Fire Poi

I took this photo at the beach on the beautiful Thai island called Koh Chang. I'm not sure that 1 second counts as a long exposure, but the effect is certainly in the same category. I think the image shows well how fast this guy was spinning around and playing with fire!

Camera: Nikon D90 with 55-200mm lens
Exposure Time: 1 second
ISO: 200
Aperature: 14.0
Tripod: None

The Milky Way

I posted this to #photography just recently. Just my luck that a few days later there's a long exposure photography challenge! Luckily I had a chat with @jamtaylor and he was happy to let me enter it into the competition.

I took this photo in the South of France in the Dordogne region. Having always lived in large cities, I was really surprised by the number of stars I could see. Then I noticed The Milky Way.

Camera: Fujifilm X100S
Exposure Time: 30 seconds
ISO: 1600
Aperature: 2.0
Tripod: Joby GorillaPod

I used GIMP to adjust the white balance and levels to try and reduce the light pollution and bring out the colours of the stars.