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I was out helping a mate take some long exposure night photos last night.

I managed to snap a few pics of my own

Nice shots I'll have to try it out sometime

Nice pics

awesome plate!

Nice one. I'm a fan of the ones with the cars going past. The lines make it look almost like a Mazda advert of old

For some reason though, I'm not such a fan of the first two. The lighting doesn't seem right... If I was to try again, I'd say reduce the exposure time and use a flash as well to help balance the lighting for the foreground.

Thanks for the advice.

It was a last minute thing especially given the lack of sleep I got the night before and my flash batterys were flat (although I could have used in inbuilt flash a bit). in a few pics I did paint with the car in light with a tiny LED torch I keep in the glove box.

I wouldn't have used much more flash in the first picture, I think that shadow adds to the effect.

I would have got more pics of cars going past but at 3am there was a distinct lack of traffic on that road I got my mates g/f to drive her skyline up and down the road 3 times but i'd have felt guilty if i'd made her drive up and down the road again and again while I got things right. After all i was meant to be there helping a mate take pics, not the other way around.

I'd love to take longer exposures and reduce the aperture but I don't have a remote yet so the longest exposure I had was 30 seconds. The first and probably others I had to open it right up just to get enough light.

...or in the first pic you could of turned the car around to the shadow was behind the car

Sure but it wasn't what I was after.