The Night Drive April 8th, 2010
It’s been a very long time since my last post.
I’ve been going through some stuff lately and ended up falling off the grid completely. It was remarkably easy to do, strangely enough. The crawling back is proving immeasurably harder to do. It’s not completely over, but I’m working on it. On that note, I’d like to apologise here to all my friends who’ve seen me drop off the map and who tried to raise me unsuccessfully.
The good news is that my lack of posts doesn’t mean that I’ve been idle photography-wise. That said, I can’t guarantee that I’ll be able to return to the post-every-other-day routine for a while yet. This is due to a number of factors. The two main ones are: 1) I don’t have a steady internet connection; and 2) God willing, I may soon be embarking on a month-long trip over which I will – for certain – not have any internet access whatsoever. I’ll fill you in on the details of that soon enough.
Meanwhile, to celebrate the return of the not quite prodigal, I’ll leave you with a few pictures.
These were taken one night as I was driving back to Abu Dhabi from Al Ain. I set up my D700 on a tripod in between the front seats of my car and attached a cable release to it: Voila! Simple enough, I thought.
I took a test shot or two to get the settings I wanted (lens set to infinity, Aperture Priority mode, f/8, ISO 400), and off I went. The only problem was that on turns, the setup tended to lean dangerously, Tower of Pisa-style. It occasionally even threaten to topple, regardless how gently I took a turn. Next time I try this, I’m going to look to strapping the tripod legs to something…
I’m currently trying to find my way back … somewhere. So the images have taken on new meaning for me.
I hope you enjoy them.
More pictures soon!
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Tags: abu dhabi, Al Ain, aperture priority, D700, drive, long drive, night, night drive, photo, photography, pic, picture
Posted in Travel/Urban | Comments (2)
April 8th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Glad to see you back buddy
I missed your shots!
Great shots! Always wanted to try that! Only problem…. no car
Cheers Z!
April 8th, 2010 at 4:41 pm
Hey buddy!
Good to be missed!
You’re missed as well boyyo! Have been tracking your blog (which I’m very much enjoying) and news. How was China? And Thailand treating you ok? What with the state of emergency and everything…