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Posted By: Duplo, 10-06-2007, 07:26 PM

Hi All,

Yeah I know more of that green stuff that floats across the sky
Spend the night aurora hunting again and came by the cemetary and while the auroras were on the boring side, then I do think that they add something to these photos.

well two photos all with the K10D and DA14.





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I almost didn't look Thomas, after all why would I want to see a cemetery.
But I'm glad that I did. They're both beautiful

I'll be heading into 2 some time this month, for some halloween shots, although you can expect to see some photoshop work done with mine.
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Hey Thomas,exellent work as usual
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For those of us who have never seen this, I could be boring.

Was this taken dirung the day or night. Why are the markers all the same?

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QuoteOriginally posted by Duplo Quote
Spend the night aurora hunting again and came by the cemetary and while the auroras were on the boring side, then I do think that they add something to these photos.
I completely agree!
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Great and beautiful shots.....
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That aurora and the cemetery is almost a spooky combination.
Really nice pictures,

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Excellent detail. Looks like a long exposure and some sharpening ? The shots show compassion I think with the gril there (as opposed to scary). Well done.
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QuoteOriginally posted by little laker Quote
I almost didn't look Thomas, after all why would I want to see a cemetery.
But I'm glad that I did. They're both beautiful

I'll be heading into 2 some time this month, for some halloween shots, although you can expect to see some photoshop work done with mine.
thank you Stu.
I will be looking out for the results.

QuoteOriginally posted by Alefone Quote
Hey Thomas,exellent work as usual
Thank you Alefone.

QuoteOriginally posted by JCSullivan Quote
For those of us who have never seen this, I could be boring.

Was this taken dirung the day or night. Why are the markers all the same?
Thank you JC.
they were taken furing the nigh, pich black night I should add, the 200 sec exposure at f4.5 tells a bit about how dark it was.
what do you mean about the markers being the same.

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I completely agree!
Thank you Carpents.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Eastern Shore Charlie Quote
Great and beautiful shots.....
Thank you Charlie.

QuoteOriginally posted by edwin_1980 Quote
That aurora and the cemetery is almost a spooky combination.
Really nice pictures,
Thank you Edwin. that was what we thought too.

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Excellent detail. Looks like a long exposure and some sharpening ? The shots show compassion I think with the gril there (as opposed to scary). Well done.
Thank you Daacon.
Yep definitely a long exposure (200 sec) and yes some sharpening too.
I think the girl takes away some of the spokeyness too, that was at least why I asked her to be there....

a real bugger to get her to sit still for 200 sec though
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For those of us who have never seen this, I could be boring.

Was this taken dirung the day or night. Why are the markers all the same?

Thank you JC.
they were taken furing the nigh, pich black night I should add, the 200 sec exposure at f4.5 tells a bit about how dark it was.
what do you mean about the markers being the same.
I must have written this half asleep. My first question should read "For those of us who have never seen this, How could it be boring?"

The night and day questions was because I understand that up north there are times in certain times of the day when it is pitch dark.

As for the markers, I meant the grave markers being all crosses. I realise this has no effect on the photograph itself - just a curious question.

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QuoteOriginally posted by JCSullivan Quote
As for the markers, I meant the grave markers being all crosses. I realise this has no effect on the photograph itself - just a curious question.
Thanks
maybe it's a local custom there ?

I know that the "WAR" Cemetaries (spelling ?) here in Belgium (Polish and German) all have the same grave markers (the polish one is pretty small but the German one is pretty huge and I think there are 2 soldiers for each cross). We've been there with school a few times to remember the horrors of both World Wars.

As for the aurora I have a question :

Is this aurora the "northern light" ? and why I ask is that I heard somewhere (I think on some documentary) that it's impossible to take a picture of this phenomena (but maybe they mean with a "normal" point & shoot camera ??
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QuoteOriginally posted by JCSullivan Quote
I must have written this half asleep. My first question should read "For those of us who have never seen this, How could it be boring?"

The night and day questions was because I understand that up north there are times in certain times of the day when it is pitch dark.

As for the markers, I meant the grave markers being all crosses. I realise this has no effect on the photograph itself - just a curious question.

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I took the liberty of expecting it to be a spelling error

Well where I live we do get pretty close to no light at all, but not quite total darkness.

It is actually just how grave markers look in Greenland. I am not sure why, but I think they are beautiful in their own way... or makes for an interesting foreground at least.:


QuoteOriginally posted by Cloudy Wizzard Quote
maybe it's a local custom there ?

I know that the "WAR" Cemetaries (spelling ?) here in Belgium (Polish and German) all have the same grave markers (the polish one is pretty small but the German one is pretty huge and I think there are 2 soldiers for each cross). We've been there with school a few times to remember the horrors of both World Wars.

As for the aurora I have a question :

Is this aurora the "northern light" ? and why I ask is that I heard somewhere (I think on some documentary) that it's impossible to take a picture of this phenomena (but maybe they mean with a "normal" point & shoot camera ??
You are right about the markers, just a local custom.

The aurora borealis( or Northern lights as they are called in the northern hemisphere) are very difficult to capture and does require either a really long exposure or highly sensitive sensor.

The ones in the photos above was relatively faint, thus requiring a 200 sec exposure to bring out.

Normally 60-120 secs at f5.6 and ISO 100 will do.

SO I guess you are right that the statement is said with P&S in mind, I have a full gallery of them here:
Zenfolio | Duplo Photography | Aurora Borealis

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Great Shots. I cant believe your subject was able to sit stil for so long.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Duplo Quote
The ones in the photos above was relatively faint, thus requiring a 200 sec exposure to bring out.

Normally 60-120 secs at f5.6 and ISO 100 will do.
200 Sec ?? that's more then 3 minutes ?? man I guess you really need a tripod for that
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