I took a few long-exposure shots Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009, at the Keller Lions Club Fair in Keller, Texas. This involves putting the camera on a tripod and leaving the shutter open to capture the lights (and sometimes passersby) in motion. The key is to release the shutter without shaking the camera so that immobile people and objects in your image will be sharp and in focus, contrasting against the gut-wrenching effect of the rides in fast motion.
The first one is a yammy-inducing merry-go-round. The name of the second ride escapes me, but this shot makes it look painful. The third is The Kamikaze, sometimes depicted as a pirate ship or rocket, that rocks back and forth before spinning all the way around. The third is the Starship thing (it was called "The Gravitron" in my day) that spins you around until the support you're leaning against slides up to the ceiling.
Good times!
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