Ghost riders - 12/100

[focalintent]

Ghost riders, originally uploaded by Focal Intent.

Another long exposure. This one was 2 minutes on ilford panf with the hasselblad using a 40mm lens that I rented for the weekend. I loved the 40mm lens. I think it will end up being the next lens that I buy. This shot pretty much clinched it for me, too.

Comments

[edrabbit.livejournal.com]

wow... this has got to be one of my favorites from you so far... the straight lines, the curves of the tracks, the twinkles of lights, the light transparency, and the perspective.. all great.

[sol3.livejournal.com]

Thank you! This shot took a bit of work. There's 4 'bad' versions as well - though most of them i knew were bad when I did the shot (e.g. deciding the angle didn't work - thinking that what went on during the exposure didn't work, etc...) - I also forgot about reciprocity failure on the first shot.

I am happy that the 'last' version of this that i took was the one that I kept. I definitely want to start doing more shots like this - that are thought out and planned, even if on the spot. I sometimes give in to 'snapshotting' a little too easily. (Though not so much with film it seems0.