Night Shots 24

This week I ask you to continue to work on your night shots.

Night Shots 24

This is an image that I shot a while back at our hotel in Irvine, CA. I could not sleep so I got up at 3:00 am took my camera and tripod and started photographing. This image is actually a HDR image. I created three exposures which I combined in post production.

Enjoy and keep on working on your images!

Night Shots 23

Night Shots 23

After photographing star trails in the city of Merced I wanted to find out if I could capture the Milky Way in my back yard. In our area the Milky Way is visible around midnight during the month of May. This is what I got. You can clearly see the effect of the light pollution but I still like the image.

Enjoy and keep on trying and working on your images!

 

Night Shots 22

Night Shots 22

Actually I did almost everything wrong to photograph star trails. Normally you look for a non light polluted area, I photographed in a park in the middle of a populated area. You pick a time when there is no moon (New Moon  phase) in the sky. Yesterday the moon was shining quite bright luckily it was not full moon yet. You pick a still standing subject like a rock or building, I picked a group of palm trees that were moved by the wind and still I like the image.

Enjoy and keep on working and improving your images!

 

 

Night Shots 20

This week I challenge you to work on “Night Shots.” Go out after sunset and start with the so called “blue hour.” Observe how your camera picks up colors in low light conditions and watch the noise level as you increase your ISO settings.

Night Shots 20

I took this image without a tripod but setting the camera on night shots meaning that the camera takes three exposures and creates a sharp image.

Enjoy the image and have fun with this exercise!