6-month long exposure photo

[Ryzza5]

From http://householdname.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/01/photographys-longest-exposure.html

 

(Click the link to view the photo - too big to embed here)

 

Six months. That's right. This dream-like picture shows each phase of the sun over Bristol's Clifton Suspension Bridge taken during half a year.

The image was captured on a pin-hole camera made from an empty drinks can with a 0.25mm aperture and a single sheet of photographic paper.

Photographer Justin Quinnell strapped the camera to a telephone pole overlooking the Gorge, where it was left between December 19, 2007 and June 21, 2008--the Winter and Summer solstices. (That's a 15,552,000 second exposure.)

'Solargraph' shows six months of the sun's luminescent trails and its subtle change of course caused by the earth's movement in orbit. The lowest arc being the first day of exposure on the Winter solstice, while the top curves were captured mid-Summer.

 

(Dotted lines of light are the result of overcast days when the sun struggled to penetrate the cloud.)

Quinnell, a renowned pin-hole camera artist, says the photograph took on a personal resonance after his father passed away on April 13--halfway through the exposure. He says the picture allows him to pinpoint the exact location of the sun in the sky at the moment of his father passing.

[t.]

Fair play. Can't honestly say I like it though. Some guy did a 3 year exposure of buildings in NYC which was similar.

[T3hReaper91]

Saw this on local news quite some time ago and i thought it was quite intresting. Its great for just a coke can and a hole with a bit of paper to be honest.

[Car Freak]

The end result doesn't do much for me, although I am totally blown away by the process of making this shot

[Ryzza5]

Yeah, I was more interested in the movement of the sun than anything else

[mau92]

i dont get the techinique... some1 explain plz

[Leadfoot[YT]]

You know the moment when the shutter opens on a camera when you pushing the button? Well this is a picture with it open for six months.

 

-Leadfoot

[CLR-GTR]

Looks as if the lens was scratched. I really don't like it. I thought I'd see a high-res picture like this:

 

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3005/3043760419_a25ffb950a_b.jpg

 

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