Long exposures....can be useful to create a ghost-like effect, for nigthtime cityscapes, or merely to compensate for low light levels. September offers many opportunities to play with light. There still is significant daytime light, but nighttime is also readily accessible (without freezing that shutter finger!). See what you can do with it...and expand your photographic literacy at the same time! Be sure to bracket for these odd-timed exposures, as proper metering is often difficult to determine with long exposures.
Please attempt this project only with color film. If you have not yet attempted long exposures (those in excess of 2 minutes), ensure that you are aware of the reciprocity failure of your color film and how to compensate for this. To brush up on this topic, why not check out our article entitled Selecting Color Film: A Primer.
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