnes
Wow, wonderful shots
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
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
stunning photographics, i have not visited niagra falls, but i seen in picture. is this a real niagra falls. it is great.
Another awesome example of this technique are ethereal moon trails of Chris Conrad at www.petroscans.com
Amazing!
I like it.
wow, awesome!
very nice shots
rgr Thomas
Darren -- fantastic work. Thanks for the explanation.
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.
http://www.zooomr.com/photos/alexoz/3363539/
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/
Wow, these shots are just amazing!
wow..... wow....... wow!!!!!!
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. :)
indeed they are stunning, incredibili! and thanks for that
awesome as usual !
Amazing pictures all of them. I especially liked the first light house thouge with the multiple beams of light.
PatB Photography
Can anyone recommend a cheap DSLR which would be capable of these photos?
Max budget €700 or $1,000
Lovely.
Reysbro Photos
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
great collection
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
Wow! Some of those photos are fantastic - both of the lighthouse ones are particularly striking. Thanks!
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/
FAKE! FAKE!
very nice pictures
http://www.ezzal.com
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/
:)
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/
nice collection :)
Wow, amazing photos. I've tried this before with very poor results...time to try again.
Inspiritational! All peaceful, even the traffic photos.
with regards to the lighthouse shot (the first one) - it wasn't a multiple exposure shot - you can read the story of it here.
My favorite is the firework picture...absolutely great!
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/
Great photographs. Thank you.
great pics... :)
Wow Wow Wow. Now these are truly some amazing captures. I just loved them :)
I have to take up photography one day ... that first lighthouse image is stunning~!
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!
Very cool collection!
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
Thanks. I made this bridge as wallpaper in my laptop. Cool.
all good work... I'm personally fond of http://www.flickr.com/photos/zebthepilot/3057751751/
These sort of images make me want to take up photography
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/
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!
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/
Don't forget your camera's long exposure noise reduction, makes a big difference!
Awesome!!!
Spectacular! The long exposure really gives them an otherworldly quality.
Great pics! I stumble and dugg it :)
These pics are just.. awesome!
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.
Thanks for the inspiration....I love long exposures. There is a quality of light and a depth that is wonderful.
Can that effect be replicated using a digital camera, or does it have to be normal film?
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.
These are stunning pictures, I'm going to have to play around with long exposure photography and see what I can come up with.
Stunning is not a strong enough word, these are great thanks.
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
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!
Stunning! Dugg and shared :)
Those shots are all amazing! Has me itching to go out and try some ;)
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.
These are beautiful!! Thanks for the roundup!
I don't even like photography and wow... absolutely beautiful
Wow. A-W-E-S-O-M-E!! Absolutely stunning.
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!
Those are truly stunning. Thanks for sharing.
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Wow. The first lighthouse is just phenomenal. I think I am inspired to go for a late night walk around town now!