Long exposure photography

Also good for eliminating people too. This was taken on a crowded promenade. It works as long as people keep moving.

927G9732 by John Pate, on Flickr

Of course you'll always get people who stand in front of the camera.

927G9737 by John Pate, on Flickr

great for night shots

IMG_0224.jpg by John Pate, on Flickr

And fireworks.

1DS_5931 by John Pate, on Flickr

What can I say , am really just a beginner , those are just stunning ... and its fall here now , where all is brown and ugly , nothing to make me want to go out and photograph till real snow gets here ...

Michelle Hebert wrote:What can I say , am really just a beginner , those are just stunning ...  and its fall here now , where all is brown and ugly , nothing to make me want to go out and photograph till real snow gets here ...  

Long exposures are really easy. The only important thing is to have a really sturdy tripod (think Gitzo)

Camera settings are not that critical, eg a twenty second exposure at f5.6 is exactly the same setting as a ten second at f4 or if you take it to the nth degree, two years at at f5.6 is the same as one year at f4.

Hope she wont haunt my house now

She does look very ghostly!

Oh believe me... she is so not a ghost.... some days she is very very very much alive