After Dark

Leven Street 00
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The next 5 photos were shot with a 2 second exposure with the camera mounted on a tripod. Three double decker buses are pulling away from the bus stop just past the Kings Theatre. The first one has smeared its lights and highlights across the image, creating interesting patterns.

Leven Street 01
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A simple, less cluttered image. White Van Man has left a ghostly image of his van but his headlights have traced out two cylinders of white light which hover above the road surface.

Home Street 00
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Looking across the Tollcross junction we can see the red trails of tail-lights left by cars travelling up Home Street and Leven Street towards Barclay Church.

Home Street 01
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In this shot a cycle courier waits at the traffic lights at Earl Grey Street while a bus whizzes round the corner into Lauriston Place, painting light patterns across the picture.

Lothian Road 00
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This picture was taken from the corner of Festival Square and shows the rush-hour traffic which mostly isn't moving very much. Some of the cars headed towards Princes Street have left red trails.

Bank Street 01
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A one second exposure of the traffic rounding the corner in front of the Bank of Scotland Head Office at the top of The Mound. No tripod was used but the camera was placed on top of railings to keep it steady. The highlights from a hubcap have traced diagonal patterns on the left of the image.

Night View 3
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Night time roadworks at Holy Corner. Flashing yellow lights on the passing JCB vehicle have traced out several dashed lines as it passed by during an 8 second exposure.

Night View 2
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In this shot a vehicle has moved from right to left. As well as tracing patterns, its flashing lights have illuminated a passing pedestrian on the top left of the picture. The strobe effect has made several ghost images of this person walking along the pavement.

Night View 1
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The final photograph in this sequence of three shows two vehicles, a tipper lorry and an asphalt spreader. Two workmen remained stationary during the exposure and can be seen through the ghostly image of the lorry.