Incredible long exposure photos

October 20, 2005 11:12 AM

Hal Bergman takes some absolutely incredible long exposure photographs and posts them to his Photostream.
posted by Brockstar (23 comments total)

Very cool! At first I thought it was this guy but no (Flickr stream). Still some incredible shots though.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 11:19 AM on October 20, 2005

Wow, beautiful photos. I'll spend some time surfing this when i get home tonight
posted by derbs at 11:23 AM on October 20, 2005

I see Mr. Bergman is doing his part to remind everyone how truly beautiful life is.

Those pictures make me want to go back to the islands
posted by Rubbstone at 11:27 AM on October 20, 2005

So pretty and inspiring. They look like the Motivation posters without the stupid sayings on them. Much better this way!
posted by fenriq at 11:27 AM on October 20, 2005

Double post.

The photos are still nice though.
posted by driveler at 11:31 AM on October 20, 2005

You posted it twice in a row, Brockstar. Suspicious.
posted by driveler at 11:34 AM on October 20, 2005

When you said long exposure, I thought you were meaning that guy who puts litho plates in a pinhole camera, and uses exposure times measured in years ...
posted by scruss at 11:36 AM on October 20, 2005

Those are nice.
This is an enlightening shot from Sam of ddoi.
posted by cl at 11:37 AM on October 20, 2005

This just in! - When using a tripod, moving objects smear on long exposure photographs while stationary objects do not. Film at 11:00
posted by spock at 11:41 AM on October 20, 2005

When you said long exposure, I thought you were meaning that guy who puts litho plates in a pinhole camera, and uses exposure times measured in years...

Like those taken by Michael Wesely of the Museum of Modern Art while it was under reconstruction.
posted by ericb at 11:46 AM on October 20, 2005

Some of those don't appear to be long exposure at all, unless he's taught birds to sit absolutely still for extended periods of time.

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BUT, very nice photographs indeed. I'm not going to be ALL negative.
posted by Kickstart70 at 11:47 AM on October 20, 2005

*shrug* sorry, I'm a sucker for his photos. I figured everyone who missed it last time would appreciate it and the people who'd already seen it would like to know he's updating again.
posted by Brockstar at 11:48 AM on October 20, 2005

My guess, Brockstar, is that people who found him interesting the first time around will have bookmarked him and thus be aware he's updating. Yes, it's a good link but regurgitating your own links is sort of weird.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 11:58 AM on October 20, 2005

I'm thinking of it as performance art. It's sort of weird but you can't quite fault me for it.
posted by Brockstar at 12:02 PM on October 20, 2005

That's what you think.
posted by iconomy at 12:04 PM on October 20, 2005

Karen Finley + Alfalfa Sprouts + Chocolate Syrup = Performance Art

Brockstar + Posting Same 2 links = Double Post
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 12:09 PM on October 20, 2005

The benefit of posting your own double post is you can't be blamed for not doing a thorough search.
posted by iamck at 1:40 PM on October 20, 2005

Metafilter: "regurgitating your own links is sort of weird."
posted by tzelig at 1:54 PM on October 20, 2005

I go to his site quite often - you'd think he'd have the courtesy to remove the "updated every day" subhead. His calendar indicates only 4 posts this month.
posted by guruguy9 at 2:01 PM on October 20, 2005

"Metafilter: "regurgitating your own links is sort of weird."

Weird? What's weird about it?


I liked "Number 26". The person on the lifeguard tower looks like a ghost.
posted by bat at 3:39 PM on October 20, 2005

Ignore the naysayers brockstar. I missed the first post and liked it. Thanks.
posted by vronsky at 3:50 PM on October 20, 2005

Redemption comes in the form of vronsky!
posted by Brockstar at 5:23 PM on October 20, 2005

good photos. i'm thinking good manipulation after shot. currently dig Huang's photos over at flickr.
posted by Frasermoo at 5:29 PM on October 20, 2005