15 second ISO 200 exposure at f/2(I'm pretty certain?) in the middle of the night imaging aircraft departing from Copenhagen Airport nearby. Very noticable light pollution is coming from the city of Malmö on the other side of Öresund (the strait between Denmark and Sweden).
Tone curve edits in ligtroom and some minor color adjustments.
Gear used: Minolta MD 50mm f/2 converted to Sony NEX-5n.
Would be very happy to get some critique! :-)
i applaud you for your efforts but personally plane light trails don't have the same appeal as automotive light trails. the plane is at a greater distance even with a long exposure you only get a short trail and its in a straight-ish line with cars you get flow and movement up, down, left, right, swerving and undulating.
Thanks for the critique :-)
Totally agree that automotive light trails are capable of having much more dynamics.
Guess it doesn't show that well on this focal length unless you see it on a large print, but I thought that the plane trail had a cool look to it, because in addition to the white trail from the plane itself small red and blue dots can be seen all over it from the blinking lights on the wings.
It's good to go out and test new things.
When it comes to long exposure photography, I find a lot of people who try to use light streaks for the first time make the same mistake. That mistake is using the light streaks as a subject rather than to enhance a subject. This goes for a lot of things in photography: sunsets, clouds, waves, light streaks, even The Milky Way in the night sky. These are all things that look cool, but don't really make an interesting subject by themselves.
For me, when I'm using light streaks, I using them as leading lines, layers, or just to add something extra to the subject.
I'll put some examples below of how I personally use them as leading lines, and make typical "tourist shots" more interesting. Now, neither of these are masterpieces, and I'd even go so far as to say they aren't in their final forms ( I often go back and re-re-re-re-edit my photos and I learn more and more.) I hope this helps