Stars and Painting with Light

[MATT]

A few from tonight...D300+sigma 10-20 f4.0 30sec.. Led torch




Another




Regards
MATT

[the foto fanatic]

Wow, cool effect! I really love the second one - it's very indicative of us insignificant humans.

Skies like that just aren't visible for city dwellers because of our light pollution. Maybe on Green Day!

[libertyterran]

Wow, really cool photos. I never tried this before. 2nd photo has nice composition. GJ

[seeto.centric]

wow.. i couldnt see anything here on tuesday night.. but it was a bit cloudy.

-j

[christiand]

Holy tomato

I find these fotos amazing, they show us in relation to the universe very well.
And they also show exactly what I can sometimes see in the night skies above where we live.
What were the exposure details ?

Regards,
CD

[Alpha_7]

Nice work I really like the second one, you've done a great job of getting a even exposure on the house, but I'd like to see the distortion corrected just a little before the house falls over.

[Oneputt]

Matt I really like the second has a great feel to it. Perhaps a little perspective correction might improve it further

[Pehpsi]

Very cool, love the second Where does the torch come into play??

[phoenix]

Nice photos! These remind me of a photo i saw a while ago, where a guy was shooting an old castle at night, and set his exposure on bulb. Then he ran up to the castle with this big light and shone it on different parts to light it up. It looked awesome.

[MATT]

Very cool, love the second Where does the torch come into play??

The house is in darkness, then you shine the light over the house during to expose it. The blue look is from the white LED torch I used.

Oneput how do I go about correcting the perspective? DXo???

Thanks for the feed back. Clear sky and lovely night
MATT

[Oneputt]

Sorry Matt I only know how to do it in PS.

[stubbsy]

Matt

Great shots. #2 especially. You can do perspective correction in a number of programs eg both DxO and PSCS. DO you have either of these? And FWIW I agree with John it would enhance the shot to do some correction.

[Matt. K]

Matt
Don't listen to Stubbsy, he is a compulsive obsessive! Buildings don't have to be vertically correct. Stick your head between your legs and look at the world. Is it all geometrically corrected? Of course not. Is it a valid view of the world? Of course it is. Your pics are great just as they are. Peter....relax....try some recreational drugs....let go.

[Viz]

I am impressed by your LED torch - the lumen master!

And the 2nd photo is great, but other people have commented aptly on that.

[Merkyone]

Long time lurker, first time poster.

Really love your second pic Matt. Magic star capture; I'm quite jealous!

The LED effect gives the image a surreal quality. Nice work!

[MHD]

Second one is great... must get great night skies where you live!

[jethro]

Where is ET?

Ha!

[SteveGriffin]

I really like #2 but I with most of the others in thinking it would look even better with a bit of perspective correction.

Not sure what Matt has been using

[Justin]

Very good. Even a weak torch will do - on a 30s exposure you can even over-expose, it's quite a trick (the drainpipe in the first shot is burnt out). You could also try an SB800 manual flash (multiples, keep it going during the exposure) or pre-flash/strobe.

I like the effect with trees - pick one tree and highlight it during the exposure. I like the first shot with the milky way.

[marcotrov]

Great pair of images Matt. I particularly like the last. I think producing another image, as has been suggested, will produce an image with a different and more conventional image not necessarily btter. I think the convergence in your original image enhances the magic of space and time. Well done
cheers
marco

[MATT]

Thanks to all for the feed back..I ve been away from the PC for a few days and will look into straighening those buildings.. The 10-20 has that effect at 10mm.

Bring on winter when the nights are even clearer..

MATT

[stubbsy]

Don't listen to Stubbsy, he is a compulsive obsessive! Buildings don't have to be vertically correct. Stick your head between your legs and look at the world. Is it all geometrically corrected? Of course not. Is it a valid view of the world? Of course it is. Your pics are great just as they are. Peter....relax....try some recreational drugs....let go.

Matt K - you crack me up sometimes and this is one of them

And what's wrong with being obsessive anyway

[whoalse]

Got to agree with the rest I love the 2nd!
we dwellers are the insignificant beings in the universe!

great work you have!