There are plenty of sunset photos and there are many long exposure night shots of moving traffic. But how often are the two combined at sunset? This was shot on a rural dead end road right next to Highway 26 near Helvetia, Oregon. The goal was depth-of-field if I could get it and the unpredictability of the lights you see. I metered for the sky and ground, set the exposure at somewhere in between.
You’re right – sunsets and long exposure traffic lights not often seen together – good technical shot as well as very nice visual.
[…] was a spontaneous shot taken while I was capturing exposures for Sunset Highway. I looked north and couldn’t pass it […]