Aachener Sept Special

I got some nice shots of the ferris wheel at the music festival in town last night, in the end I couldn't decide which of these two I liked more so you get them both!

I dropped my aperature down to 22, and set my ISO to 100 but there was so much other light from the festival that it still wanted an exposure of just 5 seconds, which wasn't really enough for the blurring I wanted. I then slapped my polorization filter on which takes a stop or two of light, and I was able to get the shots I wanted. The left exposure was 10 seconds, and the right was 20 seconds.

[Elizabeth Hanna]

I couldn't choose between them either.... love both for different reasons.

[Stephen Smiley]

These are awesome.

[Anneli Salo]

Beautiful picture. At first sight I thought you had twin wheels.

[Kirsty Ryan]

Love them!
Next time I'm near a ferris wheel I'm going to try something similar :)

[Vikdaddy]

super sweet diptych Steve! Great shots!

[Sarah85]

Great shots! :)

[David Mueller]

neat! i especially loke the pattern on the left one

[Joe Ciras]

They are both cool but I like the one on the right better.

[Rebbecca Castillo]

these are fantastic Steve- faved!

[elkehochban]

I think I prefer the one on the left.

[Richard R Tuckey]

Great shots, I like the one on the left also. I have done this in the past with a film slr anf telephoto lens, fewer seconds must be the d/slr's are more light sensitive, I am really getting anxious to get one.

[Melissa Pike]

Both of them are fantastic! I think I like the effect in the one on the left a little better, but it's really hard to choose one over the other.

[Carole Neesam]

Amazing shots I agree both are stunning x

[Judith Gilbert]

Great shots! I like both of them.

[Aaron L]

sweet shot, big fan of long exposures. I prefer the second of the two.

[martyjk]

Great shot, A fave for sure!

[Bret Bolton]

brilliant, both.

seriously, excellent work.

[Justin Davidson]

Awesome shots Steve. I think I like the one on the left better, it has sort of a pinwheel effect going.

[Suzie Townsend]

I can see why you couldn't choose! They are both really awesome.

[Brad Johnson]

Very cool. I like them together, looks like someone shifted gears...

[Gemma Johnson]

Really well shot x

[Michael Balden]

I would hate to ride that if this was actual speed! Also, how did the polarization filter aid this in simple terms?

[Constance Brinkley]

Great photos. I too like both of them. Really excellent shots. You make me want to find a fair and give it a try.

[Steve Harvey]

@kgvb757 it simply put sunglasses over my lens, thus I had to take a longer exposure to get a properly exposed image.

[Manuela Pausan]

The both of the photos are really awesome but I like the right one more.

[Michael Balden]

@harvey Okay....that helps alot. does circ. polarization vs. linear polarization affect anything of that sort?...... i ask because I'm trying to get into longer exp. like traffic and whatnot

[Arlyah]

I think they're both great! :)

[Steve Harvey]

@kgvb757 sorry I dont know that.

[Anthony]

very nice. like them both, each has a quality that i like!

[Sydney B]

These are both cool. I think I like the one on the left a little better - it has more movement.

[Metatransitions]

Awesome shot!!

[wahyu]

COOL!

[Rachael]

I really like them both. I think the one on the right stands out more because of the solid colour and that's the one I'm most drawn to, but the other one has that cool spiral pattern which looks great. In short, nice job.

[jess pacheco]

Both are awsome .. I think if I would choose one.. it would be the right one.. hmmm