100 Fantastic Examples of Long Exposure Photography to Take Your Breath Away
Today I’m gonna bring you an exciting showcase of long exposure photography that will take your breath away! Long exposure is used when you want to blur moving objects in the frame and you want to leave still objects sharp. To do that, you should place your camera on a tripod to avoid any camera shake for a long time. By saying “long” I mean anything from several seconds to several minutes.
Photo by Anatoleya
Of course, long exposure times can be used in different ways. You may want to blur everything in the frame or just capture a still night scene with no moving objects. The point is that most dramatic effects are usually achieved by combining still and moving objects in the frame.
The technique of long exposure is quite popular, but still a difficult form of photography that allows you to experience time in a different fashion. That makes it possible to see things from another perspective. By the way, the longest photographic exposures in history was took by Michael Wesely. He was invited by Museum of Modern Art in New York to record the re-development of their building. And the shutter of his camera was open for up to 34 months.
Thus, without further ado, here I share a round-up of 100 impressive and unbelievable long exposure shots for your inspiration. I’m quite sure you’ll love these stunning waterfalls, night traffic and starry sky. No matter if your’re a photographer or just a long exposure fan.
1. Houses of Parliament, London by Houses of Parliament, London by David Mar Quinto
2. Attack of the Clone Stamp Tool by Miles Morgan
3. Star-burst Reflection by AtomicZen
6. Children of the Atom by WK Cheoh
7. Storming into Sunset by Danilo Faria
8. Rush hour Star by Praveller B.S
9. San Francisco New Years Fireworks – Happy New Year 2012 by Darvin Atkeson
10. Light driver by Peter Majkut
11. Circular Opera Comet by AtomicZen
12. Bangkok Traffic by mark burban
13. Long Exposure Car by Photo Extremist
14. Long exposure in front of the Institute of France by julien. H
15. Rush Hour on Tower Bridge by Christophe Pfeilstucker
16. The Gold Rush by Karim Nafatni
18. Ferris Wheel, long exposure by Steve W Lee
19. Cross Creek by a walk across the rooftops
20. Carousel by Francois Cailleret
21. Long exposure poppy experiments by s0ulsurfing
22. Budapest and ice on Danube River by Jacques Szymanski
23. Forgotten II by Lincoln HArrison
24. Team GB Olympic Gold by Sean Byrne
25. Long Exposure – Zephyr Spin by Jason Short 2008
26. Long Exposure Star by Fraser MacMannis
27. Long exposure near Finchley Road by Anatoleya
28. Fall Colors at the Grist Mill by Sathya
29. Salt truck in roundabout Long night exposure by Deon Lie
30. Star streaked Colosseum by Ewan Tupper
31. Japan Memories by OaKy Isra
32. Paris’s lighthouse by Damien Bapst
33. long exposure by renallyraissa
34. Infinity y Mirko Rubaltelli
35. Ghost tram by Zsolt Andrasi
36. Rooftopping Seoul At Night by Jonas Ginter
37. LOCOMOTION by KENNY BARKER
38. Long Exposure London Bus, Southwark by Sophia Whitfield
39. Long exposure photography with my iPhone by Dirk Dallas
40. Carnival Lights by Bill Church
41. Dramatic Long Exposure by Gian Lorenzo
42. Interior Long Exposure by DryHeatPanzer
45. Long Exposure by Karyn Cuglietta
46. Sundown Showdown in Riomaggiore by Allard Schager
48. O Caminho das Luzes by Danilo Faria
49. One Dark Night by Karim Nafatni
50. ethereal pier by Neil Kremer
51. Frozen Dutch Canal by Allard Schager
52. Paris, vu du pont de Bir-Hakeim by Cal Redback
54. Godly Flow by Dylan Toh & Marianne Lim
55. Night Runner by Karim Nafatni
56. Ad Astra by Lincoln Harrison
58. Fire and Ice by Vulture Labs
59. Lady Rana by Daniel Cheong
60. Parliament Lights by Chris Muir
61. Paths – Long Exposed by Andreas Reinhold
62. Wreck of the Sygna by brentbat
63. Long Exposure Sea by by ThierryHuchet
65. Ball of Light by Manan Oza
66. Energy – Film Long Exposure by Cameron-Jung
67. Long Exposure Embers2 by Triple7
68. Long Exposure by ourneverland
69. Einstein Exposure by BoatyBen
70. Stone with long exposure by DTokar
71. Long Exposure: Bend II by dethcap
72. bcyle diaries (long exposure) by altanartuk
73. Long exposure I by rockmylife
74. Love Heart by AlanSmithers
76. The ghosts of the city by globalunion
77. Shield Yourself by darkHunTer2009
78. City at night by NinjaDeath
79. Golden palace by kaffemugg
80. Sparks by AlexandreGuilbeault
81. Rainbow Road by PatrickRuegheimer
83. Pakistan Monument long exposure by Jiah-ali
84. when the sea overflowed by digitalarts65
86. Canary Wharf II by KornelFlint
88. Trainstation by TWPictures
91. floral days by The-optimist
92. The Present by Inebriantia
96. Fluctuation by Thinking-Silence
97. Long-exposed Marrakech by geobm
100. Star-filled by Aki Suzuki
Conclusion
Are you inspired to go for a long walk with your camera now? If your answer is “yes”, like and share this showcase on Facebook. If you want to know more about how to take long exposure pictures, check out these tips, tutorials, and videos!
Stay tuned! More useful and interesting articles are coming soon!
