I-20 Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

This Photo was taken on a bridge crossing the I 20 high way in Arlington.

I-20 interchanges with I-30 west of Fort Worth with I-30 heading east and I-20 to the southeast. I-20 heads back towards the east when it interchanges with Interstate 820. I-20 forms the southern arc of the complete loop around the city of Fort Worth, and serves as the southernmost west-east freeway in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Interchanging with I-35W south of downtown, I-20 heads east towards Dallas passing through Arlington (where it is also known as the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway). From Arlington, I-20 passes into Dallas County at Grand Prairie and heads east in to Dallas, interchanging with I-35E south of downtown and I-45 shortly after. I-20 intersects with I-635 (where it completes a three-quarter loop around the city) on Dallas' southeast side before heading east towards East Texas.

Sam.

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scroller (2883) 2008-07-03 13:30

Hej Sam,
Beautiful night shot. I like the lines both diagonal and horizontal. Light and exposure is also fine.
Hälsningar
/Stefan

lousat (15390) 2008-07-03 16:37

Hi Sam,i like a lot this kind of pics and sometimes i try to take like that.Yours is a great spectacle,perfect sharpenss and excellent choice of time of exposure,my best compliments,Luciano

stellar_girl (271) 2008-07-04 0:44

Nice framing, very good time exposure. I like this kind of pictures too.

gracious (20017) 2008-07-04 9:25

Hello Sam,
very nice effect on the use of f/8!
good pov with clarity, nice colour and details in the shot
many thanks for the informative notes
best regards
Tony

Fly (244) 2008-07-04 13:12

Hi Wisam. Great image, conveying a sense of speed and movement. However, allow me a personal view. I believe the image might have been better if you had used a slower shutter speed of, perhaps, 10 seconds rather than 15. If you look at the embankment on the right of the photograph, you've got the shadows of the trees and the streaks of light in between them. At a faster shutter speed, these would have been more accentuated with greater contrast between the patches of light and shadow. Also, the lights of oncoming traffic out of the city would have been reduced - at 15 seconds, they're too bright.

BWJ (1773) 2008-07-05 20:20

Hello Sam,
This is an excellent night shot. The highways running diagonally through the picture are beautiful ribbons of colorful light and give good perspective. Variations in the colors and shadows of the trees add interest. Very fine work!
Warm wishes,
Betty

Greg1949 (8507) 2008-07-16 5:15

Sam, not this is America, the US at least, we are a road culture for sure. Your light streaks are well done showing the road and yet not over exposing everything as is so common with head lights. Fine capture.

Greg

abulafia (4802) 2008-07-21 7:27

Hi Sam
I love this kind of pictures, always fascinating to see the light traces caught on a photo.
Very nice
Harry

crckt (7076) 2008-07-21 15:19

Hi Sam,
Wonderful light! the trails of the cars look really . Did you also try to zoom in to getter a closer look at the trail?
Thanks for sharing,
Shaeri

Waylim (10817) 2008-07-22 12:49

Sam,
Very moody night shot, the streaks of light is very effective, creating a neon look. The compsition works perfectly with the lines of light leading into the brightely lit city. the landscape itself is also nice with sihouttes of treeline and speckles of light from the distance city. Well done.
Way

NY--METS (47) 2008-07-25 8:14

Very cool photo sam i like the colors on the grass from the car lights, Nicely taken.

Bluejeans (32335) 2008-07-29 2:24

Ola Sam ,
Bonita foto nocturna com os rastros das luzes dos carros em movimento , bom uso dos 15 segundos , belo ponto de visão , boa profundidade de foto , parabéns!!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

marcocig (684) 2008-08-02 2:10

Hi Sam,
that's a classic well executed, the light coming from the right throught he trees makes it even more intriguing, as the raise of the hill at the horizon.
regards

Marco

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Graal (57995) 2008-08-06 23:51

Hi sam,
good night shot. Fine perspective of road and lights. I like it. Good idea for photography.
Gr., Aleksander

Giorgio (8710) 2008-08-08 6:26

- Excellent night shot beautiful effect in long exposure, where are aliens, that is the question! Anyway, bravo it's successful!
Greetings.
giorgio

flatwin (1934) 2008-08-12 2:33

bonjour,

j'adore les photos de nuit en vitesse lente, les phares des voitures deviennent des traits de lumières

J'adore

Arnaud

adamasao1 (466) 2008-08-12 5:03

Hi Sam
Great shot, very simple with excellent lines leading across it.
Nice Work
Cheers
Adam

thaprem (2486) 2008-08-12 15:51

A nice, well executed shot Sam.
The Colours & light playing very well.
A little & it could have gone glaring...
Very good effort.
Regards,
Prem.

jemaflor (39385) 2008-08-22 5:18

Hi Sam,
Interesting result with these colourful lines, great depth effect, well seen and done.

jurgen (1994) 2008-08-25 23:09

Hello Sam:
This is a very good picture.
You've got the light trails left by the cars runing diagonaly, but also, you've got the patch of plants to the right green, which I think is important because it adds a little bit more of life to the image. The yellow lights beneth the trees to the extreme right add another place on the picture where to direct my eyes.
And last but not least, the colour of the sky is not pitch black, it is sort of bluish. That let us see some clouds there.
Good work.
Jürgen

Stepan (27175) 2008-08-26 14:41

That's a light management !!! Works perfectly to produce a good urban and modern mood... Well done.
Stéphane

derek3755 (2341) 2008-08-26 15:04