Independence Day Lights

Awais Yaqub

Unlike many years past this year "Photography" and entrance was not allowed near beautiful buildings. I reached there at blue hour but no photos:cry ! I ended up taking photos of only one building.

Then i started experimenting with visual effects. My friend told me how to do this.


One more with similar technique





And i shot lots of images put them in movie maker and here it is<object width="640" height="426"></object>
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thapamd

Very cool, Awais! The movie maker came out awesome! Happy independence day!

Reverb

I love the second and third photo! Great background and lovely detail.

schmoo

Wow happy independence day! The second one looks like a wall of lights, which is amazing. How is that done? In-camera or in post-processing?

christinamae

Happy Independence Day! A beautiful series of photos.

Awais Yaqub

schmoo wrote:

Wow happy independence day! The second one looks like a wall of lights, which is amazing. How is that done? In-camera or in post-processing?

Thanks !
The technique is so simple :cool

Ever tried Zoom burst ?
Just place lens cap infront of lens while you zoom

Say your total exposure time is 30 sec. When it reaches to 10 sec, you will place lens cap infornt of lens (to block light) and Zoom, then you will remove the light blocker and wait till it reaches to 20 sec and so on.

If you want more images in image you will block and zoom lens every 5 or 8 sec....

I hope you understand this