Ah, German precision! I should have known my friend.

Wow. That is a very cool shot. I love the simplicity of the composition and those colours. Well done Vernon!

fantastic - and abstract. another great one, vernon!

I guess that's a train going across the viaduct. Did you have the train schedule available when you planned this shot, Vernon?

Spectacular, and soooooo well done.

I can't see the attraction myself ;)

This is perfect Mr Trent. Such bold colours and perfect framing.

@king
yes.
it was my intention to have the bridge and the trail of an highspeed train in the frame.
the cars made the shot complete :)

@all
thanks for your feedback and feature :)

The green phosphors of my monitor have organized and petitioned for equal space in this remarkable photo.

Vernon, you are my hero.

Wow. Nothing else needed.

did you take this just for the theme?

@ana
yes, this morning around 04:00 am

Round of applause for someone willing to get up at 4am for a photo (and a feature). Great on Vernon!

+fav
Perfect. Did you make the rear lights 'stronger' in Photoshop?

@csd
the image has a curve layer with a slight "S" curve on the rgb channels. (boost the "darks" & brighten the lights)

I don't do long exposure, but when I tried recently, the picture was really noisy. How do you manage this?

Most of what I could say has already been said. This is a pretty slick shot. There are plenty of great shots entered each theme, week after week but this is just an absolute pleasure to look at. Great job.

This is bloody fantastic, Vern!!! How on earth did you keep it so free of noise? Did you use any kind of filter? God, I just love this. I would buy this anytime, anywhere, and stick it stright on my bedroom wall! I'm juuuust not sure about the smaller spots of light....

Pure magic. Superb work and execution.

@philippe & andrew
I don't know how you take night shots,
but here I had iso 100, f/16 and 30 secs exposure time. 50mm lens and camera on tripod.

Well, this is exactly what I did...and I got a lot of noise in the shadows...

this shot here is a 30 sec, iso 100, f/4.
http://www.weeklyshot.org/theme/long-exposure/response/62/

what cam are you using, phillipe?

oh, sorry.
in my post above, iso 400 not 100.

I use a Nikon D2X, so if some pictures lack of quality, it can only be my fault... :O)

aaah ok :-)

you can try and use a x10 ND grey filter on your lens. try if you can borrow one and do some test shots.

Excellent, I'll do that. Thanks a lot Vernon.

Awesome

@philippe
here is a shot taken by a colleague with a nikon early this morning. (on request)
http://www.xoverip.info/tbd/scharn.jpg
nikon d200, iso 100, tokina 12-24@24 mm, f/10, 30 sec.

I'll throw away my D2X and get me a D200...
Seriously, what am I doing wrong?
This is the shot I was talking about:

file:///Users/useruser/Desktop/maison_fichiers/_DSC0120.html

As shot, converted to dng, before any processing.

ISO 100, f9, 58mm, 30s. The lens is a Nikkor VR 24-120.

your link points to your own computer :-)

Part of philippe wants to share, and part of him doesn't.

Mmmmh... I'm trying to use Web Photo Gallery, but it's the first time I try it and obviously I'm doing something wrong.
I have to go back to my book... :O)

I just wanted to show that if I leave the darkest parts completely black, it's okay, but if I want to "open" the shadows to get more details, then I get the noise too...