Daytime Long Exposure

I was trying to get a shot of the London Eye using long exposure but it kept on majorly blowing out. I was using a shutter speed of 4 seconds in shutter priority, ISO 100, WB set to cloudy (because it was) and had the AV thingy down to -2.

So my question is what settings should I be using, if indeed it is possible?

Phil

You need an ND filter. 4 seconds is waaay to long a time in daylight, even at f/22. The camera tried to tell you that by blinking the aperture value in the VF

Well, in this scenario, to avoid majorly overblown shots try using majorly faster shutter speed..

Out of curiosity: Why did you decide to use 4 sec in a broad daylight?
Did you try to achieve some special effect?

The special effect he was trying to achieve was probably blur.

The London Eye has a diameter of 121m and rotares once every 30 seconds, so the capsules on the outside are moving at about 0.21m/sec. In a 4-second exposure they'll move by just under 1m. Given that the capsules are about 8m long and 4m in diameter, 1m of movement will probably have a similar effect to taking an OOF photo.

Get an ND filter.

Ive a couple - if you get screw in ones you can add them ontop of each other too.

StewartR wrote in post #2096776
The special effect he was trying to achieve was probably blur.

The London Eye has a diameter of 121m and rotares once every 30 seconds, so the capsules on the outside are moving at about 0.21m/sec. In a 4-second exposure they'll move by just under 1m. Given that the capsules are about 8m long and 4m in diameter, 1m of movement will probably have a similar effect to taking an OOF photo.

Okay, thanks, now it makes sense..

Though it would probably be easier just to take the OOF photo in the first place.

Ok ok so it was a stupid question and you were right about the eye looking out of focus. I went back after work whilst waiting for the missus to finish work and had another go. found that four seconds gave just that effect

Still learning, gonna go back with a remote one night this week and try again.

Cheers for answering my stupid question!

Phil

Why not go back in the evening? Then you have less light, so a long time exposure (as in 30 seconds or so) might give you the effect you want.... (motion blurred 'eye')

A lomg exposure shot at night - or preferably in the half hour after sunset, while there's still some light in the sky - might look really good because of the way the Eye is illuminated.

Here is a quick attempt i did yesterday evening, 30 second exposure.

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