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{Photography.94.1}: Coyote {coyote} Thu, 10 Aug 2006 01:54:54 CDT (2 lines)
I thought for sure we had a topic for night photography, but a search proved me wrong. And, thus, a new topic is born...
{Photography.94.2}: Coyote {coyote} Thu, 10 Aug 2006 01:56:02 CDT (HTML)
Attachment: NowServingMargaritas2.jpg (81K)
{Photography.94.3}: David Burke {tualatin} Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:25:08 CDT (3 lines)
Oh yeah. Nice impressionistic shot. Delicioso color. Looks like ya maybe had a few too many a them Margaritas too. The two dogs and their masters really complement the composition.
{Photography.94.4}: David Burke {tualatin} Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:41:14 CDT (HTML)
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{Photography.94.5}: Coyote {coyote} Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:01:09 CDT (7 lines)
I took the margarita shot with my little point and shoot, without resting it on anything, although if I'd had the time to look around without missing that shot, I would have used a lamp pole or perhaps someone's car to steady the camera. I thought I had the ISO set at 400 (the highest it goes), but the exif info says 200. Rats! 400 would have frozen the action a bit more, but not entirely, because at 200, the shutter speed was 1/8 of a second.
{Photography.94.6}: Carol R Strand {crs1} Thu, 10 Aug 2006 18:33:30 CDT (1 line)
This is an almost-night shot -- hand held like all my pics
{Photography.94.7}: Tom Dornhofer {tugboat} Thu, 10 Aug 2006 19:27:24 CDT (0 lines)
{Photography.94.8}: David Burke {tualatin} Fri, 11 Aug 2006 00:48:43 CDT (2 lines)
Can hear the owl hooting in Carol's pic and fire spewing from the burner in Tom's.
{Photography.94.9}: Rich Mason {richpix} Fri, 11 Aug 2006 18:42:12 CDT (HTML)
{Photography.94.10}: David Burke {tualatin} Sat, 12 Aug 2006 03:26:08 CDT (2 lines)
Love it. So American, right down to the reflected parking lot and apparent neon beer sign in the aluminum-framed windows.
{Photography.94.11}: Jenny Reiswig {jreiswig} Sat, 12 Aug 2006 13:42:10 CDT (4 lines)
Rich, your whole series is really really interesting. I love the otherworldliness of the skies - how do you manage to get the exposures long enough to brighten up the skies without completely blowing out the highlights in the pictures?
{Photography.94.12}: Martin Booda {booda} Sat, 12 Aug 2006 14:49:03 CDT (1 line)
Tom, where was that balloon tether?
{Photography.94.13}: Beth {beth} Sat, 12 Aug 2006 17:02:37 CDT (1 line)
From our trip to upstate New York last summer.
{Photography.94.14}: Rich Mason {richpix} Sat, 12 Aug 2006 18:01:12 CDT (40 lines)
David, thanks. It looks traditionally American, yet it's now surrounded by Korean-owned businesses. I'm not sure who owns Heidi's now, but the place next door is Korean-owned. The neon reflecting in the windows is on another business which used to be Dawson's Sporting Goods--today I can't read the business name. Adjacent to the former Dawson's used to be a small deli which only served lunch. Below the deli was a shooting range which made sitting at one of the lunch tables quite an experience when the range was active--both businesses are gone, replaced by (?). In the same neighborhood Sam's Pizza and Sal's Shoe Repair have been replaced by Korean-owned businesses. The Ace Hardware store is completely gone, replaced by a small strip mall where I can read none of the business names because I don't know Korean. Most of the businesses don't bother with the pretense of putting up an English name and a Korean subtitle--it's either Korean with an English subtitle or no English at all. Jenny, they are definitely suburban skies. The exposures generally range from 30 seconds to 2 minutes and the skies are lit by the ambient light being thrown up by various street lights and lit shopping centers. Basically it's light pollution. Since moving my attention to commercial areas I'm finding it much more difficult to get the sky effects. Things are generally too brightly lit in the foreground to allow for the longer exposures. I lucked out with Heidi's because it was a bit foggy and there was a sodium vapor light pointing the right way in the background. I'll get different effects in the sky depending on the type of lights bouncing off the sky, the amount of humidity, how far away the background lights are, how brightly lit the foreground is, how cloudy it is and how low the clouds are. The funny thing is that all these lights are supposedly on for security purposes but I've walked all around and between buildings blazing with light and nobody has paid me any attention. As far as I'm concerned all the lighting is just a waste of energy and a source of light pollution which does nothing but make the life of potential thieves and burgulars easier. Not to mention that it makes my life as a photographer more difficult. ;-)
{Photography.94.15}: Rich Mason {richpix} Sat, 12 Aug 2006 18:03:04 CDT (2 lines)
Oh, and the last few nights I've also had to deal with a full or near- full moon, which doesn't help with the sky effects...
