Persian King
Light Trail
Posted by Amir (Tehran, Iran) on 16 September 2007 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.
Fort Worth, TX
Long shutter speed + Crazy fast car = Light trail
Update:
I said "Crazy fast car" to see if someone will recognize that this car was not fast at all.
If we consider the light trail 20 meters in length and the time 3 seconds in duration then we have:
20m/3sec * 60sec/min * 60min/h * km/1000m = 24km/h
The conversion factor between km/h to mph is 0.6214 (1.6 the reverse), therefore we have a car traveling roughly at 14mph and that is not fast at all, in fact this car was anticipating to stop at the traffic light ahead.
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@Mehrzad: Thanks Mehrzad.
Josh from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
I so wanna try this typa shots! Soon soon! Cool pic!
16 Sep 2007 8:05am
@Josh: It can be really fun to see the result after few seconds.
rem_la from villiers, France
il ne faut pas oublier de frainer dans le virage !!
16 Sep 2007 10:15am
@rem_la: Thanks my man.
@Shahab: Thanks Dear Shahab.
Harald from Frankfurt am Main, Germany
A very nice time-exposure capture. Well done.
16 Sep 2007 11:46am
@Harald: Hope you liked it.
Stan Pulsar from Strasbourg, France
Nice shot !
What was the speed of that car ? The trail is maybe 10m long, in 3 seconds, that's over 60mph, downtown ?!
16 Sep 2007 12:30pm
@Stan Pulsar: I would say the trail is rather 20m in length. But thanks for guessing.
@Brian: Not really Brian. Read the update. I certainly appreciate your daily inputs.
@Maysam: U R too kind, thanks dude.
@Julio Pulido: Thanks.
Rebecca from Leicester, United Kingdom
Whoa!! That’s seriously clever!! Super work, my friend!! :)
16 Sep 2007 7:05pm
@Rebecca: It's an OK work. Thanks anyways.
@Ali Reza: Thanks.
@kamyar: ممنونم کامیار جان
@alla: Thanks
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
There is a guy who posts over at JPG Magazine who has developed a technique of shooting from inside his car, at night, while moving ....
17 Sep 2007 3:24pm
@Twelvebit: I am thankful that your have provided such a helpful link for me. It's looks so interesting.
miu* from GA, United States
Hi Amir It s a great work The running light is unbelievable beautiful Actually I am not good at taking pictures at night I always faile somehow sad You succeed
19 Sep 2007 12:00am
@miu*: I am sure you can do it as well. Thanks
@Michael: Thanks you.
vasa from mountain view, United States
nice one...looks like the car has gone over the sidewalk
20 Sep 2007 6:26pm
@vasa: You mean the island. Thanks
Canon PowerShot A640
16/5 second
F/5.0
ISO 80
8 mm