The first shot was taken from an atrium elevator on board the cruise ship we were taking around the Hawaiian islands. I used the rail in the elevator as a support and kept the shutter open for the duration of the ascent. The second was at Santa Monica. Between me and the pier was only sand. The shot was a combination of several: What the shot sees is the addition of sunset on the water taken earlier in the day from the other side of the pier, water below the pier taken from the shoreline, the motion of the ferris wheel from a different and longer exposure and of course a shot of the moon to balance things out.
The first shot was taken from an atrium elevator o... (show quote)
p.20 How cool is that! Beautiful images and the explanation is apprecuated.
One more group to offer. These seem pretty mundane compared to some of the other posts from recent days, but I enjoyed putting them together, or photographing some odd places.