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Man, I wish I didn't live in a polluted hellhole. A proper night sky feels like such a missed opportunity...

 

Thanks! One of my favorite shots I've taken so far.

 

They are awesome How did you take them? I'm interested as I tried a similar thing and it didn't work out so well.

 

IMGP8644-C by Neil, on Flickr

St Uny's Church, Lelant. With the moon out the sky looks like ass but I figure there's no point in not taking a picture when the opportunity presents itself. Having a good torch so you can tell the difference between old queyside and puddles is a must. The estuary at Hayle is dangerous as balls.

 

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I initially tried just turning the minute hand continuously during a 30 second long exposure, but this didn't really turn out too well.

So then I switched to taking 12, 15-second exposures. Each time I moved the minute hand 5 minutes (or an hour and 5 mins for the shot where the hour hand moves a lot). And then I composited the 12 shots in photoshop by setting their blend mode to Lighten. The shot without an hour hand I edited out the hour hand in each shot. Finally converted them to black and white.

 

Awesome - I presumed that there would be some photoshop jiggery-pokery going on but wasn't sure what

Stopped off on the way home today as I'd always fancied trying some light-trail photography - rather pleased with the results

Light Trails by gkinrade, on Flickr

IMG_1395 by gkinrade, on Flickr

IMG_1396 by gkinrade, on Flickr

 

IMGP8683 by Neil, on Flickr



IMGP8662-C by Neil, on Flickr


Botallack, Cornwall.

 

Damn, those are two great shots, particularly the second.


Candid by Angad Singh, on Flickr

 

I was thinking about your comment on the ride back from Botallack. While the countryside is stunning and night skies are something you just take for granted; being over a hundred miles from the nearest real city is a blessing and a curse.

I love it here but visiting my sister in Bristol always blows my mind. Shops don't shut at 4pm, the people in restaurants don't smell like Ambre Solaire‎ and there's so much stuff to do. They even had a tiny cinema that was playing Studio Ghibli films last time I went. It was about this point on the way home I started singing to myself.


(You'll have to excuse a video in the POTD thread.)

 

I know what you mean - I'm a city boy myself, and it's where I'm most comfortable. But you guys can drive 100mi to a dark sky location. I can go pretty much to the boonies in India and still have too much pollution (air and light) for a proper shot of the night sky.

 

Donnington Castle 12 January 2016-4 by Jordan Stanhope Dean, on Flickr

 

Nice.

 

This almost didn't happen. It was the first shot I took at the site with the wind gusting hard in all directions. Angled the trpod legs out and kept everything low but I could still see the camera shake during the longer exposures.

Managed to get a few good shots using my body as a shield (attaching the camera bag would have acted like a sail and taken the lot over the cliff.) It was fun though.

 

Been a bit slack posting lately. One from last weekend.

Anita Beach by Sam Dickinson, on Flickr

 

Hengistbury Head-1427 by Jordan Stanhope Dean, on Flickr

We got up at 4am to capture the sunrise, and we were not disappointed! In the process of turning the whole morning into a gorgeous timelapse.

 

Been out of town for a week, forgot to post these...







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LCD indicating the temperature outside of my car.







Welcome to Canada, friends.

 

Orlando Skyline


Orlando Skyline Panorama


Urban Stream

 

Nice ones, Glaeken! I really like the Urban stream!