A Stream of Lights by Townhall

I have had a notion to use a long exposure of car lights coming over the bridge by townhall. Two weeks ago, I actually went down there sans camera to check out the possibility. I found a spot which showed the bridge plus townhall and decided that 10 seconds would allow a car to traverse the length of the bridge.

Eventually, I returned with my camera and a neutral density filter that would allow me to slow the shutter speed and capture a long exposure.

I love the result ↑. The sun has just set behind me. It is blue hour, and there is a trace of pink in the sky. There are reflections in the river, which is also smoothed out nicely as a result of the 10 second exposure.

But! There are no car lights. At this angle and distance, I could see them, but the camera couldn't. Perhaps, I would have got something better had I remained there in that spot as it got darker, but I doubt it.

So, I moved closer to the bridge.

I like this ↑ photo too, but it was still not quite what I was after, so I moved right up onto the bridge.

This ↑ is closer to what I was hoping to get (in terms of light trails) although not from this perspective.

It is a combination of four photos to get enough light trails to be effective as traffic is not heavy here or wasn't on that evening.

I like all three photos from the shoot, and I think I will consider each of them when I make more prints to update my current selections at the two spots where I display my prints.