Playing with light
Good morning, have a great day
Today I will share a series of photos I am calling Playing with Light, mostly long exposures in the early morning, when I caught or, in one case, created some light effects.
Starting with this photo of the Swing Truss Bridge between New Bedford and Fairhaven, I got to this spot, and waited till I saw a vehicle approaching, and took this photo, catching a light trail as the car went by.
Early morning, there isn't a lot of traffic, so I sometimes have to wait a while to get this effect
Sony A7iv 22mm F11 15 Sec ISO 100
Click here to view larger
From a similar spot approaching the bridge, this time the light trail is from the barrier arms going back up as they are about to reopen the bridge for vehicle traffic.
This is a shot I love catching when I go to Pope's Island, but I haven't had much luck on the last couple of visits there; at the time I was there, they never closed the bridge for road traffic to let fishing boats head out.
Sony A7iv 24mm F16 36 Sec ISO 100
Click here to view larger
This next one is is I am about to cross the road from the port to the business district, again the red lines are light trails from cars passing by.
Sony A7iv 28mm F18 13 Sec ISO 100
Click here to view larger
and a similar shot from the same spot just looking another direction
Sony A7iv 28mm F11 4 Sec ISO 100
Click here to view larger
This one is a bit different and one I guess some will not like. I was taking photos of the carousel building at Battleship Cove in Fall River MA, and decided to try a bit on intentional camera movement, zooming in and out on the lens during a long exposure. I kind of like the funky feel to it
Sony A7iv 26mm F11 8 Sec ISO 100
Click here to view larger
And this is another funky one of the Portuguese tall ship the Sagres, but with one exception: this wasn't intentional. I was taking a three-photo shot and forgot or didn't realise it was still taking the last shot when I moved my camera
Sony A7iv 50mm F11 10 Sec ISO 100
Click here to view larger
This is more what I was aiming for in the previous photo, without any camera movement
Sony A7iv 50mm F11 4 Sec ISO 100
Click here to view larger
and to finish off a bit of light painting, which I havent done much of this year yet, but with the sunrise getting later and me still waking early I will no doubt try some more soon
Sony A7iv 18mm F13 79 Sec ISO 100
Click here to view larger