The swans they are a coming

Posted on 16 January 2007

Swans rush to the bank of the Lough looking for bread from the crazy guy hanging over the water with a large black object…

This shows off one of my favourite night-time techniques. Long exposure with a flash. The long exposure captures the background while the flash illuminates the foreground objects, along with some nice movement blur.
It works really well at parties when people are dancing, especially if you’re lucky to capture a laughing face while the body is in motion.

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Category: Abstract, Birds, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Lights, Long Exposure, Night, Photos, Sigma 18-200, The Lough, Urban
Tags: Abstract, Birds, Canon 20D, Cork, Cork Photos, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Lights, Long Exposure, Night, Photos, Sigma 18-200, swan, swans, The Lough, Urban

4 responses to The swans they are a coming

micki says:

Wednesday, January 17th, 2007 at 5:58 am

I can see this working well at a party! Looks good on the swans as well.

deepak says:

Thursday, April 26th, 2007 at 7:36 pm

Hi
Can you tell me what camera you used for capturing the above swan picture?
I am looking to buy a new camera and i am very interested in developing my phototgraphic skills.

thanks
deepak

Donncha O Caoimh says:

Friday, April 27th, 2007 at 8:36 am

Deepak – that was taken with a Canon 20D, but it could have been taken with any reasonably complex camera.

Flickr: la petite fille de faon says:

Thursday, October 11th, 2007 at 12:53 pm

In Photos dot org

no photoshopped images here