light trails

Light trails. 5N/kit zoom, 55mm @ f/5.6 for approx. 13 seconds, 2 frame HDR. I was going to go smaller aperture/longer exposure to get complete trails but after the 4th shot the sprinklers came on (rather abruptly/rudely I might add, no warning at all) and I was forced into a strategic withdrawal to save equipment for a later day.

The only reason the camera didn't get drenched is the sprinkler head 2 feet behind me shot water straight up in the air for about 5 seconds instead of out in its normal pattern. Old gimpy fat guys can move quickly when properly motivated. Some days ya just gets lucky.  

NEX-5N    E 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 OSS    55mm    f/5.6    13s    ISO 100

Will have more later when I get pics from the other end of the bridge.

 

This worked better than the ones I took after I got chased across the street. The angle here is better. And there's no grass over there either. No sprinklers either. The angle on the bridge is better though. Hopefully I'll get something worthy from the other end.

 

These?  

NEX-5N    E 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 OSS    29mm    f/5.6    6s    ISO 100

NEX-5N    E 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 OSS    55mm    f/11.0    10s    ISO 100

 

Unfortunately there's no native landscape shot here that I could see as I wandered around for 10 minutes before setting up here. Doesn't mean it isn't there, I just didn't see it. Used car lot on the left, trees on the right blocking the view of the cars. I could get closer, but then I lose the tree shown, which blocks a building in the background. The first one is pretty much as good as it gets.  

Unless I crop it.

NEX-5N    E 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 OSS    55mm    f/5.6    13s    ISO 100

Cropped works. The 55-210 from here might have worked as well, but the perspective would change I think. Maybe not. I don't know. Maybe I'll revisit this after the water is turned off next fall.  

 

Thanks D, you & db have me convinced. I still like the portrait version, but the crop is better. Yeah, they're putting a new building up or something & there's construction crap all over the place so I need to wait and go redo the shots from the right side. Thanks for the comments.

 

Yeah, your right.   Great link. I knew that. I should'a known that. I probably did know that at some point. Sadly, at my age when new stuff goes in the brain housing group something else has to come out to make room. [sigh]  

 

Thanks Freddy. I envy you your skyline, wish we had one here. Then again I love the open spaces too.

 

Thank you.