What the hey...!?!?!?
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OK, had a play out on the motorway tonight - having a mess around in aperture priority mode, to do some time lapse/light trail type stuff.
The results weren't great, but it was more for the learning side of things, rather than hoping to achieve a finished article.
But does anyone have any idea what the blue streaks are on this shot?* Is it some sort of lens flare?
The results weren't great, but it was more for the learning side of things, rather than hoping to achieve a finished article.
But does anyone have any idea what the blue streaks are on this shot?* Is it some sort of lens flare?
- No police cars were harmed (or even present) during the making of this picure...
Bit of blue sky out-of-the-box thinking for you...
...is it scratches in the road from a previous crash that the overhead street lights (which contain a blue tinge from their bulb) are reflecting at just an appropriate angle in the scratches into the camera?
That's all I could come up with
Interesting, though!
...is it scratches in the road from a previous crash that the overhead street lights (which contain a blue tinge from their bulb) are reflecting at just an appropriate angle in the scratches into the camera?
That's all I could come up with
Interesting, though!
nick_bbb said:
BTW you should have been in Shutter Priority not Aperture Priroty 
Why? Aren't the shutter speed/aperture "symbiotic" as it were? One goes up, the other goes down, sort of thing?Although thinking about it, I did alter the aprture to increase/decrease the shutter time, so going about it "Arse about face" I suppose.
Mixed results, and as I said, learning.
Still no idea about the blue flares, not kids, scratches or anything like that. I also had the lens hood on, so would have hoped that would deal with any flare? Can't see it in any of the other shots.
There's all sorts of wierd stuff going on there!, strange smoke, lights, wide loads...
I looks like quite a short exposure - around a second or less. If it's fairly dark I'd be adjusting the apperture so that I could get 20+ sec images (dependant on traffic density) so maybe 100ISO F8 and bulb for different lengths of time. Depends on the light levels obviously, but remember the difference between 10sec and 40secs is only two stops...
My theory is that if it was fired by remote (in front of the camera) it picked up your watch. Else if it was a DSLR, it could be stray light through the eyepiece - hence why Nikon give you a natty cover to stick over the EP for long exposures.
I looks like quite a short exposure - around a second or less. If it's fairly dark I'd be adjusting the apperture so that I could get 20+ sec images (dependant on traffic density) so maybe 100ISO F8 and bulb for different lengths of time. Depends on the light levels obviously, but remember the difference between 10sec and 40secs is only two stops...
My theory is that if it was fired by remote (in front of the camera) it picked up your watch. Else if it was a DSLR, it could be stray light through the eyepiece - hence why Nikon give you a natty cover to stick over the EP for long exposures.
VxDuncan said:
There's all sorts of wierd stuff going on there!, strange smoke, lights, wide loads...
Tell me about it...VxDuncan said:
I looks like quite a short exposure - around a second or less. If it's fairly dark I'd be adjusting the apperture so that I could get 20+ sec images (dependant on traffic density) so maybe 100ISO F8 and bulb for different lengths of time. Depends on the light levels obviously, but remember the difference between 10sec and 40secs is only two stops...
Was definitely longer than a second.VxDuncan said:
My theory is that if it was fired by remote (in front of the camera) it picked up your watch. Else if it was a DSLR, it could be stray light through the eyepiece - hence why Nikon give you a natty cover to stick over the EP for long exposures.
It was fired by remote, but I wasn't wearing a watch. And I stuck the cap on over the viewfinder after I'd framed (using Nikon D50).
Right on the bridge edge (behind the barrier), on a tripod, remote shutter, lens hood, eyepiece cap on after framing.
Nikon D50, some on the 18-55 lens, some on the 55-200. All were "auto"(ish) for white balance (whatever THAT is... ), just messed around with the aperture, let the camera do the rest.
Like I say, still learning, but pleased I went and had a go (it's actually quite difficult to find a decent bridge with a decent view...).
Nikon D50, some on the 18-55 lens, some on the 55-200. All were "auto"(ish) for white balance (whatever THAT is...
), just messed around with the aperture, let the camera do the rest.Like I say, still learning, but pleased I went and had a go (it's actually quite difficult to find a decent bridge with a decent view...).
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