Rays Of Light Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is the road that runs just along the outskirts of Rosh HaAyin where I live.My younger daughter was desperate for an icecream (yes...it is the end of November...I know!) and she wasn't taking no for an answer.We popped out to the local super-market (decided to throw my Nikon and a tripod in the car) and on the way back I decided to have a go at catching the passing trafic with long exposures.
After a few tries this was my result.

- Placed the camera at 45 degrees to the road.
- Purposely stopped after a trafic light in the hope that the vehicles would keep to the same lane.
- After a few tries concentrated on tall vehicles as they also had upper rear lights.

I hope you like it....appreciate your comments.

Oh and by the way, by the time I finished, my youngest had more or less decided to wear the icecream as opposed to eating it!!!

jaja1970, dospordostres, tcht, ALIRIZA, pastadog, plimrn, shirgold, josepmarin, Talia, bakes888, PixelTerror, jhm, captainsgirl, pasternak, ChrisJ, emjleclercq, Xalkida, Tue has marked this note useful

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jaja1970 (1286) 2006-12-03 14:56

Hi David,

Great long shot picture.
Wonderful POV and colors.
I wish to know what are two red lines on top (over the road lights)! May be a big truck or air plane passed.
Great Job & TFS,

Javad.

tcht (7298) 2006-12-03 15:18

Hi David
Excellent low POV and superb depth. Lovely compo of stars and especially the two lines at the top are beautiful. Well thought n taken, tfs!
Cheers
CheukHin

danyy (69465) 2006-12-03 15:23

Hello David,
magnifique jeux de droites et de géométries, ces obliques rouges qui cadrent tout juste les luminaires en étoile, tout cela est très réussi.
Best regards.
Daniel

ALIRIZA (16197) 2006-12-03 15:27

Hi David,
Excellent DOF and nice night shot with red tones. Beautiful compoition and good light too... Well done my friend...
Have a nice week...
Ali Rıza

pastadog (12821) 2006-12-03 15:43

Beautiful result, David, of your experiment, esp. taking into the "circumstances". It's amazing how you achieved the red diagonal that comes down from upper left almost all the way to the opposite corner - at the perfect place touching the road lights. Cheers :) Daniel

stefanocer (10412) 2006-12-03 16:24

Nice night shot , very good lights trails and composition , well done .
I also make night shots if you want take a look.
Stefano.

nbj (1871) 2006-12-03 17:10

Dear David,

Great you dropped by my gallery, and great to see yours again too! I like this one for the atmosphere, the light, the lines, and the contrast between the reddish light and the black sky.

Take good care, see you again!

Claudine (0) 2006-12-03 19:24

Hello David,
This is really amazing! I like this great POV, colors, composition and lightning of course. Great story that goes with this too, very funny :-) Thanks,
Claudine

plimrn (19720) 2006-12-03 22:58

Hi David,
I think that ice cream is an amazing pacifier since your daughter allowed you the time this stunning photo, with a tripod no less. I'm always way too anxious about keeping others waiting to use a tripod, unless I'm alone. You all them all a big hug for the time to create this lovely photo.
Regards, Pat

shirgold (2439) 2006-12-04 3:14

Hi David,
This is an excellent work.
I really like the way you managed to get this - the resulting composition is fantastic.
What makes this image special are the upper truck lights - they frame the road lights perfectly and actually create another 'lane' which is parallel to the one on the ground.
These thin lights lead the eye to the distance and look like laser beams.
Regards to your little one :-)
TFS!! Shir

josepmarin (34107) 2006-12-04 11:55

Hi David,
You have hunted perfectly the lights and his effect of movement, with good technical and great patience.
I like it, is a very aesthetic photo, with great dynamism and a nice perspective.
Regards,
Josep

Talia (242) 2006-12-04 18:04

Great experiment and much appreciated note!
Sorry about the ice-cream, but I bet she enjoyed it!
TFS,
Talia

batalay (21205) 2006-12-04 21:59

Hello David,

Well done. Thanks to your daughter and her demand for ice cream, we have an excellent photo to enjoy. I hope you will never say "No" to your daughter, and will always have your camera and tripod available when you accomodate her wishes. Regards, Bulent (PS my apologies, but I had no green smileys left to award,)

bakes888 (18353) 2006-12-06 1:41

Hi David. You must be a soft touch, mind you daughters know how to get dad’s on their side.;-) Great photo, I love the way the red lights frame the street lights. Strong diagonal element to the composition works well. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

thor68 (5537) 2006-12-06 12:19

ice cream? hehe, what´s the temp at the moment in israel?
hi david, cool light-show! :-)
i really like how the "stars" are caught between the two
red (upper rear light) bands.
didn´t anybody stop to ask what you were doing?
best wishes & take care, thorsten.

jwmunro (6255) 2006-12-06 16:46

Hello David

Well done! The light trails are perfect. I do like how the bus or truck lights are framing the street lights.

