With the traffic so busy at the end of the hot day and weekend, I thought I would go capture some light trails on the freeway.
There are 2 safe bridges to stand on and take pictures from near the end of the freeway. You do want to be very careful though, and I held onto my camera strap at all times.
Photo Tips:
It is time to play when you want to take long exposure photo’s like these, and venture into Manual Mode. These light streaks are caused by the shutter being open for a longer time than a normal picture would be, when in Auto or Program mode. The longer the shutter is open, the longer the light has to pass across the sensor, making the light lines you can see.
Take your first picture, and zoom in on it and check it is in focus. Then, look at the exposure. Is it too dark or too light? If it is too dark, make the exposure time longer. If it is too bright, reduce the exposure time. Try starting off with 10 seconds exposure to see what the picture is like, and then adjust from there. When you feel you know what you are doing with your exposure settings, you can also play with your ISO and aperture. The second and third pictures, below, were taken with 100ISO. Then I moved the setting to 800ISO, and what a difference it made to the background lights!
Oh, and remember, you will need your tripod to do this!
