Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Photo of the day - September 2008
- Thread starter Doylem
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
- Status
Canon EOS 20D :: 17 mm :: f 7.1 :: 6012 sec (about 90 minutes) :: iso 100
Salt Lake City is to the west and that is what's causing the glow in the left corner.
With such a shallow depth of field, maybe you could simplify the image, so that just one - significant - part of the image snaps into sharp focus. Your pic is a bit cluttered, IMO, so my eyes 'wander about' without knowing where to 'land'...
At what time of the night was this taken? It must have been during the darkest part? I love the shot!
Doylem, thanks for noticing the dust spots, I'll try to correct them in that batch .
I love the colors in this shot. The blur of the audience makes them match the colors on the truck as well, which was nice.
Here's my new shot for the day. This guy was out practicing so I just stopped by and took a quick shot. I liked it because he was glancing at my camera right as I took it.
.I love the colors in this shot. The blur of the audience makes them match the colors on the truck as well, which was nice.
Here's my new shot for the day. This guy was out practicing so I just stopped by and took a quick shot. I liked it because he was glancing at my camera right as I took it.
Canon EOS 20D :: 17 mm :: f 7.1 :: 6012 sec (about 90 minutes) :: iso 100
Salt Lake City is to the west and that is what's causing the glow in the left corner.
Fantastic shot. I only wish I could pull something like that off.
Well, thank you...
That sure looks like a lot of fun. Talk about extreme.
You've got such an awesome location for photography, all your shots are spectacular!
Nice, that looks really good!
Really have to try one one of these days, although I'd need an AC adapter and hand trigger wouldn't I?
How many tries did it take you to get that?
Sorted through some shots from today but the creativity is not there. So, I tried some desaturation edits. With apologies to the purists
Thanks guys!! To answer your questions...
gnd - I took it from 9:30-11:00pm last night, I live in Utah and went up a canyon so I was surrounded by mountains, nevertheless you can still see the glow of Salt Lake (about 30 miles NW) in the bottom left corner. There is no moon right now though, so that was very helpful. If I would've pointed straight East, it would have been an even dark blue, but I wanted the spin factor of the North Star.
soLoredd & TheReef - It's actually not too tricky to pull off. Obviously, you need a tripod, and you also need a remote switch that plugs directly into the camera. The one I have either does a single shutter press, or it locks for when I set the camera to bulb. Since it's a long exposure, even though it's pitch black outside, you want a low ISO as the sky does eventually show up. I've posted the original so you can see. How many tries did it take me? Just one. With in-camera Noise Correction turned on, the 90 minute exposure took another 90 minutes just to process, I was asleep long before it finished. Oh, and I have a battery grip, so with 2 batteries I didn't need to plug it in, and it wasn't fully charged. I'd imagine a single battery full charge could do it just fine.
I had to get rid of some lens/sensor dust crap as well. It's hard to keep those things clean
wheezy you inspired me to try new things.... so I attempted my first star shot. I set my D50 to bulb with remote release, but as being a novice i left the f-stop at 4. So I assume next time i shall choose 22ish. I am using a 50mm f/1.8
So here it is, with major MAJOR corrections in Aperture lol
So here it is, with major MAJOR corrections in Aperture lol
wheezy you inspired me to try new things.... so I attempted my first star shot. I set my D50 to bulb with remote release, but as being a novice i left the f-stop at 4. So I assume next time i shall choose 22ish. I am using a 50mm f/1.8
So here it is, with major MAJOR corrections in Aperture lol
Awesome!! Don't go too small on the Aperture or you won't get those dimmer stars, it is hard to make it deep blue though, and when there is a big city nearby ambient light is impossible to get rid of.
D40 | 1/125 at ƒ/2.8 | 24 mm | ISO 800
42nd Street Subway Station, New York City
July 2008
Thanks for the comments on my last photo BoingoBongo and Artful Dodger.
Thanks guys!! To answer your questions...
gnd - I took it from 9:30-11:00pm last night, I live in Utah and went up a canyon so I was surrounded by mountains, nevertheless you can still see the glow of Salt Lake (about 30 miles NW) in the bottom left corner. There is no moon right now though, so that was very helpful. If I would've pointed straight East, it would have been an even dark blue, but I wanted the spin factor of the North Star.
soLoredd & TheReef - It's actually not too tricky to pull off. Obviously, you need a tripod, and you also need a remote switch that plugs directly into the camera. The one I have either does a single shutter press, or it locks for when I set the camera to bulb. Since it's a long exposure, even though it's pitch black outside, you want a low ISO as the sky does eventually show up. I've posted the original so you can see. How many tries did it take me? Just one. With in-camera Noise Correction turned on, the 90 minute exposure took another 90 minutes just to process, I was asleep long before it finished. Oh, and I have a battery grip, so with 2 batteries I didn't need to plug it in, and it wasn't fully charged. I'd imagine a single battery full charge could do it just fine.
I had to get rid of some lens/sensor dust crap as well. It's hard to keep those things clean
Thanks for the reply, wheezy. I am going to get me one of those remote switches and try this. The results can be so beautiful!
A snapshot of the visit we made to the Lego Discovery centre. I like Lego and fortunately our kids like it too...
Thanks... The North of England is my 'patch'. It's a very small area (Aussies probably drive further just to get a beer
), but the landscape - and weather - are varied, so it never gets stale...Wastwater
Note taken! It is my goal to get at least one good shot trying this. That last one was 35 minutes but I had to manually turn the camera off because it was taking 40 minutes to process hahaha
Just another day in paradise.
awesome colours, what's the glow around the surfer? just curious
Trade secret.
just kidding.
Honestly, I stepped on that overexposed image so heavy with Photoshop that I can't tell you exactly how it happened. Just dumb luck I guess ha ha!I have gotten similar results with the diffuse glow filter in PSE 4, but I am certain I didn't use it here. Mostly lifting shadows and tweaking levels, boosting saturation... about as close as I could come to HDR from one over-exposed raw file.
- Status