Funny long exposure
Well I am unsure if I like this shot did not get what I was hoping for, so why put it up online? Ill tell you why because the story behind it makes it worthwhile.
All this week I have been working till 8pm, which means I dont get off the bus till 10pm so very little time for taking pictures. So I decided once I got off the bus I would attempt a long exposure of the road and get a car or two passing by. My first attempt at F5.6 and 20 secs was overexposed so I went for F9 and 13 secs, when the exposure was happening a car pulled up beside me (which you can see in the right hand side of the picture) where I was crouched (a little electrical box you find on paths which I was using as my tripod).
The first thing to go through my head was ok Im about to be mugged or maybe just maybe its for directions, I thought at 10 pm mugging was more likely.
The shot finished and as I stood up the door opened and a male voice said “what are you doing there” I answered that I was taking a picture attempting to get the blurs of lights from cars. It was then I realised the people in the car were the gardai aka the Irish police in an unmarked Police car. The male officer then said that they were passing, obviously during my first attempt, turned around as they thought I was going to jump over a wall into a house, I said “god no, do you want to look at the pictures” he said “no no its ok” Imagine my disgust that he did not want to sample my art.