Got my buddy to pace me with his car. I strapped the tripod and camera to my car the same way I did for the my other night car shot. I knew his car would be shaky because of the length of the exposure. There was really no way around it. Either his car would look a little shaky or i wouldn't get the long lines from the lights. So I went with this. This kind of shot works great in light to create fast looking movement but the shutter only needs to be open for a fraction of a sec and then the car looks fine, no shake unless you took the shot over a bump or something. It will be real interesting to see how this one is voted on compaired to the other one. I am guessing I will get many complaints that the car is too shaky, but hey what ya gonna do.
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I actually like the blurrines of the second car. I know that it is next to impossible to take a long exposure of a car from another disconnected moving car, but the amount of sharpness looks perfect to me.
Wow, I would REALLY have liked this shot though if the car had been sharp... I know this would have been hard to pull off though. Perhaps a really powerful flash and an understanding driver could have helped.
The presence of the care mostly in focus makes this much more interesting than the other long-exposure blur shots I've seen. It's a pity you couldn't actually get the care all the way clean. The colors on the lights are really interesting as well, particularly the yellow fading to orange.
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