Trick or Treat

[DurtGurl]

Canon T3i at ISO400 for 30 seconds with Rokinon 8mm at f/3.5. Thoughts? Not sure if the general crowd out there would like or be interested in this photo, but my mountain biking pals sure love it!

[agaduc996]

I like it! Not sure how if i like the glove on the rock in the picture. On one hand the glove is part of the equipment of riding and could work. but I think it is such a nice clean shot the bike and the moving lights are enough. Great work.

[hminx]

Great depth of field for f3.5. Love the way the width of the light trail tells the story of their speed down the track.

[hillsm]

I love it....draws me in and keeps me there. good stuff

[DurtGurl]

Thanks all... BTW, my "tripod" was a little doggie bean-filled toy that I grabbed in a hurry because I couldn't find my packable gorilla tripod - note the fuzzy brown in the lower left corner I am anxious to take more night riding shots on some of our more technical trails up the mountain... night shooting is a blast!

[Avalanche]

thats awesome. LOVE LOVE LOVE Light Wrighting

[Greg McCary]

I think the out of focus foreground hurts it some. Also clipping the front of the bike off.

[Ridgetop]

Good overall, but needs more bike and less foreground rock in the shot. Nice and clean though which is very nice.

[draymorton]

Technically great and I love the light trails. But I'm not sure about the crop (into the bike). And foreground neutralizes some of the majesty of the mountains and night sky. Nice as a test shot, though. Very clean (to use Ridgetop's word). Nicely done.

[LeeIs]

My favorite part of the photo is the amount of light captured. looks like the vehicle(s) passing by lit up the scene very nicely for you. I wish the foreground was sharp also. other than that, it looks great.

[GB1]

I can see why your pals like it DG, has a lot of neat objects in the shot, like the bike, light trails and interesting, rugged landscape. From a photographer's viewpoint, this shot is one that was taken under less-than-ideal circumstances, where you apparently had to lay the camera on the ground verses a tripod. It doesn't have the DOF to get the very close foreground in sharpness... not sure even f22 could have done that, but the blurry foreground is certainly a distraction. However, using a small aperture would have REALLY taken a long time: f22 is 4.5 f stops above 3.5, so that would have been about an 8-12 minute exposure.. probably not feasible. I would also have liked a little more of the bike's front wheel in the picture.

Alas, nice graduated sky, w/ stars to boot (nice!). And it is an interesting shot. Night shots are fun.

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[DurtGurl]

Still working at light trail shots with the T3i and 8mm Rokinon. This is my favorite from last night's ride. I'm looking to buy a packable tripod, but for now I'm still using whatever I can find (mostly rocks) to hold the camera. Without a bike in the shot like before, is the context lost? Or does this work on it's own as an abstract shot? Thanks for looking.

[mattb]

I like it! I agree the out of focus stuff in the foreground is a little distracting but still a cool shot overall. I also enjoy night riding and have done some 24 hours racing which is good fun (only wound up in the ER once so far - d'oh!). I've also done some shots similar to this, even with the same lens! Fun indeed!
The new one is also cool and I like that plant in the foreground and the foreground sharpness. The low perspective is interesting but you won't want that for all the shots or it could get tiresome. I have a Flashpoint carbon fiber tripod that's relatively light and wasn't super expensive. I still don't have an ideal way to carry it on my camelback, so I only bring it when the focus is more on photography than riding.

[GB1]

Love the abstractness of the 2nd post ;) That curving of the light is awesome. I don't know about the far right red lights though, seem like they distract from the curve. Great cropping. Keep doing whatever you're doing on these creative idea implementations!
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