{"id":3188,"date":"2012-11-04T22:48:50","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T05:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=3188"},"modified":"2012-11-04T22:49:10","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T05:49:10","slug":"night-shoot-at-downtown-denver-wk-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/04\/night-shoot-at-downtown-denver-wk-45\/","title":{"rendered":"Night Shoot At Downtown Denver — wk 45"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night the Illuminate Workshops<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

\"1203-0028-Streetlight-And-Sunset\"<\/a>

Streetlight And Sunset<\/p><\/div>\n

More images from the night shoot may be found here<\/a>. 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.<\/p>\n

\"1203-0074-Interstate-Tail-Lights\"<\/a>

Interstate Tail Lights<\/p><\/div>\n

After crossing the bridge, I found a location where I could capture the headlights of passing cars.<\/p>\n

\"1203-0076-Interstate-Traffic-Light-Trails\"<\/a>

Interstate Traffic Light Trails<\/p><\/div>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\"1203-0098-Ghostly-Figure-On-Stairs\"<\/a>

Ghostly Figure On Stairs<\/p><\/div>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\"1203-0105-Speer-Bridge-Steelwork-At-Night\"<\/a>

Speer Bridge Steelwork At Night<\/p><\/div>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\"1203-0174-Blurred-Lights-On-Cherry-Creek-Trail\"<\/a>

Blurred Lights On Cherry Creek Trail<\/p><\/div>\n

I like this result because there is a sharp center in the street lighting, that blurs into a star burst surrounding the light.<\/p>\n

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