Most of my photographs taken on my current 2-month road trip are nature and landscape in the sunset colors (or wild animals).  But yesterday I decided to do something different.

We did a short walk along the Main St in the historic town, Deadwood, South Dakota.  Quite frankly you can spend less than 5 minutes walking from one end of the street to the other.  Most people come here to gamble as the Main St is full of casinos.  I set up my tripod at a major crossing with one of the only neon-lit buildings (the purple one) in the background.

I wanted to capture the moving vehicles and their headlight trail.  Surprisingly, a large bus came through, leaving a long trail of lights high in the air.  It was interesting and unexpected.  See below picture.

My camera setting: Aperture priority, ISO100, 16mm, f/20, 20 sec

On the contrary, the other image taken at the exact same location without the bus trail now looks a bit dull.

See the tip shared in this video tutorial – how to create the extraordinary from the ordinary

This one was taken at the same crossing, just across the street.  Since I have the clock as the foreground as main subject of this image, a bus trail in this picture to me is unnecessary and might be too much.

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