JPG Magazine: Photos: "the art of red" by Christopher Long

the art of red

By Christopher Long

On 22 December 2007

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it was early in the morning as i was driving to work. the fog was out and visibility was 50 yards at the most. there was a walkway over the boulevard so i thought i should try some long exposure in the fog just to see how it would look. i set my canon on 15 sec and timed it just right to only capture red. i end up capturing the art of red.

roosevelt blvd | philadelphia

84 Responses

On 22 December 2007 jeff bartlett gave props:
great job of using fog creatively, and catching the streetlights all red!
On 22 December 2007 Christopher Long said:
Thanks
On 22 December 2007 Bridget Badore gave props:
this is awesome. fantastic shot! :D
On 22 December 2007 Marianne Greig gave props:
wicked shot
On 22 December 2007 Paul Lavallee gave props:
stunning image
On 23 December 2007 Alexis Gerard gave props:
What a great image
On 23 December 2007 Cora D. Mitchell said:
very cool. I love this!!!
On 24 December 2007 Frederic Frognier gave props:
Awesome. Love it
On 24 December 2007 Merrick Kingston gave props:
Cool!
On 26 December 2007 Christopher Long said:
Suzette, I had it set at 15 sec and I had to time it just right to only capture red.
On 26 December 2007 Kurniadi Widodo said:
Beside the fog and the all red streetlights, I also love how the white lines on the road aren't being crossed at all by the streetlights. Great job!
On 26 December 2007 Shannon Dagher gave props:
Red & Blue...just gorgeous! Well done! :)
On 31 December 2007 Caroline Sam said:
wow, i love the long exposure here
On 31 December 2007 Konrad Ragnarsson said:
Excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On 1 January 2008 Lindsay gave props:
very awesome shot! :)
On 2 January 2008 !~) Emelia Isaac said:
wonderful!
On 2 January 2008 maria tizon gave props:
Beautiful shot. I've never tried one of these. I think you've inspired me, Chris. Happy 2008!
On 3 January 2008 Melissa Thorburn gave props:
Awesome, I love it! Love the foggy yet warm feel from the lights.
On 4 January 2008 Karen Lee gave props:
Perfect exposure & colours :-)
On 7 January 2008 Emma Brahas said:
Great compositione! I hope will be published!!!
On 7 January 2008 Tal Katzir-Leave said:
unbelievable beauty!
On 7 January 2008 Jessica Maceda said:
Very cool effect with the lights, the fog really sets it off I think.
On 7 January 2008 Scott Bland said:
Excellent use of time exposure!!!
On 7 January 2008 Yago Veith said:
Excellent capture
On 10 January 2008 Danny Monster said:
the fog and the lights fo great together, you took the picture at a food time and held it
On 13 January 2008 Reese M. gave props:
i love how you just captured the red! most highway shots have the white too...very unique!
On 14 January 2008 Matt Granz said:
The mists and the colors of the light streams set against the hue of blue... what can I say that hasn't been expressed here before this comment? I'm awed.
On 17 January 2008 maria de feudis said:
Hella cool!
On 18 January 2008 Nicole Abba gave props:
amazing
On 20 January 2008 Karmakar Akash said:
I love this pic..taken from an overbridge i presume?
On 20 January 2008 Rain Arnau said:
love the red thingie. ;)
On 24 January 2008 Mandolin Davis said:
This is eyecandy! love it!
On 26 January 2008 Alicia Lee said:
you are really great with light
On 27 January 2008 Cathy Cale said:
Terrific shot. Your work is just great.
On 27 January 2008 Christi Weare said:
how striking! this is amazing :)
On 31 January 2008 Mary Spradley said:
LOVE this!
On 31 January 2008 Chelsea Hamilton said:
wow.....jst wow.
this is just awesome. thatnks so much for adding me as a contact, your work is very inspirational :)
On 1 February 2008 marissa navarro gave props:
