Light Trails

[HWesh]

I just went out to try my hand at getting light trails with a longer exposure. Does any one have any tips on this type of photography

1.

EXIF:
20s
f/16.0
ISO 100
50 mm

2.
EXIF:
20s
f/22.0
ISO 100
105 mm

 

[NikonME]

They look good. For some real fun Google "light painting"

 

[Bram]

The trails look kind of cut off in places. I would suggest a longer shutter speed. Keep your ISO at 100 though.
Twenty seconds isn't going to get you much as you can see.
This photo below was a 898 second exposure of my living room at home, simply using an LED flashlight. This is "Light painting".

 

[cassio]

Here's an E-book on Light Painting. I remember seeing some of their works in DIYPhotography.

 

[Ryan L]

Here's an E-book on Light Painting. I remember seeing some of their works in DIYPhotography.

actually thats a link to get you to like some facebook page. I am personally not clicking that crap, if you are going to post a link to the actual ebook then do it, otherwise spam somewhere else.

 

[pgriz]

Light trails are lines, and lines in photography look better when they are seen as diagonals, curves, s-curves, etc. So for the light trails to be interesting, they need to be angled relative to the viewing frame, or you have to find a vantage point where they will form interesting patterns. It also helps to have something "frame" the lights so that there is a context. In your examples, the lights appear rather flat, and the road is rather uninteresting. I know, I know - these were experiments. But to progress to visually-interesting images, you have to find a good vantage point, and some interesting side scenery.