Intentional light blurring trails - how to

[ZachHunt]

How does one create those neat shots you see of highways and such where the tail-lights leave a streak? I've tried messing with the settings on my P4P for photo and video and cannot seem to get the same result. I've attached an example of kind of what I'm talking about below. Any help is appreciated

 

[ryanmanchester]

Need to be in manual mode and set exposure to a long one.

 

[the88man]

Just saw this post for those setting

 

[With The Birds]

Simply take multiple frames, stack align and blend in photoshop or other app.... you could have the trails any length/time you might like with this method.

 

[AerialTouch]

The bird is stable enough that long exposures of several seconds are pretty easy to get. Experiment with the time to get the proper exposure on the rest of the photo....

 

[kwalter]

Find a bridge over the motorway and use a DSLR on a tripod. Use a very long exposure - 15 seconds and up. You might get something like it from a drone, but it won't be anywhere near as good as the example you showed. Drone gimbals are pretty good, but not IMO good enough

 

[chardister]

Here's a few I got last night of an approaching storm with a 5" exposure. You just have to be patient and let the bird stabilize first before taking the shot.

 

[ZachHunt]

Here's a few I got last night of an approaching storm with a 5" exposure. You just have to be patient and let the bird stabilize first before taking the shot.

Beautiful shots. Thanks for the input, everyone. I'll test it out and report back.

Thanks!