Night Watchman

bryanj87

Castle Hill Lighthouse in Newport, RI is arguably one of the most photogenic lighthouse in the state, if not the entire northeast. I captured this a few months back at night.

thapamd

Exquisite shot, Bryan! I love the comp, the lighting, the startrails, and the slight graininess...b&w was a beautiful choice.

Awais Yaqub

Wonderful job ! your BWs are very nice

brvheart

Beautiful!! I love it!

bendruckerphoto

Beautiful night shot!

bryanj87

Thanks for the kind words everyone. The choice for b/w was an afterthought. This image was a lightpainting experiment gone wrong. Turns out, when converted to b/w with Nik Silver, the color cast from the lightpainting really brought out the contrast in the bricks, so I went with it!

dseidman

Cool concept! I'd prefer a little less on the bottom but this still looks pretty good.

rwells

Bryan,

I really like this shot & your processing. Thanks for posting it.

The Curious Camel

Top to bottom it's a stunning image.
Some day I want to try and do those star trails.

Peace, g

dlplumer

Very nice Bryan.

bryanj87

Thanks everyone for the comments, much appreciated!

NateW

Very nice! I have to ask, though, since I'm working toward some star-trail shots, myself...

What did you use to get the shot? Especially shutter speed, ap, iso, etc.
Certainly I'll not get something this nice on the first try, but I'd like to cut down on my repetition a little... (I'm thinking to try it with a medium format twin lens in B&W, so my trial and error cycle might be a little long, too...)

Thanks!

coscorrosa

Wow - that really worked well. Excellent shot! Like the choice of a B&W conversion too.

anwmn1

Way to make a great shot out of a bad one. This works very well as a b&w!!

crow

wow, cool foreground captured, the defined bricks on the tower really add to your shot

bryanj87

Thanks for the comments everyone!

Nate- I shot this with a tripod mounted Canon 40d and a Sigma 10-20 lens at 10mm. 513 seconds at f/4.5 ISO 100, in camera noise reduction on, auto white balance. It's easier than you think, this shot was I think my third attempt at star trails.

NateW wrote:

Very nice! I have to ask, though, since I'm working toward some star-trail shots, myself...

What did you use to get the shot? Especially shutter speed, ap, iso, etc.
Certainly I'll not get something this nice on the first try, but I'd like to cut down on my repetition a little... (I'm thinking to try it with a medium format twin lens in B&W, so my trial and error cycle might be a little long, too...)

Thanks!

NateW

bryanj87 wrote:

Thanks for the comments everyone!

Nate- I shot this with a tripod mounted Canon 40d and a Sigma 10-20 lens at 10mm. 513 seconds at f/4.5 ISO 100, in camera noise reduction on, auto white balance. It's easier than you think, this shot was I think my third attempt at star trails.

Thanks for the info!
I'll make a few attempts around that exposure level and see what I get.

May I ask: how did you get 513s? (I'm guessing the camera was set to either programmed auto or aperture priority programmed mode... Seems like an odd thing to calculate!)

dadwtwins

very cool shot, great job

bryanj87

NateW wrote:

Thanks for the info!
I'll make a few attempts around that exposure level and see what I get.

May I ask: how did you get 513s? (I'm guessing the camera was set to either programmed auto or aperture priority programmed mode... Seems like an odd thing to calculate!)

The shutter speed was an experiment. I don't do the math, ever, but that's just me. I took a few test shots at shorter exposures and felt comfy going for that long. Pretty much every picture I take is an experiment!