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lyall @llyall12/31/2023, 4:41 AM

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Netscape Photo @Netscape-Photo12/31/2023, 12:22 AM

Power Lines... AT NIGHT!!

_{towers of power? perhaps??}
_{_{more under the fold}}

camera - Nikon D5200

lens - Nikkor 35mm DX f/1.8

EXIF - f/1.8, 10", ISO 100, 35mm

"read more"

camera - Nikon D5200

lens - Nikkor 35mm DX f/1.8

EXIF - f/1.8, 30", ISO 100, 35mm

super mad i didn't frame this one better! arg!! the red is because i had left my car running behind me.

camera - Nikon D5200

lens - Nikkor 35mm DX f/1.8

EXIF - f/1.8, 8", ISO 100, 35mm

camera - Nikon D5200

lens - Nikkor 35mm DX f/1.8

EXIF - f/1.8, 8", ISO 100, 35mm

_{(if you couldn't tell - i cant change the style formatting w/o completely redoing the code. i (still) dont wanna do that rn. so they're all the same colors/gradients)}
hey look its night shots! it's weird - i know that my camera has terrible low light performance, and yet i keep shooting at low light. (shooting at iso 100 solves all my problems!). would be nice if every night shot i do didn't require a tripod, but it does.

also i really should've checked the moon phase before going out - much brighter than i expected, so less stars than i was hoping for.

#photography #digital photography #coho digi club #night photography #power lines #The Cohost Local Feed (Texas)

lyall @llyall12/31/2023, 4:41 AM

I love how long-duration night exposures like this show a blue sky with stars peering through, and the first photo right under "read more" is really quite gorgeous!

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lyall @llyall12/31/2023, 4:40 AM

Oh, these are really neat! While I love seeing the stars as in the first photo, I really love the red one. Sure, the framing isn't perfect, but I feel like it's well-composed and the color contrast is just fantastic! In general, it's really impressive to me how much color you're getting on everything (especially the sky) with largely 8-10 second exposures.

Netscape Photo @Netscape-Photo12/31/2023, 2:52 PM

the color probably comes from the strong sky glow - turns out moonlight colors the sky same as sunlight! I assume on a darker night, even farther from the city, there'd be less color in the sky (as well as everywhere else). Silver lining of too bright nights I guess!

and i absolutely plan on playing with selective lighting on long exposure shots more - super fun and i like the look (i wonder if you can get color gels for car headlights?)

lyall @llyall12/31/2023, 6:06 PM

It makes some sense that moonglow would color the sky similarly, as you're largely getting Rayleigh-scattered short-wavelength light, and the moon's reflected spectrum is not so different from the solar spectrum as to massively affect this.

I'd love to see the results of selective lighting like that! I don't know about something specific, but you can probably find a distributor for Rosco filters / gels nearby. I believe they do 8.5 x 11 sheets for not-quite-murderous prices. Alternatively, aluminum foil and whatever size gel you can find might be a "good enough" DIY setup!