Thanks for sharing

PixelTerror (86853) 2006-12-07 5:28

Hi David,
It was actually quite a brilliant idea to focus on tall vehicles, I like how their red lights frame the city lights perspective, also your framing is good to produce a dynamic convergence of lines in addition to the depth pf the perspective.
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

jhm (83352) 2006-12-07 8:13

Hi David,

Happy you took your camera in the car, we see a fantastic result, 5 seconds this very long, so we see the long red lines these gives a excellent and splendid perspective,this absolutely great David, a little bit dangerous beside the way with your tripod and camera!
Thanks for sharing.

Have a nice day,
John.

captainsgirl (3448) 2006-12-07 10:29

Hey very neat idea! Looks almost futuristic! And ice cream is good anytime of year!! TFS
Donna :o)

Thanks for your comments on my photo "Mt. Mansfield - Stowe, Vermont :o)

pasternak (13650) 2006-12-07 11:07

Hi David, could be sharper, but for the rest - very good, I like how the street lights are framed by the two upper red lines, fantastic effect!

Cheers
Alexander

ChrisJ (70443) 2006-12-08 2:03

Hi David

I like the converging lines & superb linear perspective, with the vanishing point off to the right. Nice repetition of the lights, with well managed exposure & good colour. Tfs!

Floydian (30970) 2006-12-10 9:58

Hi David,
A very, very interesting picture. The trails of light are perfect, just as the vertical composition, The 5 sec works perfectly, great movement. I like these kind of pictures a lot...absolute great piece of work..!!
Regards, Henk

emjleclercq (14514) 2006-12-12 17:06

Excellent night view. The double serie of red trails, top and bottom, is surprising but very sucessfull, making like a corridor of light along the higway.

All the best,

Emmanuel

ben4321 (9807) 2006-12-14 7:11

This is a great light trail shot David, although it would have been even better if you had taken it a bit earlier in the evening when there was a bit of colour in the sky.
What I like here especially is how the lines of the upper light trails follow and frame the line of street lights receding into the distance. This simple factor raises this head and shoulders above the usual light trail shots that I've seen recently.
Now, try again a bit earlier in the evening. I assure you it'll be worth it.

Cheers,
Ben

blue-velvet30 (6524) 2006-12-14 9:04

Hi David :)
excellent perspective, great colors and POV. Well done!
regards
Dorota

Xalkida (11740) 2006-12-20 18:28

Hi David

Great shot. Very nice catch of the moving cars. Excellent colors and lighting. Well done.

Tue (25608) 2006-12-29 16:56

Hej David,
Excellent capture, it's just great to see the rays of light created by the traffic. The 'stars' of the streetlamps are great too. Very well done and thanks for sharing!
Hilsen,
Lars

Emiel_Skyfreak (2976) 2007-01-14 18:26

Hi David,

Nice photo,
I like what you did in this evening shot, nice POV chosen. Fine long exposure, I wonder how those higher two red stripes got there..did some truck pass by orso? Fine chosen aperture, good appearance on the lights. Nice composition, great depth in this photo!

rupchatterjee (110) 2007-02-01 4:40

Fantastic lines, fantastic POV

sebinho342 (18784) 2008-02-28 8:28

Hi David, i love that one as i'm a lover of that kind of wall of lights, long shutter speed permits to catch what eyes can't see and that fascinate me. The cast is very red but on this full dark of the sky it creates a nice clash, very good technicity, i love how big is the star light.
Very nice job

Photo Information

Copyright: David White (Davidwh) (3654)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-11-29
Categories: Transportation, Decisive Moment
Camera: Nikon D70s, Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED DX AF-S, B+W 67mm UV-Haze MRC
Exposure: f/22, 5 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: view
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-12-03 14:48
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