This thread is a VERY neat idea. Please consider continuing the theme, \"How you took your best....\"
Since moving to Aridzona a while back, I\'ve looked forward to the summer monsoon season and the lighting it brings. My girlfriend at the time was also a weather nerd photographer and was nice enough to share one of her \'secret\' vantage points a little ways east of Phoenix. A ~3/4 moon behind us provided light for the mountains and clouds. Upon stepping out of the car, we both thought, \"Star Trails!\"
Canon T-90
20mm nFD
Slik (the brick) DX700 tripod.
Fuji Provia 100 (I think - might have been Sensia)
Likely f5.6, shutter on bulb for about 6~7 minutes.
Scanned with FS4000 dedicated scanner. Out-of-box color management is awful, I\'ve recently purchased a target slide and now have a decent profile with which to correct the dark, overly magenta scans. Color corrected re-scans of this series are on my other computer and I\'m too lazy to go get them. These pics were given coarse color and level correction by eye to match the original slides as seen on a light table.
When shooting lightning, you never know quite what sort of fish you\'re going to land. Here are a few more from the same roll.
(I just whipped up some quick and dirty jpegs from the uncorrected scans I happen to have on the computer. The color balance will jump around a little. Also, longer exposures tend to accumulate stronger blue hues. The tighter scenes were likely shot with my 50mm f1.4)
Storm just getting going. Rather short exposure.
Not too shabby! (I\'m pretty sure the source TIFF enjoyed massaged levels.)
Getting the \'Lightnings\' to cooperate is always tricky! It helps to talk to them in a soothing voice.
Foreground clouds shaping up nicely! I like the 3d effect the movement and backlightning provide.
Too dark, as it turned out. I didn\'t have a timer and was guesstimating exposure times.
This thread is a VERY neat idea. Please consider continuing the theme, \"How you took your best....\"
Since moving to Aridzona a while back, I\'ve looked forward to the summer monsoon season and the lighting it brings. My girlfriend at the time was also a weather nerd photographer and was nice enough to share one of her \'secret\' vantage points a little ways east of Phoenix. A ~3/4 moon behind us provided light for the mountains and clouds. Upon stepping out of the car, we both thought, \"Star Trails!\"
Canon T-90
20mm nFD
Slik (the brick) DX700 tripod.
Fuji Provia 100 (I think - might have been Sensia)
Likely f5.6, shutter on bulb for about 6~7 minutes.
Scanned with FS4000 dedicated scanner. Out-of-box color management is awful, I\'ve recently purchased a target slide and now have a decent profile with which to correct the dark, overly magenta scans. Color corrected re-scans of this series are on my other computer and I\'m too lazy to go get them. These pics were given coarse color and level correction by eye to match the original slides as seen on a light table.
When shooting lightning, you never know quite what sort of fish you\'re going to land. Here are a few more from the same roll.
(I just whipped up some quick and dirty jpegs from the uncorrected scans I happen to have on the computer. The color balance will jump around a little. Also, longer exposures tend to accumulate stronger blue hues. The tighter scenes were likely shot with my 50mm f1.4)
Storm just getting going. Rather short exposure.
Not too shabby! (I\'m pretty sure the source TIFF enjoyed massaged levels.)
Getting the \'Lightnings\' to cooperate is always tricky! It helps to talk to them in a soothing voice.
Foreground clouds shaping up nicely! I like the 3d effect the movement and backlightning provide.
Too dark, as it turned out. I didn\'t have a timer and was guesstimating exposure times.
This thread is a VERY neat idea. Please consider continuing the theme, \"How you took your best....\"
Since moving to Aridzona a while back, I\'ve looked forward to the summer monsoon season and the lighting it brings. My girlfriend at the time was also a weather nerd photographer and was nice enough to share one of her \'secret\' vantage points a little ways east of Phoenix. A ~3/4 moon behind us provided light for the mountains and clouds. Upon stepping out of the car, we both thought, \"Star Trails!\"
Canon T-90
20mm nFD
Slik (the brick) DX700 tripod.
Fuji Provia
Likely f5.6, shutter on bulb for about 6~7 minutes.
Scanned with FS4000 dedicated scanner. Out-of-box color management is awful, I\'ve recently purchased a target slide and now have a decent profile with which to correct the dark, overly magenta scans. Color corrected re-scans of this series are on my other computer and I\'m too lazy to go get them. These pics were given coarse color and level correction by eye to match the original slides as seen on a light table.
When shooting lightning, you never know quite what sort of fish you\'re going to land. Here are a few more from the same roll.
(I just whipped up some quick and dirty jpegs from the uncorrected scans I happen to have on the computer. The color balance will jump around a little. Also, longer exposures tend to accumulate stronger blue hues. The tighter scenes were likely shot with my 50mm f1.4)
Storm just getting going. Rather short exposure.
