A while back I explained why it was necessary to experiment to get good photos (see here.) Here’s the proof of the pudding, where by using the same settings while adding camera stabilization I was able to capture a good photo. This shot took stabilizing the camera by resting the lens on a cross strut of a pedestrian bridge while holding the body down on the handrail. If I had not done that then the wood would have been blurry due to a slow shutter speed coupled with unavoidable camera shake because few people outside of a few brain surgeons have hands steady enough to keep a camera still for a long exposure like this one.
F/32 ISO 100 1/5 second 80mm
