30 Stunning Examples of Long Exposure Photography
Long exposure photography involves leaving the shutter open for longer periods of time to allow more light to be captured. This technique is used by photographers to produce breathtaking results. For instance, capturing a busy street at night will result in an image of light streaks moving against the stationary buildings in the background. Here are 30 stunning examples of long exposure photography for your enjoyment.
Make sure you click on each photo to see a larger version and learn more about each of the talented photographers behind the cameras.
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20 comments
Scott Corgan
May 26, 2010This is my favorite type of photography! I love to see what the world looks like from a near-sided person’s perspective!
baca
May 26, 2010great collection, second one is the best!!
kaha
May 26, 2010Very nice collection! Not only the second is “the best”
Sander
May 26, 2010Nice pictures. Love this one: http://webdesignledger.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/long_exposure_8.jpg
Auré
May 26, 2010I’m not a great fan of this kind of photos but I have to admit that the effects are always very impressive…
Julio Flores
May 26, 2010Wow!… Now I understand the radial effect in the stars and static objects. I’ll try this.
Cool collection
TKNY
May 26, 2010One more:
http://zestfullyclean.com/index.php?showimage=172
Anna
May 26, 2010nice search that will work for browsers that support CSS3 a Thanks for sharing…Some of them are amazing…the rest is just great:) love it! Though, it would be nice to see referral to the relevant photographer against his/ her picture…
Laira
May 26, 2010Wow, these are really amazing photos! Beautiful captures….Impossible to choose a favourite.Thanks for sharing…
Noushad
May 27, 2010Nice collection
Beno
May 28, 2010Great collection, thank you for sharing!
Colin
May 30, 2010Truly amazing. I’d love to learn how to do this.
Ricardo Saavedra
June 1, 2010Does anybody know any technique to do this kind of photo shoot ?
Will Watson
June 14, 2010Hey! Great collection.
Here’s a few I’ve taken in the great city of London…
http://www.dontstayin.com/uk/london/a-secret-location/2007/aug/24/photo-7251793
http://www.dontstayin.com/uk/london/a-secret-location/2007/aug/24/photo-7251681
http://www.dontstayin.com/uk/london/a-secret-location/2007/aug/24/photo-7251667
Let me know what you think
Rawsan
August 2, 2010How they do that ?
http://webdesignledger.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/long_exposure_21.jpg
Jim
December 20, 2010Actually, Photoshop is a big part of that answer. That particular one is a composite, which isn’t really in the spirit of the post. The star trails are from somewhere – who knows – but you cannot simultaneously expose for that amount of time and also freeze the clouds. Clouds are moving way faster than the stars and just look like haze with a long exposure, not to mention obscuring the stars. In addition, you’ll notice the stars on the left are spinning on a different orbit than those on the right near the north pole. Nice and surreal, but definitely not real. IMHO, night photography is wild enough without the tinkering, but it is a nice image all the same.
Martin Soler Photography
August 24, 2010Rawsan, It’s a camera set up in bulb mode (manually controlled exposure) where the camera is aiming at the sky for an hour or more. As the earth moved the stars make white lines. One just needs to ensure it’s done on a totally black night.
Here is my long exposure photo, but not stars:
http://martinsoler.com/2009/10/27/la-route-pour-versaille/
christian
October 3, 2010Nice photographs, but 2/3 of the pictures you choose all were from 1x.com in the “night” category. Why not just make a blog post about 1x being THE place to go online if you want to see some amazing photography?
Arthur Does Designs
October 27, 2010The Quality is fascinating.
Alex
November 13, 2010Wow, some fantastic long exposure photographs there.