Tonight while out and about, I took a few photos of a small town called Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Lawrenceburg is just a few miles west of Cincinnati, Ohio. It sits on the Ohio River and is now known for it’s casino, Hollywood.
These photos were taken on the top floor of a parking garage overlooking the city. I set my shutter on thirty seconds, the maximum allowed by my Nikon D3100. The long shutter allowed as much light to enter the camera. This caused the street lights to have a twinkle and any passing car to be one red or white line.
It was cold tonight and waiting thirty seconds for the shutter to close was a bit painful. (It also takes about thirty seconds after the shutter closes for the picture to be processed.) However, the steam from the factories flowed across the city and made for a foggy background.
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Love the smoke tornado!
Thanks. 🙂
My pleasure. 🙂
Me too! Beat me saying it. Gorgeous photos. Never thought I’d be made to want to visit Ohio. 🙂
Thanks Greg. Come on down here and visit.
Once I break the shackle that keeps me at my day-job desk from 9-6, I’ll have to make it a stop on my victory road-trip! 🙂
🙂
Great set. I love the crispness of the images.
Thanks so much! Glad you like them.
Wonderful photos! Very top-notch!
Thanks so much. Glad you enjoy them.
I do!
A town at night evolves a feel that seems to be more free without too many people moving around, great shots
Thanks clawfish.
I usually do not think that city lights, etc. are pretty. You made all these scenes just beautiful. The lighting is outstanding.
Thanks 😊 I think it’s the cold air.
Great series! Seems I’ve been missing lots of gorgeous posts while I’ve been writing too much this month. I have some great catching up to look forward to eventually! The smoke is my favorite element in these. Thanks for braving the cold to capture such crisp and amazing shots. 🙂
I’ve wondered where you have been. Yes, the smoke makes the pictures interesting but the whole time I was taking these photos, I was thinking: “What on heavens are they spewing into the sky?” Hopefully just steam and nothing more.
I love the sight of city lights! Nice pictures. This is a favourite post for me !
Thanks Shirley. 🙂
Loving your pictures. I have been on the europe cruise was lovely seeing it all again 🙂
Thanks so much. I am glad you like them.
These pics are amazing . All I can say is that I really enjoy them and once again thanks for sharing
Thanks so much yiyime.
These shots have really worked out well.
Thanks! 🙂
late nights anywhere are facinating. nice shots
Thanks pdlyons. I am glad you like them.
seems to be a lovely place…
It is an interesting place. I have only spent a bit of time there so I can’t comment on much detail. Thanks!
Awesome! I love the capture of the steam and the fog. Ya know pre-hurricane it was foggy and the water from the roofs were causing a steam and stream affect. My little ancient digi cam was no where near good enough to capture that effect and I was wondering how your talents would fare out in capturing that. You probably would of took some stunning photos of that crazy weather!
I would have loved that! Next time, facebook me and I’ll get in my super sonic jet and come capture the moment! 😉
You really captured the cold stillness of the night with the twinkling of the lights in these shots. I like…
Thanks Mary!
Simply marvellous – the scape as if in a mesmerizing fairytale
Thanks Ina! I really want to visit Croatia. I hear wonderful things about the country. In particular the city of Split I hear is beautiful. One day, I’ll make it!
Better than a Bond movie set – stunning images!
Thanks Sheila.
You have done a fantastic job of taking photos in the dark – I really struggle because the shutter time is so long – and I get all shaky with my hands. As you say .. it gets nearly painful. Good on you.
Thanks viveka. The key is to have a tripod or put the camera on a surface. You can’t really hold the camera or it will turn out blurry. I didn’t have my tripod with me so I just put the camera on the edge of the stone wall. Then, I set my timer on the camera so that there wouldn’t be any shake when the shutter opened. I don’t touch the camera at all during the shutter time.
That’s the way I do it … do it too – a wall or a fence, but still not easy. My little fantastic Canon – I can’t really have a tripod too. Sometimes it works fine – just worked about Stockholm in the dusk (dark) and those photos came very good. Thanks for coming back to me.
Where are those Stockholm photos? I looked on your blog and couldnt find them. I would love to see them.
They will posted on Friday – and then 2nd part on Monday.
