32 Captivating Long Exposure Photographs
gtomustang21
Published
02/03/2014
When you leave the camera shutter open for a longer period of time, letting light seep in slowly instead of all at once, you can create some amazing effects.
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Car lights illuminate a sharp bend along the mountainside. -
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This 24-minute light painting took a lot of coordination, but it ends up with a pretty captivating scene. -
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Water droplet on a CD and light painting in the background. -
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30-second exposure of a lighthouse beam. -
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Fireflies lighting up the night. -
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Planes taking off. -
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Zooming in on a spinning Christmas tree creates a trippy effect. -
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Niagara Falls absorbing the colorful city lights. -
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The worlds first 14-loop roller coaster in the UK. -
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Rushing river water forms a silky smooth surface. -
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This is how far a bottle rocket flies in 5 seconds. -
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An 8-hour long exposure reveals stunning star trails. -
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A plane takeoff looks much cooler in this long exposure shot. -
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Ever wonder how the roomba cleans the room? -
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Light painting of orbs. -
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13 seconds of Norwegian sky. -
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Outfit a model helicopter with LEDs and you end up with this awesome picture. -
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The beautiful Albion Falls in Hamilton, Ontario, over a course of 5 minutes. -
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Spinning objects make for great long exposure shots, but being strapped to a spinning merry-go-round gives a whole new perspective. -
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Don Pettit takes these 10-15 minute exposures while aboard the International Space Station. The auroras, lightning, city lights, and the star trails all combine for an incredible spectacle. -
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2-second exposure standing at the back of a Chicago subway. -
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Spinning steel wool lit on fire. -
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Fireworks are cool enough without some long exposure and zooming, but this looks amazing as well. -
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This is how far a bottle rocket flies in 5 seconds. -
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Glow sticks drift down a waterfall. -
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The moonlight shining through the clouds over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. -
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By combining two long exposure shots together, one while he zooms in, photographer Lincoln Harrison creates some surreal photos. -
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7-second exposure of a ferris wheel. -
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This shot, zooming out of a keyboard, shows just how cool long exposure photography can be. This would have taken hours to create digitally, but with a 4-second exposure, it happened at the click of a shutter. -
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The Milky Way over an Australian beach home to bioluminescent plankton. -
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One way to make a snail look fast.
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