Motion Blur Taxis with Steam

Motion Blur Taxis with Steam – New York, New York Here is a quintessential scene on the streets of Manhattan. You see the blur of fast-moving taxis, with what looks like smoke venting from underground. Things can be deceiving, however. I shot this at 1/15s, so the taxis don’t have to be traveling that fast to see them blurred like this. More interesting is the smoke rising from the temporarily set-up orange-and-white chimney. First of all, this is not smoke but stream. So it’s clean. However, this was during the summer, and the night temperature was probably around 70 degrees. Still, the steam running under the street is so hot, typically around 350-400 degrees F, that you still see steam in comparably warm weather. Blog readers, you’ll love my free monthly photography magazine. Signup for the free magazine to get articles and topics not discussed on the blog.