Not too shabby! (I\'m pretty sure the source TIFF enjoyed massaged levels.)
Getting the \'Lightnings\' to cooperate is always tricky! It helps to talk to them in a soothing voice.
Foreground clouds shaping up nicely! I like the 3d effect the movement and backlightning provide.
Too dark, as it turned out. I didn\'t have a timer and was guesstimating exposure times.
This thread is a VERY neat idea. Please consider continuing the theme, \"How you took your best....\"
Since moving to Aridzona a while back, I\'ve looked forward to the summer monsoon season and the lighting it brings. My girlfriend at the time was also a weather nerd photographer and was nice enough to share one of her \'secret\' vantage points a little ways east of Phoenix. A ~3/4 moon behind us provided light for the mountains and clouds. Upon stepping out of the car, we both thought, \"Star Trails!\"
Canon T-90
20mm nFD
Slik (the brick) DX700 tripod.
Fuji Provia (or maybe it was Velvia, I forget...)
Likely f5.6, shutter on bulb for about 6 minutes.
Scanned with FS4000 dedicated scanner. Out-of-box color management is awful, I\'ve recently purchased a target slide and now have a decent profile with which to correct the dark, overly magenta scans. Re-scans of this series are on my other computer and I\'m too lazy to go get them. These pics were given coarse color and level correction by eye to match the original slides as seen on a light table.
When shooting lightning, you never know quite what sort of fish you\'re going to land. Here are a few more from the same roll.
(I just whipped up some quick and dirty jpegs from the uncorrected scans I happen to have on the computer. The color balance will jump around a little. Also, longer exposures tend to accumulate stronger blue hues. The tighter scenes were likely shot with my 50mm f1.4)
Storm just getting going. Rather short exposure.
Not too shabby! (I\'m pretty sure the source TIFF enjoyed massaged levels.)
Getting the \'Lightnings\' to cooperate is always tricky! It helps to talk to them in a soothing voice.
Foreground clouds shaping up nicely! I like the 3d effect the movement and backlightning provide.
Too dark, as it turned out. I didn\'t have a timer and was guesstimating exposure times.
This thread is a VERY neat idea. Please consider continuing the theme, \"How you took your best....\"
Since moving to Aridzona a while back, I\'ve looked forward to the summer monsoon season and the lighting it brings. My girlfriend at the time was also a weather nerd photographer and was nice enough to share one of her \'secret\' vantage points a little ways east of Phoenix. A ~3/4 moon behind us provided light for the mountains and clouds. Upon stepping out of the car, we both thought, \"Star Trails!\"
Canon T-90
20mm nFD
Slik (the brick) DX700 tripod.
Fuji Provia (or maybe it was Velvia, I forget...)
Likely f5.6, shutter on bulb for about 6 minutes.
Scanned with FS4000 dedicated scanner. Out-of-box color management is awful, I\'ve recently purchased a target slide and now have a decent profile with which to correct the dark, overly magenta scans. Re-scans of this series are on my other computer and I\'m too lazy to go get them. These pics were given coarse color and level correction by eye to match the original slides as seen on a light table.
When shooting lightning, you never know quite what sort of fish you\'re going to land. Here are a few more from the same roll.
(I just whipped up some quick and dirty jpegs from the uncorrected scans I happen to have on the computer. The color balance will jump around a little. Also, longer exposures tend to accumulate stronger blue hues. The tighter scenes were likely shot with my 50mm f1.4)
Storm just getting going. Rather short exposure.
Not too shabby! (I\'m pretty sure the source TIFF enjoyed massaged levels.)
Getting the \'Lightnings\' to cooperate is always tricky! It helps to talk to them in a soothing voice.
Foreground clouds shaping up nicely! I like the 3d effect the movement and backlightning provide.
This thread is a VERY neat idea. Please consider continuing the theme, \"How you took your best....\"
Since moving to Aridzona a while back, I\'ve looked forward to the summer monsoon season and the lighting it brings. My girlfriend at the time was also a weather nerd photographer and was nice enough to share one of her \'secret\' vantage points a little ways east of Phoenix. A ~3/4 moon behind us provided light for the mountains and clouds. Upon stepping out of the car, we both thought, \"Star Trails!\"
Canon T-90
20mm nFD
Slik (the brick) DX700 tripod.
Fuji Provia (or maybe it was Velvia, I forget...)
Likely f5.6, shutter on bulb for about 6 minutes.
Scanned with FS4000 dedicated scanner. Out-of-box color management is awful, I\'ve recently purchased a target slide and now have a decent profile with which to correct the dark, overly magenta scans. Re-scans of this series are on my other computer and I\'m too lazy to go get them. These pics were given coarse color and level correction by eye to match the original slides as seen on a light table.
When shooting lightning, you never know quite what sort of fish you\'re going to land. Here are a few more from the same roll.
