Night shot

I don't know if this belongs here, or in people, or b&w/experimental, but mods can move it to wherever. I had another night shot in th b&w/experimental section, and it didn't get too much traffic. So, here it is:

And the other shot:

I like the top photo.

What was the exposure time? Looks like some star movement in the sky...

Steve

I like the first one better, compositionally it works better, just noticed you're on the porch and in the window, very nice touch. I also like the tiny star trails beginning to happen. Great job.........Joe

Camera Data:
1. Date Taken: 2005-07-20 17:20:42
Date Modified: 2005-07-20 22:30:17
Make: Canon
Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
Size: 3072x2048
Bytes: 3521379
Aperture: f/11.0
ISO: 100
Focal Length: 18mm
Exposure Time: 225s (225/1)
Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure Bias: 0
ColorSpace: unknown

2. Date Taken: 2005-07-20 17:14:28
Date Modified: 2005-07-20 22:51:31
Make: Canon
Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
Size: 3072x2048
Bytes: 3721489
Aperture: f/11.0
ISO: 100
Focal Length: 18mm
Exposure Time: 101s (101/1)
Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure Bias: 0
ColorSpace: unknown

Thanks for the comments. They were both made using bulb, and remote shutter. The data doesn't show it, but there is a first curtain flash. I basically left the house dark, locked the shutter, and went from area to area flipping on lights as I did. The porch only took 10 seconds, and the window about 30. I'm in another spot, but since there was no light source, it is a faint ghost image. In the second shot I got lucky with the jet flying by.

I think that your experiment was very succesfull,
thanx for sharing,
T.O.

Thanks. Next time I'll try to be less impatient, and leave it setup for a half hour or so, to get more exagerrated star trails.

Another great nightime set JF, they have a pictorial feel about them, on the surreal side very nice indeed.
Roger.

Thanks, bikerider. I'm waiting for another clear night to get a third "me" in there, and add longer star trails. I'm definately going for a story line, but with one exposeure. I may enlist my 6 year old son as an assistant to flip lights for me. Maybe I'll come in a little sharper, if I can bump the ISO one stop.

The night shoot saga continues.

I like them. Good night shots. It must be dark in your neighborhood to allow a 220+ second exposure. They turned out great IMO. I really like this last one. The sky color is great with good star definition. An ND filter would lengthen the possible exposure time but what are you trying to accomplish with longer times? I'm not sure what the impact on star trails would be with an ND. I've always just used a 30 minute or so exposure with the camera pointed straight up. Your foreground will present more of a challenge for that length of time.

I love that first one on your new post. The color of the sky is great. The second on is kind of freakin' me out.

The last was a mistake - I was checking composition with the camera tethered to the laptop, using ISO 800 for 3-4 sec. exposures. When I disconnected the laptop, and went ahead to take the real shot, I forgot to flip the ISO back to 100. SO, I got about halfway through all the gyrations of light fiipping and posing, and realized what I had done. So, that exposyre was 132 seconds. The second to last was to be the money shot, exposure was about 36 mintutes. As Titus213 pointed out the big challenge is exposing the foreground. And oh, BTW, there are 4 ghost images of me in the second to last, though only one is really visible. This also presents a challenge. It appears I will have to stop down some more, and hold my "ghost" poses longer.