Friday, September 17, 2010


I thank my teacher Mr.DeGuiseppi for this picture; because he taught me how to adjust the camera’s setting to take better night pictures. I took this picture with the school camera Canon Powershot    and a tripod.  I increased the shutter speed to 15” for it to absorb all the lighting and all the little details for the picture. I’m extremely happy with this picture; and I love how the city lights are shining and the car lights are blurred out.  I also find the freeway really fascinating to look at, and the curves of the streets. But, I really wish I could have taken panoramic pictures with this view, however the camera didn’t have that scene. Soon or later, I will go back and work with it again.
Chong Yu - FPHS

44 comments:

  1. I love this photo, i like all the colors, they all work well with eachother. I also love how the lights of the cars tunred out, i like how it curved around the corner. Also, the two lights that look like stars are real nice. I am looking forward of seeing more. good job.
    Payton G. -FPHS

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  2. This photo is really nice. I like how the picture is slowed down so all the cars are looking like blurs rolling across the screen almost like a train rolling through the night. The picture really demonstrates to me about how fast people live there lives now a days. rush here, rush there type of mentality. The light to the left, reminds me of a star overlooking the night time. Good Job!

    AP-SPHS

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  3. Great shutter speed adjustment. This photo truly portrays the hustle and bustle of people on the highway outside the Tacoma Dome. The blurry bright colors of the city and the hazy car head lights is gorgeous.
    JD-ERHS

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  4. This is so awesome!I love all the colors from the lights and how the sky is completely black. If you were to flip it upside down the lights from the buildings could almost look like stars and the sky like land. I have a canon powershot and really want to try this now :)
    AM-SPHS

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  5. I absolutely love this photo. I always to see cities at night, and this is beautiful. The cars being in motion while the city is still is really interesting to look at. The curve of the road is also really pretty. -- AB SPHS

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  6. I love this picture. The way the lights are make it look like real stars. Its is a very beautiful picture. It makes you wonder where you took the picture since it is of a whole city.

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  7. This picture is lovely. I love how the lights blur out, with the cars moving by. It makes the town, and Tacoma dome more eye balling.
    Bory B. FPHS

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  8. Excellent picture, I love how the city looks like it is alive. Your picture actually shows movement unlike other photos that only show still or non-moving objects. Nice Work!

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  9. This picture is awesome. I love how the city lights pop out and the car lights are blurred. If I didn't live in Tacoma I'd think it was some huge metropolitan city. You make Tacoma look good.

    Micah D. FPHS

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  10. This photo amazed me, it made say wow before
    Iclicked onn it. I like how this person made this picture make the lights look like stars.
    Other than that i like the car lights and the
    the texture of the pictures.

    Liuafi.Seufale . FPHS

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  11. I like this picture because it expresses tacoma and the traffic in it's own way . The lights bring out the picture too and i love it , it kind of shows looking into the action .

    - Kira A. ; FPHS

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  12. This picture is tight.
    I like how all the lights work with
    each other and
    how the sky is black and is black.
    you made Tacoma look Awesome!
    -Michael Lee

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  13. I really like this picture. I like the way all of the colors come together. I think it looks the best because you took the picture when it was dark outside. and all the colors stand out! also I like the view thet you took the picture in, it makes it look unique.


    Jessica Wilkins - FPHS

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  14. This photo is really cool. i like the way the lights are. it really brings out the color in the night

    Brad N.FPHS

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  15. I like this one becaues the person who took
    this picture put lot effort and lot's of hard work.


    kennysha johnson fphs

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  16. i like the colors and lights it really makes the tacoma dome stick out, specially with those leading lines

    Josh R

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  17. This photo is very exciting. The lights of the cars and of all the buildings in downtown tacoma look outstanding together.

    Austin E

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  18. This photo is really nice. Colors stand out very well. Night pictures aren’t that easy to take, but you did an excellent job. Great shutter speed and focus. I like how some of the streets curve and some are straight on.
    Sam-ERHS

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  19. This is by far one of the best pictures that I seen on here. It shows what the night life of Tacoma looks like. Its like leading lines to the city. Great job!

    -KO FPHS

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  20. I like how the picture has bright lights and make the picture shine more. It has a nice night vision and is a good way to show how the city looks like when the sun is down.
    M.DANY - FPHS

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  21. I really like this picture & like how you used shutter speed showing all the lights. I also like how the car lights are blurred out giving the picture a more exotic, attention-grabbing look.

    Talyah Hebert - FPHS.

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  22. i really like your picture? how on earth did you get this shot without falling down a hill?

