Ghost Plane

TrulyAlaskan · November 23, 2008

3 Minute Exposure
F5.6
Middle of the night
Snow Glow on the clouds, popped a few orange flashes on the floats

DaddyO · November 23, 2008

Like the way you put this one together. Well worth the effort you
gave it for the result we get to see. & those things we don't get to see.

I confess I had to think about it for awhile. Guess I'm gettin' slow.

schmoo · November 23, 2008

I wasn't sure what to expect when clicking on this, but I like it. The red gives a lot of tension to this scene, along with the perspective which isn't really typical.

I love the night clouds, too. I'm surprised they didn't move more in 3 minutes!

TrulyAlaskan · November 23, 2008

Thanks to both of you!

DaddyO- yeah the shot took a while. The 3 minutes was the short part. The long part was waiting for it to get dark enough... thankfully we only have a few hours of daylight these days.

schmoo - The clouds actually did move quite a bit. I was almost afraid there wouldn't be enough movement. Thankfully there was.

pyry · November 23, 2008

Good one! I was thinking a slighly higher viewpoint might have been worth considering, but I'm not sure really.

I like your use of light

TrulyAlaskan · November 23, 2008

pyry wrote:

Good one! I was thinking a slighly higher viewpoint might have been worth considering, but I'm not sure really.

I like your use of light

Thanks! I actually have one that is slightly higher, but it wasn't nearly as dramatic.

Skippy · November 24, 2008

TrulyAlaskan wrote:

3 Minute Exposure
F5.6
Middle of the night
Snow Glow on the clouds, popped a few orange flashes on the floats

I love it, where's the rest of the plane?
The floats look in to be in good condition, can they just be removed from the plane and put back on when needed?

Great feel to that image, the light works very well

.... Skippy

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pyry · November 24, 2008

Skippy wrote:

I love it, where's the rest of the plane?
The floats look in to be in good condition, can they just be removed from the plane and put back on when needed?

Happily flying around on regular landing gear probably. I'd guess it takes a couple of blokes with spanners and a crane a couple of hours to switch from floats to wheels.

Floats are huge heavy things and cost load capacity, speed and fuel to fly with and then when, say the lakes freeze over, it'll save a bundle of money to switch to wheels or skis.

TrulyAlaskan · November 25, 2008

pyry wrote:

Happily flying around on regular landing gear probably. I'd guess it takes a couple of blokes with spanners and a crane a couple of hours to switch from floats to wheels.

Floats are huge heavy things and cost load capacity, speed and fuel to fly with and then when, say the lakes freeze over, it'll save a bundle of money to switch to wheels or skis.

This pretty much sums it up. Actually the plane is about 20 feet to the left sitting pretty on a pair of skis

It's amazing how much better she flies during the winter.... sooo much more performance.

Thank you all for your comments

I have some more photos from tonight's photo shoot in an abandoned building. They should be up tomorrow. I'm a bit exhausted

TrulyAlaskan · November 25, 2008

Here are a few from last night's UrbEx in Whitter AK. So I've got some e-mails lately asking me how hard it is to get in to buildings like this and how much risk there is once inside.... So here are some answers:

I usually go with one of my good photographer buddies when doing these. He and I are working together to make these shots possible. Before entering any building we really do try to get permission. Sometimes that is just not possible, so we leave a public notice on the building 2-3 weeks prior to entering.
For the big buildings like this one, we carry all kinds of protective gear. Steel toe, heel, and shank boots, Full face respirator, full coveralls, and enough flashlights to light a small town.
Yes, walking though abandoned buildings in the wintertime in Alaska is dangerous. I cannot tell you how many animal tracks we have seen in buildings like this. Bears are sometimes lazy, and this works as a winter den. Snow and Ice are very heavy and when stacked on a building that is not maintained can cause some serious damage. Transients like these buildings too, they provide a nice place to sleep, but hoodlums also like them for a place to hang out and cause problems. Alaska has no conceal and carry laws, so we take full advantage of this. Just in case.

Inside the Medical Ward of the Buckner Building

Tokina 12-24 @ 12
60 Second Exposure
F5.6

Tokina 12-24 @ 12
60 Second Exposure
F5.6

Tokina 12-24 @ 12
60 Second Exposure
F5.6

Sorry about the Watermark... but these days you can't be too careful

Travis · November 25, 2008

These are spectacular! Its amazing what can be done with places and objects that others would pass by as junk. Thanks for sharing.

btw, I'm not seeing a watermark.

TrulyAlaskan · November 25, 2008

Travis wrote:

These are spectacular! Its amazing what can be done with places and objects that others would pass by as junk. Thanks for sharing.

btw, I'm not seeing a watermark.

Thank you very much Travis. This kind of photography is really a whole lot of fun!

The watermark is very very light. It can be seen in the Radioactive shot... look dead center... it's my moose logo...

DaddyO · November 25, 2008

These are very very cool. Well done in the fun.

I'm guessing here, but I'm thinking very little PS if any was used in these creations.

Its nice to hear of the caution and care you use before, during, and
after entering old structures. Good for you!

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TrulyAlaskan · November 25, 2008

DaddyO wrote:

These are very very cool. Well done in the fun.
I'm guessing here, but I'm thinking very little PS if any was used in these creations.

Its nice to hear of the caution and care you use before, during, and
after entering old structures. Good for you! thumb

Thanks so much!

There is *some* PS used, however, I use this very very lightly. All the colors you see are done while the shutter is open. I walk around with flashlights and off camera flashes covered in theatrical lighting gel. The only PS that I do is noise reduction (neat image), Hot pixel elimination (Hot Pixel Eliminator), and usually a reduction in color saturation. Yes, I said reduction. Occasionally I will use the dodge/burn tools to darken and highlight some areas.

Thanks again for all the compliments

pyry · November 26, 2008

TrulyAlaskan wrote:

Here are a few from last night's UrbEx in Whitter AK. So I've got some e-mails lately asking me how hard it is to get in to buildings like this and how much risk there is once inside.... So here are some answers:

Those are worth their own thread! Looks quite incredible

Ghost Plane

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