1st long exposure

I did a trial long exposure shot last night with the 5dc and 24-70L .
(Did a bit of LIGHTROOM post processing).

One option is to clean it up a little more so that any light from the windows, doorways and any light washing on the structure could be cloned out so that the silhouette portion is completely dark (leaving the golden tree and the ground around it, plus the curb/path as they are). You have a nice L-shaped points of interest, starting with the moon, the planet (venus?) silhouette of the telegraph poles as the fulcrum, and the tree. What happens if lighten the photo by about 1/3 to 1/2 exposure?

Thanks for the comment. If I lighten it up a bit, it overexpose the highlight on the leaves. The leaves on the tree are directly below the street lamp post .

Great warm/cool contrast between sky and tree. Sorry I don't have more technical input

I agree with Mu Eugene 100%

I second the agreement with Mu Eugene. I like the composition, it has potential!

Love this composition.simple 8X10 crop, and cloned the blacks.

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Very cool Flo! I intentionally left the lights on the background (houses windows) to get a good view of the lady in a thong...but everyone here agree to blacken the background. I think I`ll let go of her for now...=)

AWGD8 wrote in post #10031237
Very cool Flo! I intentionally left the lights on the background (houses windows) to get a good view of the lady in a thong...but everyone here agree to blacken the background. I think I`ll let go of her for now...=)

Post a link so we can see her in original resolution and then we'll discuss the issue.


@Flo,

Thanks for making it happen. I would keep the bottom edge as per original and not crop it, but would that push the moon too close to the top edge?

AWGD8 wrote in post #10031237
Very cool Flo! I intentionally left the lights on the background (houses windows) to get a good view of the lady in a thong...but everyone here agree to blacken the background. I think I`ll let go of her for now...=)

Lol...:p

Final version. Thanks for the input!

How long is the exposure if you don't mind me asking?

AWGD8 wrote in post #10031237
Very cool Flo! I intentionally left the lights on the background (houses windows) to get a good view of the lady in a thong...but everyone here agree to blacken the background. I think I`ll let go of her for now...=)

I like the shot, (and comment) especially the final edit.

Willie133 wrote in post #10036438
How long is the exposure if you don't mind me asking?

I did 20 secs. something and I wasn`t really patient doing it.

AWGD8 ... I view image versions like software and music mixes ... you get close enough that it works well but may never reach the ultimate satisfaction originally intended.

Here is a version that shifts the subject relationships. This version could lead one to believe that the moon lit the tree. It can't from that distance in that phase but photography sometimes is about creating a convincing illusion. Note I removed the intersection of the trunk/foliage point and the mountains in the background.

Thanks to Flo for providing the version for this edit.

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