time exposure
noun Photography.
a long exposure in which the shutter is opened and closed by hand or by a mechanism other than the automatic mechanism of the shutter.
Origin of time exposure
First recorded in 1890–95
OTHER WORDS FROM time exposure
time-ex·po·sure, adjectiveWords nearby time exposure
Example sentences from the Web for time exposure
Scattered and shifting observations produce hazy impressions just as a moving camera spoils the time-exposure.
The Art of Public Speaking |Dale Carnagey (AKA Dale Carnegie) and J. Berg Esenwein
British Dictionary definitions for time exposure
time exposure
noun
an exposure of a photographic film for a relatively long period, usually a few seconds
a photograph produced by such an exposure