Ian Bramham's Photoblog
Pond - Streetlights
Posted by Ian Bramham (Manchester, United Kingdom) on 7 March 2008 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
This is a photo of our local village pond lit only by streetlights as there was no moon when I was taking this photo.
There's a little bit of blurring of the stars due to the long 59 second exposure.....I was surprised at how quickly they move across the sky!
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@Michael Rawluk: Thanks Michael.....I must remember to take a stop watch with me next time I try taking photos on 'bulb' setting.
@hugo poon: Thanks very much Hugo......I hope you are well and enjoying your photography!
@Tracey: Hi Tracey!.....yes it was a surprise to me also that the stars are visible on this photo despite all the light pollution from the street lights and the neighbouring town beyond the horizon
@Japanalia: Thanks very much....as far as full screen viewing goes there is a larger version here http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7028114&size=lg
@Will: Thanks Will.....the composition was as much luck as judgement as it was extremely dark; so dark in fact that it was hard using the viewfinder + I was concentrating on not falling into the lake :-)
@alex centrella: Thanks very much Alex!
@Nataly: Thanks very much Nataly......I haven't tried a night photo with as long an exposure as this before and was pleased with the way it turned out. I blended the converted B&W with a solid grey tone to get this effect but the original colour version is interesting too.
@Laurie: Thanks Laurie....I don't take enough photos in our own village.
@Noxeus: What a lovely word that is.....thanks!
@Kaddy: Thannks very much....I hope you've looked at lots of photos :-)
@Sandrine: Thanks very much Sandrine!
@See The Light: Thanks very much Mary....I hope everything is going well with you. How is your husband?
@tom: Thanks very much Tom....I was surprised that the stars came out so well on the photo like this!
@danthro: Thanks danthro.....yes it surprised me that the stars were visible on the photo with all that light pollution in the frame.
@amy: Thanks Amy!......I do however feel like a fraud as the camera did all the work. The only thing I feel proud of was guessing the expoure right on the first try. I must have been doing too much night photography since getting this camera.
The one thing I need to pack next time though is a stopwatch as counting the seconds for a one minute exposure left me feeling rather stupid as I'm not sure what I'd have done if it had needed 4 or even 8 minutes :-)
@GJC: Hi GJC.......thanks for stopping by. I'm looking forward to seeing some of your shots from China once you get back. I hope you remembered your camera!
@Ian Smith: Hi Ian...that's very kind of you to stop by like this and it's great to hear from you.
All that time on the Fuji Talk Forum looking at and discussing night photography really paid off and its been a real joy trying this for myself since getting the new camera!
@Momo: Thanks very much Momo.....I blended the original B&W with a soild grey tone and altered the transparancy until it looked right.
(I really liked the original colour image too but wanted to experiment with something new)
Nikon D40
59 seconds
F/5.6
ISO 200
15 mm (35mm equiv.)
