Painted By The Lights

by FH2o on February 22, 2006



Took these photographs which turned out to be like abstract paintings; when I set the camera to “fireworks” mode (which lengthen the exposure time for up to 4 seconds) as I drove on the road. Quite fun actually as you do not know how the photos will turn out to be and the effects can be both surprising and amazing!

Oh yes, and again no time consuming (and tedious) ‘Photoshop’ or image manipulation is required. And remember to keep one hand on the steering wheel! :o)

Spectacular as this and the CNY fireworks may be; its still incomparable with the magical flickering lights of fireflies as they slow dance amongst the mangroove trees on a moonless night … Sublime.

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amelia February 22, 2006 at 7:46 pm

Nice pixs…thanks for the tips :)

Love ur piece on “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow” :)

Have a great time tonite! Looking forward to reading about it… :)

Selba February 22, 2006 at 7:47 pm

WOW….. this is amazing!!! teach me… teach me….

Alicia February 22, 2006 at 7:52 pm

bahaya la.. driving with another hand with camera :/ anyway.. the pics looks nice..

FH2O February 22, 2006 at 8:19 pm

amelia - thks; u r most welcomed

selba - instructions given oledi, my dear brunette … but may not work with Jakarta’s snail moving traffic though!

alicia - yeah, should have included the advisory “BONES HAVE BEEN BROKEN, CAREERS CRUSHED … DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!”. :)

thks ladies for your early comments … the guys must be still zzzZZZ

Robin February 22, 2006 at 8:44 pm

nice shots..

aiyo, taking photo and driving again.. does the word ‘drive carefully’ ring a bell?

Good, at least no insects, Geli.

Chen February 22, 2006 at 9:11 pm

wah.. what is “this”?
very artistic :D

Wuching February 22, 2006 at 9:31 pm

nnniceee ppppicturessss….

FH2O February 22, 2006 at 10:13 pm

robin - read my advisory; no worse than people on the phone without their handsfree?

chen - very simple actually; thks!

wuching - wah! wuching found her way here liao! welcome, welcome all the way from Melbourne. ‘my kek ki, my kek ki’

Selba February 23, 2006 at 12:00 am

aiyooo unker… I read already leh your instruction but as I am a brunette, I always need an instructor/tuitior beside me during the practice :P

FH2O February 23, 2006 at 12:12 am

ok, ok! all u guys can put down your waving tired hands now! (yes, including you Robin!)

come, come let me show u how it’s done and since it’s night photography; we’ve got to do it in the dark … ;)
(ok u folks can leave us alone now …)

ROFL!!!

agus February 23, 2006 at 2:07 am

looks like the stringy sprays you get every countdown celebrations, what do you call them jiggymystrings?

Jeremy C February 23, 2006 at 4:06 am

nice pics :)

but yes, dun drive while taking snap shots..very the dangerous wor :P

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