Round Round We Go

Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon 18-70
f/19 at 1.6s
ISO 400
Manfrotto 190Pro tripod

Everyone with an interest in photography will find themselves at some point taking pictures at night at an amusement park with rides. The picture I present here is from the 2008 PNE. Even though I made some mistakes with my camera settings I did get a decent shot or two.

I had been taking pictures of some guys on motorbikes earlier in the evening and had set the ISO to 400 in order to get a faster shutter speed. I forgot to change it back. For this shot that ISO setting was unnecessary and perhaps hindered me in trying to get a long exposure.

If I remember correctly, I set my aperture and started taking pictures experimenting with different shutter speeds. Some of the lights on this Ferris would turn off and on while it was in motion while others stayed on all the time. As a result each picture would generate different patterns of colour depending on the how long the shutter was open.