I used an old 15-30mm zoom lens to create this image. I handheld the camera and during the 13 sec. exposure time I zoom in very slowly. Enjoy!
Christmas House
Category: Night Photography
Light in the Darkness
Currently I am walking through the streets of Merced looking for interesting light decorations. I photograph them purposely blurred. The interesting fact is that different lenses create different blurs. One can also create different blurs through the focusing ring. Be creative with your camera and have fun!
Searching for the Comet Neowise
Yesterday was the day where the Comet Neowise was closest to the earth. My wife and I decided to look for the comet on a lonely country road. Looking at my star tracker on my cell phone I thought this was the perfect place. I decided to use my 14mm super wide angle lens to compose the shot. The sun had disappeared behind the mountains and the moon had risen. The comet revealed himself pretty weak on the right hand side of the image.
Enjoy!
Neowise
After reading about “Neowise” I decided to drive to Lake Yosemite (just a short drive outside Merced, CA) to photograph the Comet. I did not want to wait 6800 years until he shows up again!
Enjoy!
Star Trails in Columbia, CA
This is a composition of sixty images. Each image was exposed one minute. In post production all sixty images were combined and slightly tweaked into this final image.
Enjoy!
Balboa Park
I am currently photographing in beautiful San Diego, CA. I created this image last night in Balboa Park.
Enjoy the image and keep on photographing!
Aurora
Finally we saw the Northern Lights outside Reyklavik in Iceland. It was about midnight when I snapped the trigger of my camera.
Enjoy and keep on photographing!
Yosemite Avenue
I like photographing at night. This image was created while I was walking on Yosemite Ave. in north Merced, CA. Normally the street is very busy but I was lucky. There were a few moments where the traffic eased up and I was able to capture the street,
Enjoy and keep on photographing!
Milky Way over St. Catherine’s
Last night Dorothy, David and I met in Hornitos, CA to photograph the Milky Way over St. Catherine’s Church. We knew it was the end of the season and we expected some light pollution from the houses around the arae. In order to get this image I needed David’s help. He used his small flash light to light paint the church. Thank you!
Enjoy the image and keep on photographing!
Evening in Wolfsburg
I photographed the Canal and VW factory after sunset. I created three tif bracketed files from the original raw file which I combined in post production. The I used the Topaz filter to blur the water and the clouds. Then I sharpened the trees and the factory building and finally I optimized the colors.
Enjoy and keep on photographing!