City - Greenville State - SOUTH CAROLINA Country - United States
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This is from my first series of night/cloud shots, as commonly found on orbit1.com and notraces.com, among other places. I really like this kind of shot, and have been waiting for the right conditions to try it out. This series was more of a test for me, with the digital camera, before driving somewhere with a view and wasting my slide film and a lot of battery juice on 3-5 minute exposures.
Dave, thanks for the tips. I have given some thought to painting the foreground with different colored light, I'm still scoping out where I'm going to shoot, though... I've got waaay too many shots of the trees in my backyard (lunar eclipes, moon phases, partly cloudy, polarized sky, lightning). Anyway once I get the location settled, I think I learned enough with this set to get get pretty close to what I want from the next wave of clouds that rolls through...
Hey Joe... I think I see where you're going with this. You are on the right track, are you thinking of using trees as the foreground subject? This kind of photography is definitely my favorite kind and alot of fun. Don't forget to bring a good flashlight, and maybe a couple of colored gels for some light painting of the foreground on a couple of pics. If you don't have any around, maybe you can borrow a couple of markers from "Bluebeard" and color a couple pieces of cellophane or plastic wrap. Happy shooting... Doug
Hey Joe... I think I see where you're going with this. You are on the right track, are you thinking of using trees as the foreground subject? This kind of photography is definitely my favorite kind and alot of fun. Don't forget to bring a good flashlight, and maybe a couple of colored gels for some light painting of the foreground on a couple of pics. If you don't have any around, maybe you can borrow a couple of markers from "Bluebeard" and color a couple pieces of cellophane or plastic wrap. Make do with what ya got. Happy shooting... Doug
Thanks, all... this is an ISO 200 digital image with in-camera "dark frame subtraction" noise reduction applied. For the real-deal, I'll be using ISO 100 FujiChrome Provia 100F.
I would have preferred a tad faster shutter (and higher iso)What was the film speed? We could see more detail in the clouds..Regardless I applaud your first attempt! Carol
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{K:8388} 9/27/2005