{Photography.94.16}: Tom Dornhofer {tugboat} Sat, 12 Aug 2006 23:27:03 CDT (3 lines)
Rich - I was going to say "Twilight Zone" - very surreal. Martin - the event was "Sky-Jam" in Jamestown NY. Here's one from the Gerry rodeo a few nights ago.
{Photography.94.17}: David Burke {tualatin} Sun, 13 Aug 2006 02:57:10 CDT (15 lines)
>>Since moving my attention to commercial areas I'm finding it much more difficult to get the sky effects. The flatter more "difficult to get sky effects" in commercial areas is a statement on excess commercialism itself. The sinister Lynchian quality of the light fits so well. Am curious, is wasting energy by such benign night lighting becoming an issue in USA? I remember when sodium vapor lighting was introduced, in the more conservation-minded 1970s, because of its lower energy use. Far redder than the old blue- green cast of metal hallide lights. Would imagine new less-energy intensive illumination technology is emerging (as well as nuclear power possibly making a comeback). You ever accidentally set off an alarm at one of the joints you've photographed?
{Photography.94.18}: T.J. McGovern {tj2} Sun, 13 Aug 2006 10:07:36 CDT (4 lines)
I remember in the '70s when they turned off a lot of freeway lights to save energy. Stores even turned off their automatic doors. Seems kind of funny today, now that gas is four times as costly as then, and there are moee lights and gizmos than ever.
{Photography.94.19}: Jonathan {jonathan68} Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:11:29 CDT (10 lines)
Am returning to the Cafe after a long absence. With so many beautifully and skilfully composed photos to enjoy, I'm surprised I manage to stay away so long. I've also appreciated all the knowledgable folk prepared to be generous with their advice who help make this the best place I know for learning. I was pleasantly surprised by how well this scene was illuminated. I have the street lighting to thank for that - though I've never cared for that sodium glare.
{Photography.94.20}: Buffy {tajour} Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:26:04 CDT (1 line)
The moonlight is beautiful!
{Photography.94.21}: Donald Dozier {donaldpd} Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:05:24 CDT (HTML)
{Photography.94.22}: Carol R Strand {crs1} Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:14:58 CDT (1 line)
Jonathan -- fabulous!
{Photography.94.23}: David Burke {tualatin} Thu, 17 Aug 2006 01:05:41 CDT (3 lines)
Both very poetic photographs. Something very English (Beatrix Potter meets Ralph Vaughn Williams) about Jonathan's, and American on vacation in Hawaii about Donald's.
{Photography.94.24}: Donald Dozier {donaldpd} Thu, 17 Aug 2006 10:36:32 CDT (3 lines)
Thanks, David. Different state and ocean, but with pictures like that you can place it almost anywhere. That one came from my old Minolta brick.
{Photography.94.25}: Jonathan {jonathan68} Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:29:57 CDT (8 lines)
Taken with the help of my Canon G3's built in flash. The only way I could satisfy myself I had the exposure about right was by continuously varying the aperture. So this was not a quick picture, and I had many over or under-exposed attempts at the same shot. That trial and error process is ok for things like flowers that aren't going anywhere. But for more transient subjects it's tricky.
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