This photo was taken by Army Photojournalist, SGT Henry Villarama and posted to his Instagram account.
I took this photo last night while photographing our brigade’s new Army Ground Mobility Vehicles.
I took this photo around 2230. There wasn’t much illumination from the moon and there wasn’t much I could grab from the sky.
I was having zero luck capturing the GMV moving in the night. After a few runs with these guys driving past me at 40mph, I decided to paint the vehicle with the lights from my headlamp.
White light was lame and everyone has seen red light photos. I decided to use the blue. I think it works just fine.
Here are the settings I used to take this photo:
Nikon D500 | 13mm | 7 seconds | f/5 | ISO 4000
My name is Henry Villarama. I’m an American paratrooper, photographer and student of leadership. I am proud to visually articulate the work of our Paratroopers and Soldiers to the world every day. It’s an honor to serve and I greatly appreciate the unique opportunity I have to tell our Army’s story through photography.
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The Herd all damn day!
Blue is very cool. Great shot, and well done Henry!
Am I the only one who thinks that shining visible light from the side of the road at someone driving 40mph under NODs is probably not the best of ideas?
Based on the camera settings, I’m going to guess that the vehicle was standing still. With a 7 second aperture opening a moving vehicle would be a blur.
-M
With an exposure of seven seconds, I don’t think this vehicle was moving when it was photographed.