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  23. This photo has a great lightning and speed adjustments. You did a really good job taking this picture. I also like how the lightning makes it look like there is a bright shining star on top of the Tacoma Dome. Awesome pic! :)

    APD-FPHS

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  24. What I like most about this photo is that the city looks still and the freeway has movement on it. The elements of composition that I can see are shutter speed. All in this entire photo I think that this is very unique and different.


    AW-ERHS

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  25. really love this picture. I like that only the lights of the cars show up because of the long shutter speed. The shows almost a ghostliness of cars. I also like how all the lights in the background look like six pointed stars. It kind of looks like all of the stars have fallen out of the sky and into the city, great affect!
    -Nicole ERHS

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  26. I love all the lights in this picture. The way you used shutter speed in this is awesome. The fact that it’s not really blurry is really cool too.
    RH-ERHS

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  27. This is an awesome photo, Ive always wanted to do this. I love the lights! I also like how its a top view instead of a regular view. -DZ ERHS

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  28. This picture is very well taken. The photographer was smart to use a tripod and not try to take a high shutter speed picture while holding the camera. Everything looks very still except for the cars on the road. The mood this picture gives me is a feeling of calm. Everything looks lit up even though it’s dark.

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  29. This photo is brilliantly done. The exposure is very nice, and the colors contrast beautifully. I’ve always loved night photos, and this one is my new favorite. I really like how the top of the picture is completely black, which draws me to the bottom half of the picture.

    -MM ERHS

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  30. I like how it is dark and how the lines com out more.
    This picture uses horizontal and curved lines.
    The lighting, exposure and focus is great.
    This reflects a good mood

    Daniel P - PHS

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  31. This is a cool picture, I like your idea a lot. Think its really cool how the lights curve, with the city at a stand still behind it. Continue taking great photos
    sphs e.w.

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  32. I like this picture because it really shows Tacoma’s true city night awakening. The photographer seems to try to emphasize the cities night traffic and did a fairly well job at it. This picture really seems to put me into an excited full mood making me want to visit Tacoma. This photo is definitely a keeper for sure.
    -July-FPHS

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  33. Critique
    I like the lights in this picture, great light painting. Your shutter speed worked really well.
    VS - FPHS

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  34. I love this photo. The lighting isn't too dark or too light & the photo is in focus. I like how the color of the Tacoma Dome stands out and I like they way the lights are shining bright. I love this photo & I would definitely hang it up on my wall.
    MK- FPHS

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  35. This is picture is BEAUTIFUL! You really take some great pictures. Tacoma is a beatiful city already but you made it look all that better looking at night. I like how the tacoma dome is so focused and how you used the shuttter speed to show the cars going by.
    Miriam A-FPHS

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  36. i really like this picture!
    i remember doing an assignment on shutter speed,
    my pictures never turned out this well though.

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  37. This picture caught my attention right away because i really like views that have anything to do with the city. i like the depth of field. I like all the leading lines it just makes me wonder where all those people are going. This picture just gets me thinking about life itself in general.
    Ven G.-- FPHS

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  38. Even though this is a night photo i wish it wasn't so dark but i really like how it shows the city lights. I like how you used curved lines and i like how it shows Tacoma is actually a pretty city. i would hang this on my wall (:
    KathyT - FPHS

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  39. I really like how everything is in focus.
    The lights being blurred due to the increase in shutter speed made this picture even better.
    "I would hang this on my wall" (;

    Alondra L. FPHS

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  40. I love how the colors of the lights turned out in this photo! The slow shutter speed method worked brilliantly, definitely give you props (: I think you did a great job. This gives me a really great mood. I love night lights!

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  41. I like this picture because I’ve always been a fan of Tacoma and how it looks in the night. It’s really good because this picture overlooking the Tacoma dome is lighted very well by just lights below him. I always like how he slowed the shutter speed to make the car lights all one strand. I also like how the lights are like leading lines and make your eyes follow the picture.
    Overall this picture just attracts your eyes
    bradlee FPHS

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  42. I like how this was put on shutter speed to make the freeway look really eye catching but then in the back ground is the man point of the Tacoma dome shining.

    Nick G. FPHS

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  43. This photo is great. The photo has a free-spirited mood behind it, which is what I think you wanted the tone to be. It makes the viewer want to be at where you took the picture from and see for ourselves. I really like the photo for its colorful aspects.
    David Rim - FPHS

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  44. I like this picture mostly just because of the lights . I love city lights at night , even if it is Tacoma ! haha , I like the way the lights look of the freeway also . kristine-fphs

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