“The night is falling down around us. Meteors rain like fireworks, quick rips in the seam of the dark… Every second, another streak of silver glows: parentheses, exclamation points, commas – a whole grammar made of light, for words too hard to speak.”—Jodi Picoult
This week my assignment for the 52 photo challenge was to experiment with handheld long exposure. While this is similar to motion blur, instead of trying to capture movement you are trying to create it. I really had fun playing with purposeful movement and light.
These photos were taken either overlooking the city from my neighborhood park or in the local casino parking lot. The shots of my daughter are used with her permission and my gratitude. She’s such a wonderful supporter of me and always up for a drive.
I hope you like these very different kind of shots. I’ve also included two bonus photos of the supermoon. Let me know if you have a favorite photo and have a fantastic week.
- Photos were taken with an Olympus OM-D and edited with ON1 Photo RAW
- If you want to join the 52 Photo Challenge, you can find all the information at nicolesy.com
52 Photo Challenge
Week 1: Bokeh
Week 2: Silhouette
Week 3: Black and White
Week 4: Motion Blur
Week 5: Texture
Week 6: Framing
Week 7: Leading Lines
Week 8: Negative Space
Week 9: Patterns
Week 10: Symmetry
Week 11: Green
Week 12: Sidelight
Week 13: Sense of Scale
Week 14: One Lens
Week 15: Series
Week 16: Flat Lay
Week 17: Behind the Scenes
Week 18: Water
Week 19: Blurry Foreground
Week 20: Unique Perspective
Week 21: Shadow
Week 22: Food
Week 23: Abstract
Week 24: Reflection
Week 25: Contrast Color
Week 26: Think in Threes
Week 27: Starburst
Week 28: Low Perspective
Week 29: Macro
Week 30: Backlight
Week 31: Big Sky
Week 32: Dominant Color
Week 33: Fill the Frame
Week 34: Spot Metering
Those are amazing!
I’m so glad you like them! They are some of my favorite photos I’ve taken.
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Nice take on the challenge, nice clicks too 🥰❤
Thank you so much! I’m glad you like them.
These are some very cool photos.
I’m glad you think so! Thank you. They were really fun to create.
Very nice, Bridgette! They are to me great looking abstract images. ❤️😊
Thank you, John. I was really worried about the challenge but I decided to have fun with it. I’m happy with how they turned out.
You’re welcome, Bridgette. 😊
The different colours in 5 and 8 look amazing – like a shower of meteors. 🙂 Great sunset capture for the last snapshot! <3
Thank you so much, Tom. It was fun to play with light in this way. I think I’ll probably do it again sometime.
That last photo isn’t the sun, but the blue moon at sunset. I rather like how it looks like rings of color in the sky.
Definitely does! 🙂 Surprising how much fading sunlight still brightens up a view.
Great shots, Bridgette! I love #3 & 10. Happy Labor Day!
Thank you! I like the brighter, white light of those shots as well. Happy Labor Day to you too. I hope you have a relaxing day.
Totally! Too hot to do anything except relax inside with the AC.
Great experiment. I love the ghostlike pictures and the nightshot of the buildings (I assume that what they are) is great.
Thanks! I like the ghostly feature of them too. Some of the shots are buildings and others are lights in the parking lot.
3 and 5 are my favorites. I get this alternate reality feeling from the ones with your daughter, like channeling a version of her from another reality. I don’t know.
Thanks, Nicole. Yes, the ones of my daughter are my favorite because of that other-worldly quality. I really like how weird they are.
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lights
as rays of hope
Aww! I like that, rays of hope ❤️
They are all amazing! I especially love #6, so cool!
That’s my favorite too! Thank you.
Very interesting, Bridgette, and quite artistic.
Thank you! I’m so glad you like them.
Number 8. Great work, Bridgette. 🌻
I’m glad you liked that one! Thank you.
Very cool! 8 and 6 stand out.
Those are my favorites too, especially #6. It feels like my daughter might just be walking straight into another dimension.
She might be! ✨ 😁
great fun!
Thanks! I had a lot of fun shooting them.
These are best photography. Beautiful moon photo. Amazing colourful lighting.
Thanks! I really like these too.
Yes,Same too!
Really way cool. I would use several for canvas enlargements to decorate my home. I especially like the heading photo and #’s 5, 6, 8, and 10. Just personal preference, not that the others aren’t good. Of course, starting with a Jodi Picoult quote nabbed me right away!
I love that Picoult quote. Her prose is just gorgeous! What a huge compliment saying you’d have these in your home. Thank you so much. You’ve made my day.
Very cool, Bridgette! #6 & 8 stood out for me.
Thank you! #6 is my favorite. I love how it looks like she’s walking in another dimension.
As I said over on IG, I love your take on this challenge, Bridgette!
Thank you so much! I appreciate you saying it here too 🙂
These are phenomenal!
Thank you so much!
You’re welcome!
very cool shots Bridget👏👏
Thanks so much!
You’re very welcome💞
Oh man, these photos are so mesmerizing! The kind I could just flip through endlessly. Beautiful! 😍
You are so sweet! Thank you. I’m really happy with how they turned out. Some of my favorites of the year for sure.