Surfer’s Paradise Night Street Scene | Travel Photo

I had the opportunity a couple of months ago to take my wife away for a night in Surfer’s Paradise on the Gold Coast, Australia. The Gold Coast is a popular tourist spot, and for travellers and locals alike, it has some excellent night life to take advantage of. We were staying at the Q1 Building in Surfer’s Paradise and wandered down the main street to find a nice Italian restaurant that allowed us to dine alfresco style outside near the street.

I took this photo during our meal by placing my camera on the table and setting my shutter speed to 30 seconds to see what I could capture. The result was this interesting long exposure shot with light trails from some cars that had passed by in that 30 seconds. The blur in the foreground is actually some people that walked past the camera, and I achieved the star effect from the lights by setting a high aperture. You don’t always need a spectacular landscape or an iconic attraction to get any interesting photo. Sometimes you just have to click the shutter button and see what you can capture at that moment of time.