{"id":1263,"date":"2010-11-10T15:16:43","date_gmt":"2010-11-10T15:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/?p=1263"},"modified":"2010-11-10T15:16:43","modified_gmt":"2010-11-10T15:16:43","slug":"a-love-of-long-exposure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/2010\/11\/10\/a-love-of-long-exposure\/","title":{"rendered":"A Love Of Long Exposure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s something quite incredible about <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Long exposure photography\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Long_exposure_photography\">long exposure<\/a> <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Photograph\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Photograph\">photographs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Most photography uses extremely fast <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Shutter speed\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shutter_speed\">shutter speeds<\/a>, only allowing light into the camera for a fraction of a second, but when longer exposures are used there can be some remarkable results. Static objects are revealed in heightened detail, while anything moving becomes a blur.\u00a0At nighttime, long exposures can reveal things invisible to the naked eye, while moving lights become streaks and trails.\u00a0This post shows a couple of my favourite long exposure photographs &#8211; all credits given where possible.<\/p>\n<p>The photos will be easier to see the detail on by clicking them to show the fullest size I have.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Bright <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Atlanta\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atlanta\">Atlanta<\/a><\/strong> from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nrbelex\/449052129\/\" target=\"_blank\">flickr<\/a> (<em>Nrbelex)<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Bright-Atlanta-by-Nrbelex-flickr.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1266\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/bright-atlanta-by-nrbelex-flickr\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Bright-Atlanta-by-Nrbelex-flickr.jpg?fit=3333%2C2278&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3333,2278\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bright Atlanta by Nrbelex (flickr)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;This stunning image captures the bright lights of Atlanta by night.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Bright-Atlanta-by-Nrbelex-flickr.jpg?fit=1024%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1266\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Bright-Atlanta-by-Nrbelex-flickr-300x205.jpg?resize=300%2C205\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Bright-Atlanta-by-Nrbelex-flickr.jpg?resize=300%2C205&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Bright-Atlanta-by-Nrbelex-flickr.jpg?resize=1024%2C700&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Bright-Atlanta-by-Nrbelex-flickr.jpg?w=2330&amp;ssl=1 2330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Zippo<\/strong> from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/liberato\/2521884271\/sizes\/l\/\" target=\"_blank\">flickr<\/a> (<em>Liber)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Zippo.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1267\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/zippo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Zippo.jpg?fit=2548%2C1698&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2548,1698\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;16&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1211759114&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;65&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;15&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Zippo\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;A 15-second exposure was used in for image of a Zippo lighter being struck, picking out the metallic detail and the trails of sparking flint.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Zippo.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1267\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Zippo-300x199.jpg?resize=300%2C199\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px;height: 15px\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none;float: right\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?w=1165\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s something quite incredible about long exposure photographs. Most photography uses extremely fast shutter speeds, only allowing light into the camera for a fraction of a second, but when longer exposures are used there can be some remarkable results. Static objects are revealed in heightened detail, while anything moving becomes a blur.\u00a0At nighttime, long exposures [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[25],"tags":[92,283,300,1149,1793,1824,2197,2359,2362,2719,3347],"class_list":["post-1263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-photographs","tag-92","tag-art","tag-atlanta","tag-flickr","tag-lightpainting","tag-long-exposure-photography","tag-november","tag-photograph","tag-photography","tag-shutter-speed","tag-zippo","post_format-post-format-image","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6OeSW-kn","jetpack-related-posts":[],"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}