Teacups

[Crashtest44]

I really like the colors of the cups in this picture, but the lights are "washed" out. Not sure what I should have done differently. If I use a faster shutter I should get less wash on the lamps, but lose the blur from the cups.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Thanks
Rusty

[jar_e]

Ahh good ol' Disneyland! The one thing I'd recommend for your light problem is possibly cut them out and leave the shutter open even another 1/50th of a second. Though you lose some flavour, I think you'd get a neat shot of the reflection of the lights and the moving teacups.

Good shot,

Jared

[gahspidy]

Nice colors and agree with your concerns. The only solution I think would be to use a neutral density filter that would reduce the light at the upper half of the shot and allow normal exposure for the bottom half.

[OldSchool]

Nice capture. A tripod would have really helped with this exposure. The stationary lights would be nice and crisp. But, who walks arround with a tripod all the time.

Cheers,
Tim

[Dzerzhinski46]

Like gahspidy said, a graduated ND filter would do the job. A solid ND filter would be too much, and your exposure probably wouldn't include the teacups. Good photo. It is not as bad as you think though.

Dzerzhinski