long exposure
Slow camera capture
Long exposure is a photographic technique using a slow shutter speed to capture motion over time.
Moving elements blur while stationary objects stay sharp, creating effects like silky waterfalls, light trails from passing cars, or star tracks across the night sky.
The long exposure turned the crowded plaza into a ghost town of blurred figures.
- motion blurSmearing from movement
- shutter speedDuration of light capture
- tripodStabilizing support structure
- camera shakeUnwanted movement during exposure
- apertureAdjustable optical inlet
light painting · waterfalls · stars · astrophotography · star trails · steel wool · ethereal · silky · night sky · golden hour · blue hour · time-lapse · bracketing · dreamy · streaks · light · ghosting · panning
- nighttimemidnight, nightfall, night sky, nighttime, starry sky
- photographycamera, photo, flash, lens, shooting
- stargazingtelescope, stargazing guides, night sky, stars, constellation
- photo termssharp, blurry, JPEG, bright, dark
- cinematographycamera, lens, shot, shots, lighting
- camera modesauto mode, manual mode, portrait mode, landscape mode, night mode
long exposurehigh-speed photography
Capturing extremely brief events
freeze frame · snapshot · action shot · flash photography · bullet time
long exposuresnapshot
Informal photograph taken quickly
candid shot · quick snap · decisive moment · street photography · point-and-shoot