Weekly Photography Challenge Thread (see first post rules and then the poll at top before entering)

Entry! My garage (built in 1926) taken at 23:00 last night. Tried to get some stars in there but there was too much ambient light.

 

I just found out last night that I get week of holidays next week
As I am going up into northern Ontario fishing for a week I may not be in cell service
If you do not hear from me by 3 PM Monday , @medic2230 can you judge photos for me
Loaded and ready to go

 

I got you Joe! Have fun on your trip!

 

Entry:
Tolt river bridge, Carnation, WA
Tough job perfecting these night shots, always a good subject, the noises at night freak you
you out while working on a picture and those settings on the end, never happy, lol...
Still trying to figure out how to eliminate the picture noise!!!

 

Turn the iso down and start with a 30 second exposure. Work from there f/8 or maybe just a little wider.

I usually use iso 200 at night.

 

ENTRY:

ACDI Building Downtown. This is an advanced software development business that has moved into our town. We are starting to get an influx of new Technology Businesses in town so this small little town we moved to isn't so small anymore.

 

Before and after. I tend to slightly underexpose night shots so I can pull it back up to what it looked like exactly when I took the shot. Low ISO so no noise is introduced into the picture. I just "personally" find it easier to work with in post if the shot is just slightly underexposed.

 

That's what I had it at, 200, maybe the shutter, had it in bulb for around 40 sec
Noise reduction was off, manual, something was off

 

ENTRY
My first go at Star trails. Thank you Delta. You love to fly, and it shows....



The joys of living an hour from the busiest airport in the world.

 

Where are you seeing noise in your photo? I'm not seeing it on here? Shadows?

 

Maybe I'm just to critical of myself, when I focus in, seems noisy and blurry, maybe just star movement

 

If you went 40 seconds then yes it was star movement. Try to keep it under 30 seconds.

 

Not an Entry:

Too late if I wanted it to be. Just fucking around tonight and picked up a couple of shots.

About 30 miles from my house to get away from the light pollution. There was still some but nothing like at my house.






Taken from my back yard.

 

Great shot! I love how the airplane flew almost exactly under Polaris.

 

Nice shot. It makes me dizzy just looking at it.

Also, @medic2230 @uhplifted (one for each of you)

 

Thank you! I was hoping I would get my shots between planes and almost did. 20 minutes of shooting 30 second exposures but one slipped thru. Threw them in sequator and this is what it came up with. I think I'm going to try this again but shoot a single, 30 minute exposure and see what I come up with. That should capture a lot of planes on approach to Atlanta hahahaha

Thank you!

 

I think every single one of my long exposure astronomy shots has been ruined by an aircraft. Even way up in the middle of the state where there is practically zero population density... somehow there are flight paths up there.

 

You should look up a flight path map sometime. It's ridiculous! You don't really realize how many aircraft are in the sky at any one point in time.

 

Chemtrails,..