Location : Pedestrian bridge @ LRT Kelana Jaya
Recommended time : 7-8pm (lots of car)
Might want to watch for : Homeless people / weird loitering characters

This post has been edited by Uzumaki NaruTo: Oct 5 2009, 05:16 PM

Wow. That Solaris place has some nice road scenery. I will mark it down as a place to go someday.

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Added on October 5, 2009, 5:23 pm Dats the problem of taking pics at night. Always worry about kena robbed or raped.

This post has been edited by HiroBoroi: Oct 5 2009, 05:23 PM

What's the recommended settings to snap Light Trails pics? I'm using Nikon D3000, and want to try it soon

My recipe for nice light trails

- long shutter speed, the longer the better. More than 20 seconds.
- sturdy tripod.
- use low ISO setting and turn off noise reduction. (noise reduction in the D90 takes as long as the exposure.)
- use cable release/or remote IR release (to prevent vibrations). Mirror lockup also helps.
- use shutter priority to fix the needed long shutter speed and let the camera set the aperture. (M also can.)
- magic light moment (to get nice blue sky).
- location must have plenty of moving lights.
- remove filter to minimize flaring and ghosting.
- bracket the exposure.
- for pretty girl, bring tazer also.

The cool part is light trails need not be from cars lights. Can be from stars, fireworks, lasers, cigarettes, torch lights etc etc.

my noob lightrail can show show here

Sure can. The more the merrier. This thread is open to all brands, even Diana Lomo I welcome. He he. No discrimination. Also one more thing. For nice light trails, I think you should try to take from a higher vantage point like pedestrian bridge. Then you will get nicer trails. Get to see some reds as well.

perhaps u can arrange outing for us

Browsing thru my flickr, I have one light trail too

Boats, Danga Bay



201s|f/22|ISO100

This post has been edited by mizivincible: Oct 21 2009, 03:10 PM

Wow nice. Danga Bay. I will note it down for places to visit. Thanks for sharing. 201 seconds? How do yo do so long exposure?

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Added on October 21, 2009, 10:19 pmWah ... manyak cantik. Unfortunately me just too lazy to babysit Ise la.

This post has been edited by HiroBoroi: Oct 21 2009, 10:19 PM

Thanks mate. But personally I find the pic rather soft hehe, what can u expect at f22. Regarding the long exposure, I used remote. Last time I recall the phottix wired one is around RM40 while wireless around RM120. Very useful for night landscape and especially light trails lover like u

Looks like the white balance was off. Did you shoot RAW? Try to adjust your balance make it cooler.

no nid babysit me... jz shoot togather2 only~! watch n learn process can help me i guess :lol

HDR + light trail~! dont feel any different...


This post has been edited by Isepunye: Oct 21 2009, 11:08 PM

Here's mine:



Cheers ^^

my 2nd attemp using my frenz D40 kit lens

was wondering why the headlamp trail not so nice like my D90...

This post has been edited by Isepunye: Oct 23 2009, 10:29 PM

The headlights portion looks overexposed. Maybe go down to ISO 100. Or reduced expososure to 20 seconds. I think this will improve the headlight portion. Or point your camera the other direction so that the busy side will be the red lights, and the not so busy side is the headlights. Then will balance it out a bit.

To improve the pitch black sky, try to time the shot with the sunset la. Find the magic light moment.

And always bracket exposure. Take a lot of shots with varying exposure and see what comes out. Sometimes you get nice pics. Sometimes nothing good at all. That's my experience. No magic setting. Just try try and try again.

p/s - and finally ... dun blame the kit lens (even D40 one). I thought that was a big and painful lesson learned oledi

lowest can go ISO200 for D40. no lower than that. i did try several speed shutter. from 5 sec - 30 sec. using bulb ade masalah sbb tripod murah + takde remote. the jejantas has too big advertisement both front and back so resulting i can choose either 2 angle which is another one is more weight on building... the magic moment blew off as its raining by 6.45 - 7.30 PM...
i dont blame but im asking why... i already tot about the angle coz i realize the headlamp quite direct to the lens too. 2nd i tot because the rain make the reflection more... 3rd i guess since im not familiar with D40 function and button, i might missed some setting... but overall have fun playing with D40~! small, compact yet powerful

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Added on October 24, 2009, 8:12 ambro, mind to share me the exif and the lense? do u use special filter to reduce the over burn color? some1 told me dat... im in love with this photo

This post has been edited by Isepunye: Oct 24 2009, 08:15 AM

wow...interestin...

juz try this from my house..
1st timer..
c&c appreciated..

Hi there, the settings are:

Exposure: 30s
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal Length: 11 mm

I was using the Tokina 11-16mm lens and my ISO is at 200, just did some Levels adjustment and sharpening ^^

The light trails is too little.. You edit the pics using Focal B&W in Picasa?