A Long Exposure at Tower Bridge by andycoleborn

A Long Exposure at Tower Bridge

Discovered tonight that 8 seconds is the very limit I can hold a camera steady on a handrail before a wobble sets in...

I know this has been done before (heck! I've even done it before) and been done better than this, but there's something I always like about iconic buildings and long exposure traffic shots...

On other news today, gave the works credit card a £300 bashing buying 50 or so pressies for the Under 10s Christmas party...
Gorgeous shot!
November 24th, 2011  
just amazing
November 24th, 2011  
What no tripod? Very impressive!
November 24th, 2011  
Bev
Excellent shot! I bet it was a bit nippy on the bridge!
November 24th, 2011  
fantastic!
November 24th, 2011  
Great shot!! Even got the said handrail in the shot!! Fav.
November 24th, 2011  
awesome andy!!! a fave
November 24th, 2011  
Wonderful picture - love the streaks and the sparkle. Fab!
November 24th, 2011  
great job Andy, take my hat off to you. It may have been done before but this is a great shot. I went down there the other week with the old tripod and didn't get anthing I was happy with. Obviously the handrail is the way to go!
November 24th, 2011  
Wow, you've a steady hand!
November 24th, 2011  
Wow, kudos - 8 secs on handrail is pretty impressive considering how freezing cold it woulda been! Great shot :)
November 24th, 2011  
Great shot! And I would never be able to hold the camera still for so long...
November 24th, 2011  
You never know how long 8 seconds is until you do this, fair play to you this is very sharp.
November 24th, 2011  
cheers guys...
@cookie123 @adeakinyede @cora @klemieux @rich57 it's like... steady, steady, steady then a twitch jumps up on you from nowhere... was a bit nippy out tonight too so happy to only be here for 10 mins.. but must get a tripod or gorilla pod thingy.. Hmmm Christmas pressie perhaps :-)
November 24th, 2011  
oh yeah get a tripod mate, I'm loving it, although have stopped carrying it everywhere with me now! Wasn't much room in the bed with it tbh!
November 24th, 2011  
@rich57 LOL... not with all that other equipment you''ve got eh?!?!?!
November 24th, 2011  
Great capture, I love light trail shots and this is great.
November 24th, 2011  
Fav !
November 24th, 2011  
Seriously cool AND tripodless...wow!
November 25th, 2011  
Amazing shot. I love you long exposures shots.
November 25th, 2011  
WOW! This is a fav....love it!
November 25th, 2011  
Wow, awesome shot.
November 25th, 2011  
wow, this looks good....
November 25th, 2011  
Great take
November 25th, 2011  
Funny light/dark effect on the tower that makes its really flat, like a single picture on a polygon in a 3d game :-)
November 25th, 2011  
LOVE this so much... fav..
November 25th, 2011  
fanstatic long exposure... and yes it was great you also got a bus passing by!
November 25th, 2011  
loving your work andy
November 25th, 2011  
Fav and follow!
November 25th, 2011  
8 seconds - Wow - that's impressive!!!!!! Great shot!
November 25th, 2011  
Brilliant - great capture andy.
November 25th, 2011  
Looking really good :)!
November 25th, 2011  
you have very steady hand and great photo!
November 25th, 2011  
it is so COOL and i mean super super COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 25th, 2011  
textbook
November 25th, 2011  
wow
November 25th, 2011  
Fantastic. Really great shot.
November 26th, 2011  
This is spectacular
November 26th, 2011  
Your night photography is stunning...
November 26th, 2011  
oh whoaa this is incredible!!!
November 26th, 2011  
this is fab and the starburst from the lights are wonderful!
November 26th, 2011  
Fav! Best Tower Bridge shot I have seen
November 26th, 2011  
So great!! Love the red and bluish white.
November 26th, 2011  
Love this picture, fav for me. Congrats on the pop page
November 27th, 2011  
Amazing.
November 27th, 2011  
this is so very - very outstanding - "time does tell" fav!
November 27th, 2011  
Great effect.
November 27th, 2011  
great shot! defs a fav and congrats on the pop page :)
November 27th, 2011  
Still so cool looking, no matter who does it or how many times. It must be something about the lines of the tower bridge that add to the shot. Get yourself a gorillapod and stop the wobble, LOL.
November 27th, 2011  
@shantwin haha thanks shannon... I did put a request in to Santa today (well... mentioned it to Sangeeta :-)...)
November 27th, 2011  
thank you everyone for all your wonderful comments and favs... really, really appreciated and thanks for helping this one get on the home page :-)
November 27th, 2011  
fantastic
November 28th, 2011  
It's the red light toward the top that has me curious. Did a truck go by? Very nicely done!
November 28th, 2011  
@lisahans hi... no, almost all the light streaks are a double decker bus passing me,crossing the bridge...
November 28th, 2011  
Excellent shot. I love these long exposure night shots. It's the one thing I havnt done yet (well there's lots I havnt done yet). I think I'm caught up here now. :)
November 28th, 2011  
saw this on the 'favorite shots' page, and just love it. Yes, it's been done before, but you did it very well!
November 29th, 2011  
I love it!!
January 7th, 2012  
so awesome!!
February 7th, 2012  
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