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.

Have a good day.

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Mehrzad from Tehran, Iran

Wow
what the speeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed
;)

16 Sep 2007 7:20am

@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 from Qazvin, Iran

Nice long exposure shot!Good job!

16 Sep 2007 11:00am

@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 from United States

Wow! That guy is travelling!

16 Sep 2007 2:12pm

@Brian: Not really Brian. Read the update. I certainly appreciate your daily inputs.

Maysam from Iran

woooow
u are best
very nice

16 Sep 2007 4:30pm

@Maysam: U R too kind, thanks dude.

Julio Pulido from Barcelona, Spain

Espectaculares estas tomas nocturnas.

16 Sep 2007 6:37pm

@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 from Tehran, Iran

nice...

16 Sep 2007 8:41pm

@Ali Reza: Thanks.

kamyar from Iran

زیباست.....

16 Sep 2007 10:45pm

@kamyar: ممنونم کامیار جان

alla from Toronto, Canada

Very nice

17 Sep 2007 12:52pm

@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.

Twelvebit from Victoria, United States

the link

17 Sep 2007 3:25pm

lissa from New York, United States

Great shot! I might even try this.

17 Sep 2007 5:02pm

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 from Wuppertal, Germany

Great capture, very good theme!

19 Sep 2007 7:32pm

@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

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