Transparent

Took myself off for another little wander after work and ended up outside the Royal Exchange building in the City and as it's a busy junction with plenty of buses travelling this way and that, tried my hand at some longish exposure shots..

There is a flat surface box type thingy positioned right on the junction opposite the Exchange which was very handy...

Best viewed large this one... I wasn't expecting this bus to come into view then stop suddenly... But it has made it transparent and if you look closely enough, there's plenty to see through it..

The wavy white line was a woman walking through the shot..

Work was just that today, nothing exciting to report....

[Maaikel]

Worked well, love the result!

[Shannon Pitton]

Very cool, lights and building detail, all good. I have had something similar happen before on a shot and it does make for interesting effects.

[Isla Wight]

Oh you've got those lovely light stars - I want to do those.

[Alison Tomlin]

Very cool. How do you get those stars?

[Weng]

that looks strangelly surreal

[Weng]

@fueast when you do a longer exposure shots, lights look star like and water ends up looking mirror like :)

[Aaron L]

@fueast You know, you should really start a thread to find this out! Haha

Clever Mr C

[beetle365]

This is magic - I love ghostly shots l like this ... even the woman walking through it managed to add something.

[Laura Thornton]

This is a great shot. There are lots of shiny buses and lots of shiny stars. Everything sparkles!

[andy c]

@fueast Aye... @toast is spot on... :-)

[Juliette Packham]

great shot Andy - love the transarency feel to this - and loving those strategically placed boxes to help with long exposure shots!

[Ken Lemieux]

Very cool! Hey, do you have any shots of the Royal Albert Hall? If not, I'm making a request.

[andy c]

@klemieux haha you know what... I've never actually seen it..!!!!! Although on a side note, I know it was built with bricks made in my home town in Hampshire (something I learnt in school)

[andy c]

@klemieux But request noted and will try to get over there for you :-)

[Maria Crisp]

Awesome, awesome shot!!!

[Mandy-Jayne]

I like that great

[Brian Baptie]

Another great shot Andy.

[Constance Brinkley]

Nicely captured. Love the transparent building and the bus. It all works and so many layers.

[Phil]

Gosh I am understanding how film makers get some of their sfx. Harry Potter's wizard bus springs to mind.
(You've never been to the RAH? It's the most wonderful building, you'll love it!)

[Rebecca Briggs]

This is great. love that you can see straight through it..x

[Bev]

Very good shot. I love your night pics.

[Charli]

Love it Andy! I forgot my tripod last night on a night photography course so learnt the art of balancing on street furniture and holding the camera still!

[bmnorthernlight]

Fav - love this transparent effect!