It was a natural subject for the opening spread of "Our Vanishing Night" in the November 2008 National Geographic. First, let’s get this out of the way. This is a straight shot. That’s right.

WILLIAMSTOWN — Julia Grey scurries into a dark room to switch lenses, cupping her hand over the camera to keep light from getting in ... of a magic act — a technique that uses a single long exposure ...

One is a standard photo with no added motion blur, and the second has motion blur due to longer exposure, as you can see in the shot above ... attractive at night with a Long Exposure of car ...