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Light Trail Photography Tips

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Light trail photography involves capturing long exposure photos of moving lights, usually cars moving along a road at night. As the cars move across the frame, the bright headlights (and rear lights) create a long streak. Because the cars themselves are not well lit, and move across the frame, they do not appear in the final image, just the trails left by their lights.

autobahn at night featuring light trails left by car headlights
autobahn by kainet on flickr (licensed CC-BY)

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Written by Discover Digital Photography

July 26th, 2012 at 7:51 am