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Light painting in KNP

Postby rooboy on Fri Aug 24, 2007 5:21 pm

I spent last week at Perisher. Pulled myself out of bed at ~4.30am one morning, strapped on the snow shoes and went exploring, hoping for a great sunrise. While I was crunching away on the ice (-5 degrees that morning :shock:) I saw a huge bank of clouds rolling in, and knew that sunrise shots were out of the question. Given limited time, I crunched over to these fantastic rock formations at North Perisher.

Unfortunately I don't have a remote for the D200, since Nikon in their infinite wisdom decided to make the brilliant $30 wireless D70 remote incompatible with the better camera :roll:. Hence I was limited to 30 second exposures, pushing up the ISO as needed. Light painting was done with a tiny LED torch (thanks Glen! :D) . C&C appreciated :)

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Postby Alpha_7 on Fri Aug 24, 2007 5:23 pm

I like the affect, shame about the noise (but you've explained why the ISO bump was necessary.
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Postby big pix on Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:57 pm

very nice ....... I would be happy with that result....... you will find that if there is some noise when viewing on screen, I doubt that it will be on a enlargement........
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Postby stubbsy on Fri Aug 24, 2007 7:54 pm

Patrick

I think this has a great ethereal quality. The noise is a minor distraction, but I don't think it destroys the shot. The other elements are great - you've got the inky blue sky with a splash of stars and the contrasting colour from the rising sun and compositionally you've a nice strong foreground to draw the eye to the rocks. A keeper.
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Postby Killakoala on Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:49 pm

To me the noise is not an issue. I think it is such a good image as it stands. The Orion constellation and other stars really make this a stand-out image. Great work.
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Postby rooboy on Sat Aug 25, 2007 1:17 pm

Thanks for the comments :)

The noise doesn't bother me at all, as I know it won't show up in print.
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Postby sirhc55 on Sat Aug 25, 2007 1:29 pm

Stunning :)
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Postby robert on Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:59 pm

Stunning,
Just about my favourite shot I've seen on here.
Great reward for having the strength to leave a warm bed!!

love it
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Postby Pehpsi on Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:10 pm

Really beautiful shot. Great comp and loving the mix of colours.
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Postby Hudo on Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:29 pm

Fantastic, love the look and feel of this image... nice one...


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Postby marcotrov on Fri Aug 31, 2007 10:14 am

Great image, very moody.
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Postby outtram on Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:33 am

great shot, i really like the stars and the blue.

i actually cant believe you got up at 4:30 in the morning.... thats real comitment :)
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