Last night the Illuminate Workshops Meetup Group met again for the monthly night shoot. Shortly before sunset, we met in north west Denver, where we had a view overlooking downtown. The clouds in the sky would also result in a great sunset. I found this lit streetlight to include in a composition that would complement the colors of the sunset.
Streetlight And Sunset
More images from the night shoot may be found here. After the sun had set, we headed down Speer Boulevard, crossing I-25. Between the bridges, I made several attempts to capture the tail lights of cars rushing along the highway.
Interstate Tail Lights
After crossing the bridge, I found a location where I could capture the headlights of passing cars.
Interstate Traffic Light Trails
We made our way towards downtown, heading down towards the South Platte River. I stopped at the top of these stairs, setting up camera on tripod. Soon a passing pedestrian headed down the stairs, leaving behind a ghostly trail.
Ghostly Figure On Stairs
Much of the lighting in this area is yellow-orange sodium lights. The Speer bridge over the Platte River is lit by daylight colored lights. This renders the bridge white instead of the more common yellow.
Speer Bridge Steelwork At Night
We made our way along the Cherry Creek trail. Crossing the bridge, I set up with the camera aligned up river. I made several images here. For this image, I changed the focus ring from in-focus to blurred during the 3 second exposure.
Blurred Lights On Cherry Creek Trail
I like this result because there is a sharp center in the street lighting, that blurs into a star burst surrounding the light.