(I just whipped up some quick and dirty jpegs from the uncorrected scans I happen to have on the computer. The color balance will jump around a little. Also, longer exposures tend to accumulate stronger blue hues. The tighter scenes were likely shot with my 50mm f1.4)
Storm just getting going. Rather short exposure.
Too dark, as it turned out.
Getting the \'Lightnings\' to cooperate is always tricky! It helps to talk to them in a soothing voice.
Foreground clouds shaping up nicely! I like the 3d effect the movement and backlightning provide.
Not too shabby! (I\'m pretty sure the source TIFF enjoyed massaged levels.)
This thread is a VERY neat idea. Please consider continuing the theme, \"How you took your best....\"
Since moving to Aridzona a while back, I\'ve looked forward to the summer monsoon season and the lighting it brings. My girlfriend at the time was also a weather nerd photographer and was nice enough to share one of her \'secret\' vantage points a little ways east of Phoenix. A ~3/4 moon behind us provided light for the mountains and clouds. Upon stepping out of the car, we both thought, \"Star Trails!\"
Canon T-90
20mm nFD
Slik (the brick) DX700 tripod.
Fuji Provia (or maybe it was Velvia, I forget...)
Likely f5.6, shutter on bulb for about 6 minutes.
Scanned with FS4000 dedicated scanner. Out-of-box color management is awful, I\'ve recently purchased a target slide and now have a decent profile with which to correct the dark, overly magenta scans. Re-scans of this series are on my other computer and I\'m too lazy to go get them. These pics were given coarse color and level correction by eye to match the original slides as seen on a light table.
When shooting lightning, you never know quite what sort of fish you\'re going to land. Here are a few more from the same roll.
(I just whipped up some quick and dirty jpegs from the uncorrected scans I happen to have on the computer. The color balance will jump around a little. Also, longer exposures tend to accumulate stronger blue hues. The tighter scenes were likely shot with my 50mm f1.4)
Storm just getting going. Rather short exposure.
Too dark, as it turned out.
Getting the \'Lightnings\' to cooperate is always tricky! It helps to talk to them in a soothing voice.
Foreground clouds shaping up nicely!
Not too shabby! (I\'m pretty sure the source TIFF enjoyed massaged levels.)
This thread is a VERY neat idea. Please consider continuing the theme, \"How you took your best....\"
Since moving to Aridzona a while back, I\'ve looked forward to the summer monsoon season and the lighting it brings. My girlfriend at the time was also a weather nerd photographer and was nice enough to share one of her \'secret\' vantage points a little ways east of Phoenix. A ~3/4 moon behind us provided light for the mountains and clouds. Upon stepping out of the car, we both thought, \"Star Trails!\"
Canon T-90
20mm nFD
Slik (the brick) DX700 tripod.
Fuji Provia (or maybe it was Velvia, I forget...)
Likely f5.6, shutter on bulb for about 6 minutes.
When shooting lightning, you never know quite what sort of fish you\'re going to land. Here are a few more from the same roll.
(I just whipped up some quick and dirty jpegs from the uncorrected scans I happen to have on the computer. The color balance will jump around a little. Also, longer exposures tend to accumulate stronger blue hues. The tighter scenes were likely shot with my 50mm f1.4)
Storm just getting going. Rather short exposure.
Too dark, as it turned out.
Getting the \'Lightnings\' to cooperate is always tricky! It helps to talk to them in a soothing voice.
Foreground clouds shaping up nicely!
Not too shabby! (I\'m pretty sure the source TIFF enjoyed massaged levels.)
This thread is a VERY neat idea. Please consider continuing the theme, \"How you took your best....\"
Since moving to Aridzona a while back, I\'ve looked forward to the summer monsoon season and the lighting it brings. My girlfriend at the time was also a weather nerd photographer and was nice enough to share one of her \'secret\' vantage points a little ways east of Phoenix. Upon stepping out of the car, we both thought, \"Star Trails!\"
Canon T-90
20mm nFD
Slik (the brick) DX700 tripod.
Fuji Provia (or maybe it was Velvia, I forget...)
Likely f5.6, shutter on bulb for about 6 minutes.
When shooting lightning, you never know quite what sort of fish you\'re going to land. Here are a few more from the same roll.
(I just whipped up some quick and dirty jpegs from the uncorrected scans I happen to have on the computer. The color balance will jump around a little. Also, longer exposures tend to accumulate stronger blue hues. The tighter scenes were likely shot with my 50mm f1.4)
Storm just getting going. Rather short exposure.
Too dark, as it turned out.
Getting the \'Lightnings\' to cooperate is always tricky! It helps to talk to them in a soothing voice.
Foreground clouds shaping up nicely!
Not too shabby! (I\'m pretty sure the source TIFF enjoyed massaged levels.)
Dec 16, 2009 at 09:58 PM
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