Night Photography: Plastic and light

Here i decided to try and experiment with photographing plastic bags at night, using different techniques to see how effective it would be.


I was inspired to try this after looking back at my city walk pictures and seeing this:

So i decided to try and emulate this in a controlled environment and just experimenting with settings and lighting to see what effects i could achieve.

I placed two plastic bags outside at night, with the wall light on as a spot light.

Here i used fast shutter speed with a spot light on the bag. I feel it was somewhat effective but wanted to capture more movement from the plastic bag.

              

                   F/4.5 1/125 sec ISO 400                                                  F/5 1/125 sec ISO 400                                                                                                                                                        

             

                        F/5 1/200 sec ISO 400                                            F/5 1/320 sec ISO 400

             

                       F/5 1/500 sec ISO 400                                               F/5 1/30 sec ISO 400

             

                         F/5 1/40 sec ISO 400                                                 F/5 1/25 sec ISO 400

Here i decided to experiment with zooming in and out and  moving the camera to create the feeling of movement.

               

               

                

                 

                

                

Lastly, i took images with no spotlight, and just using the street lights as my lighting. Because there was little light i had to use a higher exposure and a slower shutter speed.

               

               

               

             

             

             

             

             

             

                            
                                                 

f/9 15 sec ISO 800

Here i was photographing the bag and then after 5 seconds i moved the camera to look at 

the street lights above. I feel the effect is interesting but not one that i wanted to achieve.

These images were done on the settings of  f/9 15 sec ISO 800.