Have loads of photos under Chicago taken this years.
Simrisham and Landskrona tags too.
Striking photos! Thanks for the clever tip on setting the timer to take the shot. I never thought of that!
You are welcome. You can also buy a remote clicker which hooks into your DSLR for about 30 bucks or so. I need to get one, just haven’t yet.
Funny in some of the city shots it almost looks like a model, like you are looking at miniature cars. Especially “twinkle” “garage” and “bedtime”.
True, I hadn’t thought of it that way but now I can see it. Thanks!
I also enjoyed the pictures and you got some great shots. The fog and the twinkle really caught my eye. I also use the timer and tripod. Don’t have a remote clicker yet. Need to get more time to take pics.
🙂 Thanks for your comments.
Seth, Is MGP Ingredients (Beverages) still in Lawrenceburg, IN?
Yes, I believe they are.
Love your pictures Seth! http://www.segmation.wordpress.com
Thanks 🙂
awesome photos – as always. i used to do a lot of night photography years and years ago 🙂
btw i nomminated you for blog of the year 🙂
http://worldwhispererenglish.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/blog-of-the-year-2012/
Thanks so much carinzil.
Yay, you got your calendar up and running! 🙂
Pictures are beautiful as usual! I love how you captured the light during the night. So sparkly! 😛
Thanks vyvacious!
You’re welcome!!
Cool smoke tornado.
Thanks David.
Wonderful shot
thanks Hellboy
What I especially like about these shots–aside from their technical skill and crispness–is that you chose to shoot small town America. How nice for a change! While I love seeing all the photos pouring into sites like WP from around the globe, it’s nice to be reminded of the beauty and interest our own communities can hold…Along those lines, some of the most arresting photography I have seen in a long time has been created by a young man who toured former industrial sites in the US (and abroad) for a thesis project. His shots of Gary, IN are simply stunning!
Wow. Thanks for the comments. Sound like a great set of photos. Are they online?
His photos are online, Seth. They’re on Flickr, under his Flickr name of Terra_Tox’is’, and are open to public view. The shots from around the globe, including the US, of various industrial sites, most of which are no longer in use, and are under the heading of Branner, as in BrannerGary, or BrannerItaly…b/c “Branner” was short-hand for the project. I have encouraged Bryan, the photographer, to share them more; many are just amazing.
Beautiful photos. I’ve always been a fan of cities late at night.
Danifreelance.com My lifestyles section features a few of my nature, night & city shots.
Keep the cool photos coming.
Thanks Danielle.
LOVE these! The lights look great – I find it so hard to take night photos and you captured the city perfectly. =)
Thanks Cyn.
Your photos are amazingly beautiful! The lights are awesome!! 🙂
Thanks rusty
I love the starburst effect on lights…my husband’s Sony NEX 5N does that well also. Do you have a preferred photo editing method? We have photoshop but haven’t used it too much. Cheers, Tracy
I just use the Nikon program.
These really are lovely; I like the smoke tornado!
Thanks Anna.
Love your night pictures! I SO have to learn how to do these now!
Thanks becky
Seth, these are just great! In particular, the third pic, ‘Lawrenceberg at Night’ really blew me away. There’s something about the specificity – I don’t know, the singularity – of each of the white houses that knocks me out. You are really good.
Thanks for stopping by!
Thanks Claire. Your post made my day.
thanks man! I sent three out to others to see.
Thanks Tibor.
It’s really cool how the lights look like stars.. And the smoke looks weird. 😛
Thanks! I thought it turned a somewhat mundane setting into something interesting.
It certainly did. 🙂
Thanks for the ‘like’ Seth!
Glad you stopped by so I could get a chance to discover your photography. These are absolutely beautiful, can’t wait to see more!
Thanks! Glad you came by!
Ah, Lawrenceburg. I had no idea this neat little town was tucked away somewhere in Ohio. Your photos capture so much of its simple beauty, I love it.
Well it’s close to Ohio. It’s actually in Indiana on the border. But I’ll forgive you for not know that! 😉
Oh my, I need to go back and tell my stepfather I was wrong! Eeeek. Ahh, forgiveness feels nice. 🙂
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