Thank you for all the comments and for voting. I'm quite satisfied with the result, considering that I started taking pictures with a SLR two weeks ago.
I had been taking pictures of buildings and other stuff at night, and was on my way home when I came across this statue. I felt straight away that it was a perfect subject, considering the posture and the Christmas light in the back.
While fixing my camera to a tripod, I set the shutter speed to 4 seconds. It was a bit difficult the get the timing right, but the effect was achieved by zooming in during exposure. It could have been a bit better, but it was also a bit difficult to get the lights in the back to be perfectly aligned.
I believe I'm in a fast track to learning SLR, but I would really appreciate some tips on how I could have done this better. |