December 18, 2013 at 3:18 pm

The Coolest Photos of Traffic Lights You Will See Today

by twistedsifter

 

I love projects where artists find creative ways to capture seemingly mundane, everyday things. Take the humble set of traffic lights below. Located somewhere near Weimar, Germany, photographer Lucas Zimmerman set up his camera on a foggy night and started taking 5 – 20 second long exposure photos as the traffic lights shone into the distance.

Lucas was able to play with the colour of the traffic lights by adjusting the ‘temperature’ in post production (hence the green light looking blueish in #4). The ethereal results became a series simply entitled, Traffic Lights.

Lucas has been shooting professionally since 2009, working around the world and holding his first exhibition in Beijing last year. In December of 2012 he partnered with Maria Le Quang and founded LUMA Visual Creations, a photography group based in the German cities of Landau, Würzburg and Weimar. You can find more from both Lucas and LUMA Visual Creations at the online links below.

[h/t reddit]

 

LUCAS ZIMMERMAN/LUMA Visual Creations
Behance | Facebook | 500px | Flickr | Prints available

 

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traffic lights in the fog long exposure by lucas zimmerman (1)

Photograph by LUCAS ZIMMERMAN/LUMA Visual Creations
Behance | Facebook | 500px | Flickr | Prints available

 

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traffic lights in the fog long exposure by lucas zimmerman (2)

Photograph by LUCAS ZIMMERMAN/LUMA Visual Creations
Behance | Facebook | 500px | Flickr | Prints available

 

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traffic lights in the fog long exposure by lucas zimmerman (5)

Photograph by LUCAS ZIMMERMAN/LUMA Visual Creations
Behance | Facebook | 500px | Flickr

 

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traffic lights in the fog long exposure by lucas zimmerman (4)

Photograph by LUCAS ZIMMERMAN/LUMA Visual Creations
Behance | Facebook | 500px | Flickr

 

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traffic lights in the fog long exposure by lucas zimmerman (3)

Photograph by LUCAS ZIMMERMAN/LUMA Visual Creations
Behance | Facebook | 500px | Flickr

 

 

 

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