p.3 #1 · Your Best Nightscapes and how they were made
The Balmoral Hotel and rail station in Edinburgh.
Canon 20D
ISO 100
17-40 @ 40mm
F/14
30 sec exposure
Tripod (obviously) http://www.farslowfotos.com/fred/balmoral_rail.jpg
Minimal post in DPP and just a little play in PSP for cleanup
p.3 #2 · Your Best Nightscapes and how they were made
my favorite nightscape of the year, and my favorite pano of miami that i've taken to date:
found a great location on a friend's condo balcony, and it was almost a little bit foggy/misty that night... not enough to obscure the buildings in the distance, but enough to make the lights glow a little bit more
p.3 #3 · Your Best Nightscapes and how they were made
This is a cool thread. Here is a recent one which I took at night in Big Sur under pitch black skies before sunrise. This was a composite of two images. The first was 1 hour before sunrise - 30 secs, f4, ISO 2500. The second 45 minutes later - 30 secs, f4.5, ISO 100, 5DII, 17-40L.
p.3 #6 · Your Best Nightscapes and how they were made
Doug, your YNP take is just wicked cool!! Jameel, your 3rd Seattle shot. The ultra low light visage of Rainier in the bg is just wonderful! Walter, I'm really diggin' that trainyard shot! Like out of a mystery film noir. Very, very cool! Zeder.....
Great stuff, everybody!!!
p.3 #9 · Your Best Nightscapes and how they were made
hugh wrote:
Hello all, while I seldom go out at night to shoot, when going to shoot a sunrise, I always plan to be on site while it's full dark. This particular morning, when I got to the beach is was raining so I just turned around and headed home. I was about 3 miles from the beach when 'my eyes were stared by the flash of a neon light' (with apologies to Paul Simon). The combination of very dark clouds in the background and the bright reflections on the rain wet asphalt of the parking lot was way too much to pass up.
D2x, 12-24 Dx at f/4, 7 exposure HDR - 1 stop increments, probably 1/60 for the shortest exposure, tone mapped in PhotoMatix, Neat Image at defaults, Ron Bigelow's Selective Sharpening in a layer....Show more →
p.3 #10 · Your Best Nightscapes and how they were made
Ian - This is my favorite night shot - It seared itself into my brain the first time I saw it - Outdoor Photographer I think. Just awe insipring..well just inspiring! I cant look at my ocotillo in the from yard the same way anymore!
p.3 #13 · Your Best Nightscapes and how they were made
Here are a few nightscapes that I've tried/experimented with. I had posted these previously, so if you've already saw them I apologize. Not up to par with some of the posts in this thread but I like them. I really hope we've got good weather for the full moon on the 31st, as I plan on trying some more night shots then.
p.3 #18 · Your Best Nightscapes and how they were made
Since nights are very long here in winter, I've become mostly a night photographer during winter. I use a spread of battery powered lights for most of shots. I have x8 SB-28 flash. I also have x5 White Lightning X3200 and x2 Alien Bees B1600 monolights & batteries for each. I trigger them with up to x10 CyberSyncs. Also have x2 PW-II when I need over 800 ft. range. It's usually below 0 F when I photo. I do a lot of trains, but also country churches, grain elevators, canyons, and whatever catches my eye. I'm pushing 9,000ws of total power, plus big reflectors. I can light up damn near anything.
Don't know if this one is my best, but I think it's OK. I shot it in July, which is very unusual for me. I used only x2 WL X3200 for this shot. To give you an idea of the scale, the lead engine is about 70 ft. long and 13 ft. high. I used my Nikon 17-55mm f2.8 lens for this shot, ISO 800. I usually shoot at f4 for night shots when using monolights. This is actually only one of the medium scale photos I do. I've been looking at lighting up 3,000+ ft. railroad trestles lately.
Kent in SD
Below is another one I did in October. I just used x3 SB-28 flash for that, CyberSync triggers, Sigma 30mm f1.4 lens, ISO 800. I've been learning how to be very efficient with lights. This is my third year as a mega-flash guy.
p.3 #19 · Your Best Nightscapes and how they were made
Zeder wrote:
Any other questions
You had to know there would be sooner or later!
I feel like I've lived beneath a rock most of my life, are you saying that the aurora is visible to the naked eye?
I was thinking it was only visible through a lengthy exposure sort of thing.
Also thank you for sharing that website, my question is, how close does the aurora belt need to be from me to capture it? Another words, is this something only available to those who live all the way up north?