i got goosebumps!
On 1 February 2008 windy partridge gave props:
love your work!
On 1 February 2008 j. l. gave props:
i love this long exposure shot. great technicality and skill
On 1 February 2008 .Lucy Spartalis. gave props:
The two colours look stunning together, well done.
On 2 February 2008 Amanda Roberts gave props:
wow, wow, wow
On 7 February 2008 Edwin II Chiong gave props:
very interesting photo! the long exposure didn't overexposed the photo!
On 8 February 2008 Gabriel Diaz said:
Amazing photo!
On 13 February 2008 Shaunáe gave props:
Beautiful
On 14 February 2008 Elena said:
beautiful wonderful speechless!!!!!
On 16 February 2008 Lori Ann Morris said:
All racing towards what? Reminds me to slow down and look around...and enjoy beautiful captures like yours!
On 9 March 2008 Rhian Syahzana gave props:
Awesome...I like this...
On 20 March 2008 ! Slimeface said:
This is a trip!
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On 21 March 2008 caitlin said:
this is crazy mate, a great shot.
On 22 March 2008 Brenda Wasden said:
This is an amazing picture! The color red really pops!
On 26 March 2008 Lauren Stouffer gave props:
it reminds me of red string candy! great shot!
On 6 April 2008 Virgilio Rodriguez Jr gave props:
Great shot, read your comment on the timing, I could just imagine how long this took you.
On 7 April 2008 m. dot gave props:
love the haze - def separates it from the rest of these type of long exposures!
On 14 April 2008 Reese M. gave props:
all that effort paid off! great shot!
On 27 April 2008 Anna Garcia said:
Fantastik! Wow is the first word that came to my mind!
On 1 May 2008 Richelle Forsey gave props:
leaves me speechless.
On 5 May 2008 Dennis Blauer added a link:
one good scene deserves another! (www.jpgmag.com)
On 14 June 2008 Sharon Bialy Fox said:
Wow!
On 19 June 2008 Ernesto Carta gave props:
really impressive
On 30 June 2008 Jeff Clark gave props:
Perfect!
On 30 June 2008 John Linton gave props:
I think we may have a winner here.
On 3 July 2008 Andrew Darlow gave props:
Really incredible. Like from another planet.
On 8 July 2008 Desirèe Kertesz said:
wow!! beautiful shot! :)
On 8 July 2008 Virginie M said:
It could be a painting, i love it!
On 8 July 2008 Nick Tinsley gave props:
awesome shot!!
On 10 July 2008 Robin Smith gave props:
great shot!!
On 10 July 2008 Travis Neely said:
fucking stellar!
On 10 July 2008 Matt Reitman gave props:
one of my favs in this category,
On 11 July 2008 Patrick Westerfield gave props:
Great shot.
On 11 July 2008 Timothy Patrick gave props:
Great long exposure! Nice work!
On 11 July 2008 Elenore Agagas gave props:
love love love this! the streaking red lights are what caught my eye but i agree w/many here that the fog adds more 'wow' to the shot.
On 11 July 2008 Fran Ott said:
Very well done, excellent work. btw I grew up about a mile from Roosevelt blvd.
On 15 July 2008 Fred Sprouse gave props:
Way cool, Christopher!!
On 15 July 2008 Emily Allison gave props:
Brilliant! WOW ... your work is exquisite!
On 15 July 2008 Lew Holzman said:
Man, this is an eye catcher!
On 15 July 2008 Lynn Natuk gave props:
What else can I say that has not been said above, brilliant shot!!
On 16 July 2008 Stephen Mohammed said:
Simple and brilliant... "simply Brilliant"
On 17 July 2008 Anna Garcia said:
brilliant! The most beautiful use of long exsp. yet! well done!
On 23 July 2008 Ted Gorczyca gave props:
excellent shot
On 24 July 2008 FALCON LARA OSCAR said:
Amazing, I like it.
On 24 July 2008 Mike La Rosa said:
great use of the long exposure
nice photo
On 6 August 2008 Susan Helsel gave props:
very cool...want to do some night-time stuff. this gives me incentive
On 20 August 2008 Vanessa Ramirez said:
These remind me of some electric type of redvine candy. It's tasty. *WINK*