Starry Night

Murphy66

Just playing around with long exposures.

DanielB

i like the effect of this. maybe next time on a calmer night to get that nice detail with the shades in the trees. and farther away from teh sun so it doesn't blow.


but i like the idea.

Murphy66

Actually, it was taken at about midnight. The light you see is light polution from the malls, etc over the hill.

Thanks for looking and commenting!

ajgauthier

lighting the foreground
hiya - if you find yourself out in really dark sky to do star trails and such, you can use a wide beam flashlight (like a maglite with the top twisted so it's a wider more diffuse beam than a strong point of light) to "paint" the foreground. You have to play around with it a bit to get it right, but once you do a few that work you know how long to paint the foreground (trees, buildings, statues). Sometimes you can get some really neat effects!

Adrienne:D