I was up on Mt Gravatt the other night, and took a couple of long exposure photos of Brisbane city.
This one turned out ok
Brisbane by John Blackburn, on Flickr
But this one seems to have some serious camera movement?!?
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So what happened?
I didn't have my tripod with me so I placed the camera on the solid steel railing of the cafe on Mt Gravatt.
I did the same thing for each photo ISO100, f/9, 30 seconds, but the second one seems like the camera is slewing sideways.
I realized later that I forgot to turn off the vibration reduction. Could that have caused this? or did my attempt to hold the camera still actually cause more movement than I realized? The steel railing of that cafe is box tubing so maybe 3" wide, and very solid.
Cheers,
John