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Brittania nocturnal surreality

Postby dooda on Sun Apr 10, 2005 7:12 pm

About 7 minute exposure (my longest ever)
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Brittania
Cropped and WB adjusted in Photoshop
Adjusted tint slightly. Critique and comment welcome.

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I was shooting something else when I noticed this trickle of light.
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Postby SteveGriffin on Sun Apr 10, 2005 7:16 pm

Fantastic result! Is it using auto exposure or did you take a punt on the exposure time???
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Postby dooda on Sun Apr 10, 2005 7:28 pm

Hello Steve,

I don't believe I've yet had the pleasure. Welcome to these wonderful forums.
I took a punt. The viewfinder was completely black so I guessed on composition as well (barely a trickle of light). Basically I played brick breaker on my cell phone until I felt like it had enough time. I decided that if I didn't catch it right I'd go as it was getting late. I'll post the picture of the factory where the light came from.
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Postby jethro on Sun Apr 10, 2005 8:33 pm

freaky shot well composed well shot great exposure. fine job1
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Postby -=Monty=- on Mon Apr 11, 2005 1:04 am

Really nice photo! It is kinda spooky.

Looks like a computer game
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Postby dooda on Mon Apr 11, 2005 3:34 am

Thanks for the comments. Here's where the light was coming from.

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This pic is pretty good I think, but doesn't hold a candle (pun intended) to my nocturnal shack shot above.
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Postby flipfrog on Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:02 am

now that is some kool 'natural' lighting :)

great shot...is it possible to up the levels a tad tho? or does it take away from the pic?
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Postby sirhc55 on Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:16 am

Dave - for all the guesses - a winner :D
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Postby Glen on Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:45 am

Dave, fantastic, like the calculation of exposure time - just play brick breaker till you are bored :lol:
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Postby Manta on Mon Apr 11, 2005 11:04 am

Masterful work Dooda. Now I have mobile phone game lust to go with my lens lust. :wink:
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Postby dooda on Mon Apr 11, 2005 11:58 am

Dee,

I was fairly conservative about levels as it really boosts the shack while only affecting it's environment minimally, giving it a supernatural effect (not that it's wrong, but I generally wait a little while before making too drastic of a change). Does it look too dark on your computer?
I'm also careful because the noise is fairly pronounced the more lighth I give it. Remarkably though the finished version is not much different from the original.
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Postby meicw on Mon Apr 11, 2005 11:58 am

Excellent, Dooda. Very atmospheric. The hut is in exactly the right position.

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Postby NetMagi on Mon Apr 11, 2005 2:19 pm

I really like this shot a lot. What an incredible guess on the composure AND exposure, because they're both dead-on.

very well done. .
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Postby KerryPierce on Mon Apr 11, 2005 3:02 pm

I like this shot a great deal, Dave. Very nice. :D
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Postby Neeper on Mon Apr 11, 2005 3:07 pm

I think it's absolutely beautiful! Wow!! Can you say POTW???
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Postby mic on Mon Apr 11, 2005 3:44 pm

A typical Australian saying Dooda : Bloody Brilliant :shock:

I would be proud to hang this one on my wall.

Well done.

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