Light trails
This post is for #SublimeSunday is inspired by 
Tried to come up with something a little different for this post, these shots all came about after one morning I was by the pond in Buttonwood Park, waiting for the sunrise colors to start, and wasnt to confident at the time that they would ( as it happened it was a nice sunrise and I will get to that in a future post).
As I was waiting I noticed traffic along the road and thought I would try and catch some light trails, and this post came to be with a few light trail shots I have got over the lats couple of weeks, and ending with a light trail that went wrong shot.
Sony A7iii 45mm F13 13 Sec ISO 100
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How light traisl like these are done is a long exposure and fairly dark at the time, then you do not see the cars themselves but you see the trail of their lights
Sony A7iii 112mm F20 15 Sec ISO 100
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That firts shot was a 15 second exposure and this next one a 20 second exposure so of course you need a tripod to get shots like these, or somewhere steady to sit your camera if you do not have a tripod, it is pretty impossible to do these sort of shots trying to handhold the camera.
This next shot is another 20 Second exposure from when I did a visit to an Island between New Bedford and Fairhaven, that is connected with the bridge seen in the next shot, I was there that morning to catch two things the sunrise and this bridge closed and opened, I will talk about it more in a future post
Sony A7iii 28mm F7.1 20 Sec ISO 100
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Althought its a cool bridge its also a pain if your driving and the barries come down as your just approaching the bridge as you know your stuck there for 15 minutes that happened to me this morning, I was up early as usual and decided to go to a Fort in Fairhaven to get some steps and catch the sunrise since the weather apps said no rain till 7, well I got to the fort to find they lock the gates and it doenst open to 7:30, so I headed back towards New bedford and my timing was perfect to see the bridge open aas I was first in the line of cars that got queued up LOL
then I headed to a beach here and the rain started, so a morning walk today just was not meant to be
Sony A7iii 28mm F9 30 Sec ISO 100
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Next up is a spot beside the harbor walk a place I often go for morning walks and this is not exactly a light trail in the conventional term I guess, but how I did this one is another long exposure as it was dark and then zooming in the camera near the end of the exposure to get the effect of light trails.
Sony A7iii 42mm F16 13 Sec ISO 100
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And as I said a tripod is needed for these types of shots, and you camera needs to be mounted firmly on the tripod, something I didnt do yesterday morning when i went to visit another lighthouse in the area, in this shot when I zoomed in a clearly moved the camera a little, but althought it is a failure in regard to what I was trying to get, it has a sort of double exposure feel and I kind of like this image
Sony A7iii 32mm F13 13 Sec ISO 100
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And that’s all folks
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