A drive after Dark

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim Thode Chehalis Washington on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 10:57 am:

I don't normally drive after dark but last night I did and of course had to take a photo....



Jim


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Aldrich Orting Wa on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 11:04 am:

Cool picture. Reminds me of the new Headless Horseman movie coming out.

No idea why!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By George Harrison,Eatonville,Wa on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 11:34 am:

Nice looking roadster,like the color scheme.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By A. Gustaf Bryngelson on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 11:37 am:

Cool photo, is the flash about 10 feet right of the camera?
Best
Gus


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim Thode Chehalis Washington on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 12:05 pm:

Gus,
Yes, one flash about 10' to the right and about 12' high and a second lower power flash near the camera and just to the left. Both flashes fired with a single remote control that I had in my right hand.
Thanks,
Jim


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob Gruber- Spanaway, Wash. on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 01:07 pm:

Great picture Jim!
You're a wizard with a camera.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Chris Brancaccio - Calgary Alberta on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 01:39 pm:

Great photo Jim. What is your camera, lens, etc.?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By john kuehn on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 02:00 pm:

Were your headlights on? Maybe the flash was brighter then your headlights! Nice pic.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Manuel, Lafayette, La. on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 02:25 pm:

Was your shutter open the whole time you drove by?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By A. Gustaf Bryngelson on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 03:59 pm:

John,the shutter would be open during the whole drive by, the flash gives enough light to stop the car in the frame, but also gives the full travel of the headlights.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Manuel, Lafayette, La. on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 05:18 pm:

Gives the see through effect as well----LIKE!!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim Thode Chehalis Washington on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 11:52 pm:

Thanks for the kind comments.

The camera was a Canon digital SLR with a 24mm to 105mm lens that was set at 24mm. Most any camera would work as long as it could be mounted on a tripod and has a "B" shutter setting so that the shutter can be locked open.

Here are the steps.

Set camera on tripod and preset lens aperture, manual focus, field of view and and camera ISO. I used F8 and ISO of 500.

Set up flash(es) power and figure out how to fire the flash when needed. This would vary depending on the set up, I used Pocket Wizard triggers but if you had a second person they could be fired manually.

Set car out of frame at the the start of the run.

Wait till dark if not dark already.

When all is set up and it is dark, push and lock the shutter on the camera open.

Run to the car and turn on the lights and drive past the camera.

When driving near the camera, trigger the flashes at the predetermined and previously focused point.

Once past the field of view, stop the car and turn off the lights and jump out and close the camera shutter. I my case the total shutter open time was a little over a minute but is could be longer as long as it is dark.

That's it, the headlights make a streak of light all the way across the frame and the car only shows up where the flash went off.

I don't have any neighbors close by so I don't have any stray lights and folks don't think I completely crazy.

Jim


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Thursday, August 01, 2013 - 12:19 am:

I didn't know you could do that with digital. I'll have to try it.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By David Dewey, N. California on Thursday, August 01, 2013 - 12:26 am:

Jim, you could also leave the headlights off until you hit the flashes--then you'd only have the light streaks in front of the car.
I used to do this kind of stuff with a film camera--never thought about doing it with a digital!
(When I worked at the Portola RR museum after work at night no one would be around & I would do night shoots by setting up the camera and use a hand held flash to light up areas of what I wanted to be in the pic. Full moon nights were fun too! Somewhere those prints are in a file cabinet--I should scan them in, huh?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By David Stroud on Thursday, August 01, 2013 - 02:52 am:

About forty years ago, I used to do a lot of time exposure shots at night. I used a Konica SLR 35mm camera mounted on a tripod and used a cable release to hold the shutter open. It's amazing what will show up on a picture on a dark night with only moon or starlight, or artificial light off in the distance. Had a lot of fun doing that. I still have my equipment, maybe I should dig it out again. Dave


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Thursday, August 01, 2013 - 10:17 am:

Here's a time exposure I did on film several years ago. I went around in the house turning on lights for just a few seconds so the windows wouldn't be overexposed.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Larry Bohlen, Severn MD on Thursday, August 01, 2013 - 10:34 am:

Steve,

It looks like a Thomas Kinkade painting.

Larry


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Manuel, Lafayette, La. on Thursday, August 01, 2013 - 09:45 pm:

Steve, that's a really good photo!!!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By David Stroud on Friday, August 02, 2013 - 03:39 am:

Steve, that's just what I'm talking about. Dave


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Hal Davis-SE Georgia on Friday, August 02, 2013 - 07:17 am:

You beat me to it Larry. Looks just like a Thomas Kinkade.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tim Wrenn on Friday, August 02, 2013 - 08:33 am:

Or even a Norman Rockwell, Steve. Great photo.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Erich Bruckner, Vancouver, WA on Saturday, August 03, 2013 - 12:23 pm:

Love this kind of thing. Fun images and very creative.


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