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Police patrolling a powerless seaside town after hurricane Sandy passed through. This is Pt. Pleasant beach in NJ.
Police patrolling a powerless seaside town after hurricane Sandy passed through. This is Pt. Pleasant beach in NJ.
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December 03, 2012
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Coomanator
February 22, 2013
This is an awesome long exposure. Masterfully done. Congratulations on the "Feature".
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Patty1948
February 25, 2013
wow i take it you used an extremely long shutter speed to capture this, great thinking and great capture. geesh can't even see the cars. I take it that cars did the streaking lights lol.
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Location
I took this photo in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey 2 days after Super Storm Sandy swept through the tri-state area. I work for a local news channel as a photojournalist so I was able to get into hard hit areas immediately following the storm.Time
This shot was taken just after 10pm in late October.Lighting
There was absolutely no electricity on in town due to the storm knocking out power for most of the region so this shot was taken in true darkness. There's a little bit of light pollution coming from the west behind the homes, I guess where the street lights were working. The light streaks cutting through the frame are from a patrolling police car making sure the streets were safe and no one was trying any funny business since most locals had evacuated inland.Equipment
I used my old Nikon D90, a Manfrotto tripod and a remote shutter release.Inspiration
I wanted to capture just how dark everything was in this beach community after Sandy had come through. I was going to just take a night sky/landscape scene when I saw a police car coming down the road. So I waited for him to get closer and once he was just out of frame I opened the shutter for the long exposure.Editing
I used Lightroom for my post processing needs. Adjusted the lens distortion and horizon and brought down the highlights from the car lights. Brought up the clarity a bit and the blacks and shadows.In my camera bag
Currently I normally have my Nikon D600 and my old D90 in my bag. Along with a Nikor 24mm-85mm f/3.5 and a Tokina 16mm-28mm f/2.8 wide angle lens. Tons of ND filters ranging from half stop to 6 stops, UV filters and my remote shutter release.Feedback
If you are going to shoot at night or shoot light trails you'll want to a sturdy tripod and a shutter release. Depending on how dark it is you will need to crank up the ISO but be aware of digital noise.
