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1 ‘The Wheel of Light’ by Geoff Chalmers

“I took this four-second exposure of the Wheel of Light in Leeds using a Sony A7R IV with a Sony FE 24mm F/1.4 GM lens on a tripod. I like the mix of colours in the wheel and the sense of movement from the light trails of the traffic; I was trying to balance the light from the wheel with the light trails from the moving traffic. It was a challenge to expose correctly as the wheel was changing speed, and so was the traffic. It was fun to explore the range of colours and light trails by experimenting with long exposures.”

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Choosing to shoot this image with a long exposure has given it great clarity. The lights from the wheel, the light trails and the starbursts on

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