2 Night Shots

hazelwestphoto · Jun 13, 2006

This was actually my first attempt with long exposure at night. Any feedback is appreciated.

doenoe · Jun 13, 2006

Very nice, i really like the second one. Odd color, but odd in a cool way

spako · Jun 13, 2006

Same here! I like the second one! great colours and I like the feel of the clouds!

hazelwestphoto · Jun 13, 2006

Thanks. The second one is the ambient light from a nearby town. I wanted to get another shot of the stars but the clouds rolled in.

tehbuffalo · Jun 13, 2006

I can't tell what the fist picture is of?!

Jake

SantosD50 · Jun 13, 2006

#2 is great! Nice work

hazelwestphoto · Jun 13, 2006

tehbuffalo said:
I can't tell what the fist picture is of?!

Jake

It's the stars. I wanted to shoot it again because it came out to dark, but the clouds rolled in too fast.

goldensea80 · Jun 13, 2006

The #1 seems to have the star trails, how long is your exposure time?

LaFoto · Jun 14, 2006

Those clouds might not have done you a big favour in your attempt to capture star trails.
But they did do you a great favour so you could get this amazing photo of the light pollution - I really like your Photo 2 much better than 1.

hazelwestphoto · Jun 14, 2006

goldensea80 said:
The #1 seems to have the star trails, how long is your exposure time?

The exposure was between 10 and 15 minutes. I wish we could've had time to go somewhere less lit but it was a spur of the moment photo trip. It was about 2am when I decided that I want to attempt a star pic so there wasn't a whole lot of time to get some place more secluded. Maybe the next attempt will be better!!

hazelwestphoto · Jun 14, 2006

Thank you for all the comments, the second one is my favorite also! I'm getting ready to go to St. Louis so I hope I'll get some good pics there. It's my honeymoon so I don't know how much time I'll spend outside.

goldensea80 · Jun 15, 2006

hazelwestphoto said:
Thank you for all the comments, the second one is my favorite also! I'm getting ready to go to St. Louis so I hope I'll get some good pics there. It's my honeymoon so I don't know how much time I'll spend outside.

Congrats

I wish I have chance to take photos like that. Now I am working to earn enough to buy a good camera. Other difficulties, in tropical region, there are few clear nights that you can take good pictures of the skies

hazelwestphoto · Jun 15, 2006

goldensea80 said:
Congrats
I wish I have chance to take photos like that. Now I am working to earn enough to buy a good camera. Other difficulties, in tropical region, there are few clear nights that you can take good pictures of the skies

Everytime I think of it and try to go out for shots like that there's either clouds or too much light from the moon. I need to get out when it's a new moon. It took quite a while to save up for my camera, little bit at a time and a lot of patience. Hang in there.