Night shots c&c

el_loco_blanco

Hi all, here are a couple of shots from the weekend. I would be interested in your opinion. Cheers

No. 1: Curves and Triangles


No 2: Close encounters of and industrial kind

djd80

First one is class.....I've been meaning to get out at night and try something similar but havent had the time......

jen_23

The second one is nice but the first one is amazing! I'd proudly hang it on my wall if I took it:)

l pearse

Really vibrant shots el_loco..

Went into ur Flickr, looks like you were v. busy traveling the world..Great pics in there. Added you as a contact.

Linda

Tarakiwa

Love it.

I have long thought that the cement factory is worthy of a night shot!

Well done!

Cabaal

Really like No. 1: Curves and Triangles, always wanted to get a night shot of this bridge,...just a shame I live far down in the south east

smelltheglove

Love them both. I was driving past the second one last week and said to hubbie I wanted to take a pic of it. I couldnt get ut of the car though, it was too cold and I was dressed for a night out.

I'd prob have been put to shame as these are great shots, I love the curved light trails also in Number 1.

mumof2

I love the 1st one. I would definately hang that one in my house too!!!:D Its fab.

PaulieC

I love both Loco, where did you stand for the first shot? Is it on junction 9 or on the side of the M1 itself??

superflyninja

both are great.
the first one is just stonking.
the second is very blade runner esque.which is a very good thing in my book.

el_loco_blanco

Thanks for the comments. I went out at 11pm so the motorway would be quite! There was still people beeping at me even though I was well within the yellow line! Cabaal, do your shopping up north and you can pass it on the way!

el_loco_blanco

cambo_gueno wrote: »

I love both Loco, where did you stand for the first shot? Is it on junction 9 or on the side of the M1 itself??

It was on the M1 itself. After the exit into drogheda at homebase etc, there is a garda stop and then a bridge over the road. I pulled in just after the bridge so the sign would not be in the shot.

starflake

First Image is absolutely stunning... Good stuff!

5uspect

Excellent stuff. The first is something special.

trishw78

Cabaal wrote: »

Really like No. 1: Curves and Triangles, always wanted to get a night shot of this bridge,...just a shame I live far down in the south east

Give it 2 or 3 years we'll have a bridge just like it

I like Curves & Triangles

Cabaal

trishw78 wrote: »

Give it 2 or 3 years we'll have a bridge just like it

I like Curves & Triangles

true but will they light it with nice blue lights at night?

el_loco_blanco

Cabaal wrote: »

true but will they light it with nice blue lights at night?

Considering waterford is a blue county surely they will light it up with blue lights! Although the bridge would be crossing into Cat country so some black and amber stripes would be nice!

TheNorthBank

Wow!!! Both fantastic, but for me #1 is just amazing!

AnCatDubh

i like the first better than the second - i think just because the vibrant colour in it rather than the white / black of second. Great shots eitherways. Love the tail lights of the truck / bus that passed you by - it just kinda floats there in the air.

achtungbarry

Top class photo there. I love light streams and the way the red streams zom into the shot on a diagonal and then curve back in to the right is great visually. I like the contrast between the dark sky and then the blue and red. the smallaperture creates a nice starlight effect on the street lights too.

I also posted this on the flick page.

delly

I must have nearly stood in the exact same spot for a day photo 5 years ago. I now only live down the road so I must venture out some night to see if I can do similar.

Weidii

They're both lovely! The composition of the first one is great.

el_loco_blanco

Delly, I have a few that look almost identical to yours too. I have many for all seasons for anytime of day. I live in Balbriggan so it is just up the road and I travel along it twice daily! I have some from the Luas line in Dundrum too. It is a similar bridge to this one.

delly wrote: »

I must have nearly stood in the exact same spot for a day photo 5 years ago. I now only live down the road so I must venture out some night to see if I can do similar.

Hugh_C

They're class Loco, 1st one especially.

I read a tip somewhere that it's a good idea to remove any filters you might have on your lens (UV?) before taking this type of long exposure and also that there's not much point in going above f/11 (i.e. f/16, f/22 etc) since you're just introducing more lens distortion at those stops.

I think I took off the UV for this one, pretty sure I did.

Great stuff,

Hugh

Dragan

Both very, very nice shots!

Not a lot i can add on the CandC front i fear.