It's much more fun at night

Those are beautiful shots. Thanks!

Wish the snow had stuck around! What are the long glowstick lights you are using?

In other news, I have this theory that you post on subaruoutback.org, but maybe that's all in my head...

Is that Tacoma-Narrows Bridge? It looks familiar, though I haven't been up there in a long time. Plus I have never been across it except with a car. Nice shots as usual BAH!

Very nice!

I used to! Haven't been over there for quite some time..

They come from here

https://www.rockthebike.com


BTS- yep, that's the new bike lane on the new bridge

Nice pics Bah. I like all that glowing light surrounding the bikes.

Great pictures! I miss the Puget Sound area.

Thanks,

Paul

Great, yet another thing I can't live without.

haha- they will definitely add peace and joy to your night riding
2 thumbs up!

So true! Since I've become a dedicated nighttime commuter it's almost hard to convince myself to fight daytime traffic along my route, which runs from the Sammamish Plateau to the University of Washington.

Nice Pix! Now you have me wanting to try the new Narrows bridge on my next visit to T-town.

I'm not sure what I want more, your bike or your camera. Totally awesome shots!!!

I always enjoy your pictures and now I know where I can get some cool bike stuff.

I've been going back and forth on getting some since the first time I saw them discussed. My current commuter (the Schwinn in the sig) is just a little too old school, but maybe my next bike (which will probably be an Xtra like BAH's)

take the bike. great photos don't come from a camera.

If I may ask, what was your shutter speed on those pictures? They look phenomenal, and I'd love to learn how to make pictures like that.

Yep. Night riding rocks. It's an entirely different world.

been siad before but....


Awesome Pics.

Great way to spin that for a another complement about the photographer.

Those are some awesome, beautiful pics.

I hope the OP will chime in, but it's very likely he used a tripod and I would guess a shutter speed of around 1 or 2 seconds based on the glassy-smooth surface of the water and the relative brightness of the natural and man-made light sources. It's possible a super-long shutter speed wasn't necessary, though, just creative color balancing and nailing the perfect exposure. The almost unearthly rich orange color of the street/path lights on the opposite shore indicates he tweaked the color balance to reduce the very deep blue of late twilight sky to a more familiar "daytime" blue. Getting the exposure of the sky perfect like that, while knowing that you will also have detail in the artificially lit areas, typically involves using a spot meter, or having so much experience with one that you can judge the balance by eye. And waiting for the right time of day

However I have seen comparable results from high-quality point-and-shoots under the right conditions. White balance on auto, center-weighted auto metering, a steady hand and a good eye, and you can get some great shots that are similar.

The shutter speeds were around 1/15 1/20 if I remember right. All hand held - I just like to stop, snap pics and then keep moving I've never used a spot meter, and never use auto anything! After a while you do get to know what white balance setting will give you the color you want etc