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This picture was taken using a shutter speed of 359 seconds, which is about six minutes. The camera doesn't have the ability to do this alone, as the maximum shutter speed is 30 seconds. I used "bulb mode" which lets you hold the shutter open as long as you want. I plugged a shutter remote into my camera, which holds the shutter open for me. Then, to deal with the insanely large amount of light entering the camera, I screwed a 10 stop ND filter over the front of my lens, which darkens the image, compensating for all of that light. This lets me get this perfectly creamy motion blur that makes the water look like a nice milky fog.
This is the first time I have ever experimented with slow shutter speed. I have always loved the light streams that cars create in slow shutter speed photos, so I wanted to try my hand at it.
I found that as it got darker, the easier it got for the camera to capture the car lights. I also realized that I should've brought a tripod with me BEFORE I walked out to this spot. As a result, I utilized surrounding surfaces as makeshift tripods.
I also found myself using Sam Abel's technique of setting up and then waiting for the subject (the cars) to pass by.