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Learn the art of light trail photography and see how good the Velbon GEO E540 tripod is.

How to photograph light trails.

It's October, the nights are drawing in fast, and it will soon be dark before you get home from work, but fear not – there is plenty of photography you can do after dark. In this guide we show you how to make the best of long winter nights with some night time photography.

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Photographing star trails
Living in the middle of nowhere (virtually), light pollution isn't a problem for me. Hot pixels on the DSLR is, however. A right ruddy PITA, to be honest!
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light trails??
Another tip, find somewhere pretty dark & elvated, say over a motorway for instance set your camera up - tripod - cable release etc. Set you shutter speed to bulb and let the show begin! If there's a break in the the traffic, place a piece of black card over the lens (careful not to knock the camera!) then take away when traffic passes. That way your camera will record more trails. I've often ...
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Day 18 March 2010: Light Trails
Jeff its in Valencia, itsa part of the City of Arts and Science, designed by this man, santiago calatrava
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Photographing the stars on a NikonD40
It's got more to do with the lens you use than the particular camera body. Ideally, of course, you want the filter in front of the sensor changed to allow light of around the 700MHz frequency through - but that then makes the camera less useful for general photography. (If you are really interested in the technicalities, it's got something to do with the alternative electron states within hydro...
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Photographing in a club
OK all using your advice i trialled and errored to get what I wanted in the bar areas I found AV mode withe aperture open ISO 800 gave the best results however using this in the darker areas AV mode gave me blurrier images but gave a swirling effect to the lights in the club which was not undesireable. Flicking to "M" mode gave me the more clearer shots so it was a case of flicking between the ...
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Off Camera Flash Photography Thread
There are videos on it... though looks a bit pointless really... if you're off camera flashing, then it's completely useless
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Digital Star Trails...?
Cheers Guys. Adam
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Star trail photos
Those links are top notch... and at the risk of repeating what they say here are a few things i found to watch out for: 1.For really long trails you will need exposures in the regions of 1 to a few hours (with a DSLR you'll probably need a battery grip and plenty of spare batteries, as often a standard battery fully charged will last about 1.5 to 2 hours - also you will get "dark noise" or s...
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Photographing a moving car without blur
Trudy, Another thing is location and backdrop, depending where abouts in the country you are you may be able to find a good venue for the shoot (Mike knows where I am near and I'm still going to use the disused USAF runway for something soon ;) ), and remember he wont need to be doing 80mph to get the impression he is
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Double word association
Thank you.
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Is low light a genre or a challange?
In a country where we have a lot of rain, a lot of snow and a lot of cloud days...from the perspective of an outdoor photographer (me) low light days are a reality but not a challenge. Sure, the mood of the pictures aren't the same as the mood of the pictures people take in the sunnier parts of the world but we work with what we have. Some studio photographers turn out great shots that are my...
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Photographing Fireworks
Settings from my crib sheet, it has a slightly different take, but I like to capture them exploding: Fireworks & Lightning : Shoot Raw Tripod/Remote commander and torch required – take IS off lens Use mirror lock up Manual focus to infinity Manual Mode use shutter speed of 0.8 to 2 seconds Aperture f8 for lightning and distant fireworks f16 for nearer fireworks open or ...
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Night-time virgin
At night it takes a lot longer to expose a scene than at daytime (depending on the film speed used of course); several seconds (or even minutes) is usual on ISO 100 film. A flash only has a limited range, so won't illuminate an entire building (hence the need for long exposures), but is useful to freeze nearby moving subjects, such as the people mentioned in Big Bri's post above. Our eyes are ...
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Photographing Europe
Thoroughly recommend Rome. No matter how long you stay there is always more to discover. Beware of pickpockets, particularly on the Metro. The Hard Rock is a good place to meet up with expats of all nationalities. No matter where you go a good travel guide is invaluable for identifying photogenic sites. I particularly favour Rough Guides followed by Lonely planet.
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Low Light Photography - Bands
I primarily shoot bands and musicians, and have shot under a multitude of lighting conditions. I shoot with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi with either a EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM or a Canon Zoom EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III lens. I am pretty determined to not shoot with flash, so an ISO of 1600 is more commonly used in TV mode. My shutter speed ranges from 1/15th to approximately 1/30th of a second....
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Everyone likes to look at the night sky so while you're staring at it you might as well photograph it too.

Get in your car (make sure someone else is driving) and shoot some light trails.

Did you wonder how people get car lights to streak through their images? Well here's your answer.

Here are 10 top tips on photographing bridges.

How to photograph someone writing their name with a sparkler

Advice on shooting the bridges that dominate our towns, cities and countryside.

See how long exposures can turn what can be described as ordinary into something much more interesting.

Here's another way you can capture star trails.

How to photograph urban nightscapes.

Light painting or drawing is a photographic technique some photographers are finding very addictive and ePHOTOzine spoke to a couple of light junkies to find out more about it.

ePz teams up with site member Fran Ashton to share a few firework photography tips.

Here are nine situations when manual focus can work better than your camera's auto focus.
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