[tuco]

That's a different take on the eclipse Tuco. I like it.

Thanks. It's a miracle I got an eclipse picture at all.

I spent two days scouting for a landscape that would let me look up. I found a spot. It was on the edge of some farm land common to a public road. I have my gear set up, the eclipse is starting and a farmer comes out and decides now is the time to spray his field with chemicals starting just where I'm at. I had 30 minutes to find a new location and subject and this is what I got.

[littledrawe]

the eclipse is starting and a farmer comes out and decides now is the time to spray his field with chemicals starting just where I'm at.

You've got to be kidding!! I find this shot even more impressive in that its film!

[Ed Hurst]

What do you guys think? I would normally work hard to edit out birds in a star trail image, but in this case, I feel it adds something. Rather as though the lighthouse is pouring out a fluttering ticker tape mass of birds with its light beams.

All feedback gratefully received.

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Pentax 645Z with 28-45mm f4.5 DA lens @ 38mm.

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Pentax 645Z with 25mm f4 DA lens.

Bronte pool in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs. Usual mad swimming person before dawn.

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[KGH]

645D, 135LS, f4.0, 1/250, ISO500

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645D FA80-160, f5, 1/100, ISO 100. Quantum Q flash camera left, bare bulb.

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645D FA75 2.8, f2.8, 1/100, ISO 100, Quantum Qflash camera right, Godox dome diffuser.

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645D FA 80-160 @100, f8, 1/125, ISO250. Paul C Buff White Lightning X800 camera left in 30x60 SB, PCB WL X800 behind subject camera right, gridded reflector.

[itshimitis]

What do you guys think? I would normally work hard to edit out birds in a star trail image, but in this case, I feel it adds something. Rather as though the lighthouse is pouring out a fluttering ticker tape mass of birds with its light beams.

All feedback gratefully received.

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Pentax 645Z with 28-45mm f4.5 DA lens @ 38mm.

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Pentax 645Z with 25mm f4 DA lens.

Bronte pool in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs. Usual mad swimming person before dawn.

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I feel it adds. Plus I would hate to try and edit that lot out lol. Great shots as usual

[Ed Hurst]

I feel it adds. Plus I would hate to try and edit that lot out lol. Great shots as usual

Thanks mate. Yes, removing those would be a PAINFUL exercise. But I would do it gladly if I thought it would deliver the best shot. Or I could back in the depth of the winter when the birds are not there ;-)

[Bonner04]

"The Dance"
Pentax 645NII
SMC Pentax-FA 645 150mm F2.8 [IF]
Ilford XP2 SUPER 400 +1/2EV
f/6.7 1/180 ISO 400
Epson Perfection V550 Photo

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[cobbu2]

Grand Teton National Park, South Entrance Turnout



Pentax 67 (handheld), SMC Pentax 6x7 55mm f/4, Kodak 320TXP (Expired 220), HC-110B

[marcusyoung]

rESIZED
a120 MACRO

MARCUS

[ckhfrankie]

645D + SMC A Macro 120/4

[BostonUKshooter]

What do you guys think? I would normally work hard to edit out birds in a star trail image, but in this case, I feel it adds something. Rather as though the lighthouse is pouring out a fluttering ticker tape mass of birds with its light beams.

All feedback gratefully received.

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Pentax 645Z with 28-45mm f4.5 DA lens @ 38mm.

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Pentax 645Z with 25mm f4 DA lens.

Bronte pool in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs. Usual mad swimming person before dawn.

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Surreal atmosphere.....love it!

[tuco]

You've got to be kidding!! I find this shot even more impressive in that its film!

Thanks. I was happy to get the shot. I've shot other celestial things on film too. I'll repost this done a few years ago.

Hasselblad 500C/M, CF 50/4 FLE, 100 Acros, about 20 minutes

[photoptimist]

What do you guys think? I would normally work hard to edit out birds in a star trail image, but in this case, I feel it adds something. Rather as though the lighthouse is pouring out a fluttering ticker tape mass of birds with its light beams.

All feedback gratefully received.

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Pentax 645Z with 28-45mm f4.5 DA lens @ 38mm.

Beautiful and very interesting!

I think the effect of the birds is wonderful and if I were you, I would go back to the lighthouse to try different treatments of it. In particular, I'd work on increasing the size and definition of the bird trail zone. One minor dissonance in this image is that the large, brightly-lit, strongly-structured building is "looking left" whilst the more subtle and intriguing bird-trail zone is obscured behind the lighthouse and facing right.

I'd try moving the camera toward the right and a bit closer to the building which might better balance the building facade vs. light-fan-with-birds. I'd also try a portrait-oriented shot maybe with the front facade in the lower-left of the frame, the light-fan-with-birds in the upper-right, and the lighthouse cylinder bisecting the frame in the center. Of course, I could be horribly wrong, so the grain-of-salt, two-cents rule applies!

I do like your use of wide-angle here because it brings in more stars, provides a nice curvature of their motion, and adds a bit of keystoning to the lighthouse which accentuates the sense of height and scale of the tower.

Excellent image and an intriguing effect overall!

[marcusyoung]

A RESIZED IMAGE, uncrop.

A120 macro. 645Z.


marcus

[Bonner04]

Los Angeles
Pentax 645N II
Pentax smc FA 645 150mm f/2.8 IF
Fujicolor NPS 160
f/4.5 1/180 ISO 160
Epson Perfection V550 Photo