Overdrive's real photography

[Solo]

Its called a long exposure shot. There's a couple in my gallery (/shameless self promotion). Its where you leave the shutter open for an extended amount of time so that more light hits the sensor and you get light trails so instead of 1/60 or 1/4000 for shutter speed it may be more like 8 seconds or even longer. The longer you leave it open the longer the streaks will be but any stationary light sources will become even brighter on the image and may cause a white out.

 

[Overdrive003]

Its called a long exposure shot. There's a couple in my gallery (/shameless self promotion). Its where you leave the shutter open for an extended amount of time so that more light hits the sensor and you get light trails so instead of 1/60 or 1/4000 for shutter speed it may be more like 8 seconds or even longer. The longer you leave it open the longer the streaks will be but any stationary light sources will become even brighter on the image and may cause a white out.

Thanks for this! I'll have to try it out. If my camera allows it that is..
Also, what camera do you use? I love your photos!

 

[Solo]

You'll have to put your camera in full manual mode to do this, but any DSLR should allow for it 👍

I have a Panasonic Lumix G2, nothing too fancy but it works nicely for my skill level of photography. Thanks

 

[Overdrive003]

You'll have to put your camera in full manual mode to do this, but any DSLR should allow for it 👍

I have a Panasonic Lumix G2, nothing too fancy but it works nicely for my skill level of photography. Thanks

I usually have the camera on full manual, but still learning the ropes.

I am using a new camera I bought which is a Nikon D5100. I got it a couple weeks back and still learning how to use it. Also, all the pictures in this thread (with the exception of the Petit Le Mans pictures) were taken with the Nikon.

 

[Overdrive003]

Finally some new pictures! I haven't had a chance to do a long exposure shot, but I will attempt to do one tonight.

The sky on the way to the mall...

The sky after the mall

And a bush

 

[Overdrive003]

Aaaaand some long exposure pictures. All taken at the same intersection.

 

[Solo]

I like the last one best 👍

 

[locoman88]

All sweet dude! Can you. Do long exposure shots with regular phone?

 

[Overdrive003]

I like the last one best 👍

That shot is my favorite. Thanks for the tip on how to do that! I'm going to have fun next time I go to a night race.

All sweet dude! Can you. Do long exposure shots with regular phone?

No idea. I just took these with a DSLR..22 minutes ago.

 

[locoman88]

No idea. I just took these with a DSLR..22 minutes ago.

Aww. I need to get myself a good camera. Love the pics! I like last one best too.

 

[Overdrive003]

Aww. I need to get myself a good camera. Love the pics! I like last one best too.

I got mine on sale. Regular price is $1299 and I got mine for $899. Saved $400! (Without taxes) and the camera I'm using (think I mentioned this before) is a Nikon D5100. Got it at Costco 👍

Thanks!

 

[locoman88]

I got mine on sale. Regular price is $1299 and I got mine for $899. Saved $400! (Without taxes) and the camera I'm using (think I mentioned this before) is a Nikon D5100. Got it at Costco 👍

Thanks!

How much?

 

[Overdrive003]

How much?

For the camera? Like I said, I picked it up for $899

 

[locoman88]

For the camera? Like I said, I picked it up for $899

Dogh!

 

[Overdrive003]

Dogh!

Yeah, its pretty expensive, but its really worth the money. (Might have said this before, but) all the pictures in this thread, with the exception of Petit Le Mans, were taken with the Nikon.

 

[locoman88]

Yeah, its pretty expensive, but its really worth the money. (Might have said this before, but) all the pictures in this thread, with the exception of Petit Le Mans, were taken with the Nikon.

Ill take in to that, if not, apps!

 

[Overdrive003]

Ill take in to that, if not, apps!

I know you can get DSLR camera's for less then what I paid, but I got a couple of accessories for the camera. I got a nice Nikon camera bag, a 55-300mm lens, the standard 18-55mm lens, a couple of different cables, and a large memory card (16GB. Thats big for me).

 

[locoman88]

Interesting. The only problem with my phone: I can't take dark shots.

 

[Overdrive003]

Interesting. The only problem with my phone: I can't take dark shots.

Lucky. You have a camera phone!

 

[Overdrive003]

Here's an alternative to the last picture in the newest update. Slightly out of focus, but I like where the streaks are.

 

[locoman88]

Lucky. You have a camera phone!

Cooln but lucky you have a straight up camera!

 

[Overdrive003]

Cooln but lucky you have a straight up camera!

Okay, you have a point.

 

[Overdrive003]

Sorry for the lack of updates everyone! Its been raining so much I haven't been able to get any pictures. I tried to get lightning pictures but the Frames per second on the camera is to slow.

Again, sorry everyone!

 

[locoman88]

Sorry for the lack of updates everyone! Its been raining so much I haven't been able to get any pictures. I tried to get lightning pictures but the Frames per second on the camera is to slow.

Again, sorry everyone!

Yeah I heard that they take pics of lightning by taking a bunch of shots.

 

[Solo]

Lightning shots are also often long exposure shots I think 👍

 

[Overdrive003]

Yeah I heard that they take pics of lightning by taking a bunch of shots.

Lightning shots are also often long exposure shots I think 👍

Yeah, I've heard of both techniques and I tried taking pictures but like I said, the FPS is to slow. I tried long exposure but the shot was either to short or to long.

 

[nobuffalo]

You might be able to program it to continuously take certain length exposures.

Something like this.