You know that saying about criminals returning to the scene of the crime? That’s kind-of what I did this week when I took this image of the M25 just after sunrise.
Back in January of this year, I took this image of the M25 at night time using a long exposure time. This time I wanted to see what would happen if I took an image in similar conditions during daylight hours.
I guessed that if I tried this in the middle of the day, the image would have been entirely bleached so I took the image just after sunrise. I tried a number of different exposure times, but this one was given 30 seconds and it was the most striking of the shots I took.
It was taken from a bridge near junction five. Roughly speaking, The image is facing east and those are the mist-covered Surrey Hills you can see in the background.
There wasn’t a huge amount of traffic on the road so I’m quite surprised how busy it looks. I should add that it was raining and the odd drop of water did get on the lens but I am going to say it adds to the picture’s character!
As I often do on a Sunday, I have linked this image to the #MySundayPhoto linky hosted by the Photalife blog. I recommending clicking on the badge below if you would like to see photography produced by other bloggers.
23 thoughts on “Returning to the scene of the crime”
Very cool photo. Love how the red lights are pretty much all over the carriageway.
Hi John, excellent! I love these type of shots but have never had a go myself. It looks like I’m not the only one sneaking out whilst the family sleeps.
xx
We’d like to experiment with long exposure times more. Great shot in the daytime! #MySundayPhoto
Hope you get the chance to experiment with long-exposure times. the winter evenings are perfect for it.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen the M25 with no traffic!
Now I think about it, neither have i! It’s a ghastly road, but photographs well.
So weird I was actually thinking of your first photo just a couple of days ago when I saw an Instagram account that specialises in this type of photo. I really want to try and capture it one day!
I hope you do capture it one day. You’ll need a tripod but otherwise a standard camera should do the trick!
Great photo, what is it about watching motorway traffic? There is a footbridge over the M25 between junction 8 and 9 that I cannot walk over without taking a snap
It is something about moving traffic isn’t it? I’m not sure why, but it is very photogenic.
Very cool and I love the way it’s come out. I need to try a few long exposures.
Thank you for linking up
Good luck with your long-exposure shots Darren. They’re great fun when they go well.
I love the night shot but I think this one is more balanced and it looks like two distinct stripes, one yellow and one red
Mollyx
Interesting you say that. I guess the night time shot is full of contrasts.
The lights excited me to do that experiment with my camera too. I had had such photos once I went to New Zealand. There were number of people those were waiting for New Zealand new year. Once clock rang, lights were flicking and fascinated my eyes. I got camera there and clicked photos as I didn’t want to miss that opportunity to fill my wall with those amazing light photos.
I hope you produced some amazing photos in New Zealand.
Yeah actually, all are decorated in my room 🙂
Got to love a long exposure shot!
I love experimenting with long-exposure shots. Glad you liked this one.
I loved your nighttime shot but I think I like this one better. It does look busy with all the lights. Fabulous shot 🙂
Thanks Louise. I’ll let you into a secret, I prefer the night time shot! This one, however, was more challenging to take.
It looks great but I have no idea what long exposure is: I really need to work on my photography knowledge! #mysundayphoto
Ha ha, it’s when you control the shutter so it stays open for longer. You do, however, need to have the camera mounted on a tripod or else you get camera shake.