Jerome Mungapen's PhotoFolly » Night http://www.photography.mungapen.com Pictures for their own sake Thu, 15 Apr 2010 05:49:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Night Zoom Bursts http://www.photography.mungapen.com/2009/12/night-zoom-bursts/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://www.photography.mungapen.com/2009/12/night-zoom-bursts/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:18:52 +0000 Jerome Mungapen http://www.photography.mungapen.com/?p=154 An interesting and simple effect to try  if you’re shooting at night is a zoom burst. This is a simple technique where by you set a relatively long exposure and as the shutter is open you simply zoom your lens, either from wide to telephoto or from telephoto to wide. I’ve seen this effect  a lot in daylight photos, however it adds another dimension when you combine it with a night time shot.

the shots below, show the effect in a variety of ways. The camera was on a tripod and triggered for long exposures around the 3 second mark. Depending on how quickly you zoom and by how much the effect changes.

 

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One thing I noticed from the shots is I don’t think the shots with the moon are as appealing as without. What do you think ?

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