Christmas ghosts

[johnm78]

Just messing around after the lights parade...

[savona]

Interesting effect... Whats a lights parade?

[tremer]

I played around with this kind of thing recently too, I will have to see if I can dig up some photos.

I think these are cool but they lack a real subject. Also there is a very bleak background. I would suggest trying this in a heavily used intersection, maybe one with an interesting building across the way.

[johnm78]

Good idea. I should have been a block or so down by the courthouse. And a lights parade is just a parade with Christmas lights and theme. Local business, politicians and churches provide the floats and throw candy for the kids. Great fun but kinda cold this year.

[Adaptive]

If you set your shutter a little faster it might have been nice to see what the lights are attachd too also.
Or maybe not, I don't know but I see an ambulance there and I wonder how they decorated it with lights.
I can see the inconsistency with the streak of lights in the ambulance shot, that must be from the strobes.

[Walkabout]

or a long exposure with a rear curtain sync, add a cool trail behind the subject, and have the subject illuminated. This is fun stuff, one of the things that are always interesting to play around and experiment with.

[Adaptive]

I never have good luck with 2nd curtain sync, for some reason my preflash always becomes part of the exposure so I get double exposure.
I even set the 2nd curtain sync custom function on the flash and in the camera so I don't know what's the deal...
Actually i think i just figured out my own problem, I probably shouldn't be using TTL, am I right?