The 4th of July light parade in Neenah, Wisconsin, is always a treat! Brightly lit floats go by and lots of candy if you are a kid.
This photo was captured by “dragging” the shutter and firing a flash at the end of the shot. I used a relative low ISO (200) and a closed aperture of f/9 to cut the ambient light. The goal was to get only the bright lights to show up during the 2 second exposure. Then a had the flash fire on 2nd curtain (just before the shutter closes) to light up the rest of the float. Notice the writing on the float is pretty clear and sharp. This was taken hand held and would have been better on a tripod.
Canon 50mm f/1.8 | Canon Rebel XSi | 2s at f/9
