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Depending on how far you will be or how close you can get to the wheel would depend on whether id take the 55-200 as well.
As for taking the images, you'll definately need a tripod and if you have a cable release id use this. Failing having a cable release id use the 2 or 10 sec timer.
Regards taking the actaul image, it depends on what effect that you want, if you want a blurred wheel, then use an f/8 appeture,ISO 200 and manual exposure, you'll probably want to start with something like 15 secs exp. Its just a case then of upping or reducing exposure to get the effect you want.


Rob

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Some other less technical things.

If you know the site well, then this may not apply. You need to know the different angles at which you can photograph for 1) composition and 2) background and foreground clutter. What position will work for you? It is easy for one to "focus' on the wheel and not see power lines and power poles, buildings, glare, and other stuff stuff stuff ... which just seems to have a way of appearing when you don't want it. Is there a Plan B location?

2) Allow yourself lots of time. The actual shoot (once set up) may take you a few minutes. But it might take you two hours to get it right to begin with.

3) No matter which position seems "right" try several vantage points if at all possible.

Good luck,

Clive

Cheers both of you, some quality pictures there dominicall, only hope mine are half as good!

This wheel in our town moves round quite fast so hoping I can maybe get a full rotation on a 30 second exposure, its a lovely fluorescent blue which should make for some interesting results.

Will I have problems with the autofocus in low light?
Best to try maunual focus?

Thanks again.

Not to be a thread jacker but I honestly am not the best at photography, I am actually really new.  I am not fond of the whole f-stops and the times (seconds/shutter speeds).  But I was looking at your wheel pics dominicall and I thought I would take it right out to my front yard and set the camera to manual mode, f-stop was at 11 and shutter speed 30 seconds and iso 200.  I am amazed that pictures can look so good at night.

I threw it on the computer and the images are a bit grainy at high res but its amazing, I now love night phorography =D.  I dont know about white balance stuff so I set it to 5500k (whatever that means) instead of the white balance..

That looks amazing!  =D at least you were not rushed by time or trying to capture it before it rolled away haha.  Glad to see the results are working for you!