Vlog: Long Exposure Photography

I've recently picked up long exposure photography, and I eventually decided to go out and have a nice photography session on a bridge in the middle of an expressway! This video documents what happened that day.

Of course, this isn't 0612 TV if it isn't educational, so I threw in some basic camera handling and use tips as well. But all in all, this video is more documentary than educational!

My DeviantArt Page: http://lcc0612.deviantart.com/gallery/
Timelapse Clip: http://www.box.net/shared/zyvyak4dur

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[SBha30]

What were your ISO and aperture settings?

[lcc0612]

@SBha30

Towards the end of the night, my ISO was at 200 (the lowest) and aperture at f/22 (the smallest aperture).

This allows me to drag out my shutter speed to 30s (the max)

[laf979]

Hi, It kinda bugged me how a sped up video can be called timelapse? are you sure?

[lcc0612]

@laf979

Hello, sorry for not getting back to you earlier. I never received a notification for your comment.

As far as I understand, a timelapse is any video that involves showing a passage of time, within a shorter time frame.

I guess my timelapse video pushes the definition somewhat, because it's five minutes compressed to 30 seconds.

But in other cases of say, 2 hours of video compressed to 1 minute, I'm sure it fits the definition nicely.

[Dennisieo]

what is exposure bias? im going out tonight to shoot some highways btw! should be fun

[lcc0612]

@Dennisieo

Exposure bias basically "nudges" the acceptable brightness up or down slightly.

If you take a picture on full-auto (ie. The camera makes the decision), and you realise it's too bright, you can reduce the eV to -1 and see if you get a better picture.

[lcc0612]

@maltijien

Cheers! I'll be glad to see your works anytime =)

[maltijien]

Thanks, I will learn from these mistakes and do better next time.

thanks for your input. Next time I take some more and upload them to flickr :)

[lcc0612]

@maltijien

I'm sure infinity and back a little should be perfectly fine!

The pic you mentioned isn't that badly out of focus, I'd say it's kinda good, actually.

[maltijien]

@lcc0612 I left focus on manual.I wasent sure were to focus. I think i focused at infinity and pulled back a touch.the other shot with the litted sign on the left was not focused.