Beneath the Arc of the Milky Way
May 26, 2021 11:23:09 #
Moondoggie wrote:
Beautiful image. Excellent work. Thanks for sharing.
My pleasure
May 26, 2021 11:25:14 #
May 26, 2021 11:26:24 #
JohnR wrote:
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You have to scroll down further on the first page to the second post. I can not fix the original post. The second one works
May 26, 2021 11:26:53 #
May 26, 2021 11:27:42 #
WIHorseman wrote:
This is really an excellent shot. I love the dreamy feeling it evokes.
Thanks for lookings.
May 26, 2021 11:39:57 #
OleMe wrote:
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Shooting at 400o ISO you will never get a smooth as creamy background unless you crank of the the noise reduction until you blur everything. This will print quite nicely and won't look all pixelated.
The shot, as conceived, is actually two shots of eight exposures. One was shot at 1000 ISO and one was shot at 4000 ISO. Each of these sets was merged together creating 2 semi final images. These two images were loaded into Photoshop as layers. I then alined the two images and then blended the two layers together using my eye to decide exactly where. The cut offs were in shadows and solid lines on the boat. Where ever I thought I could hide the merge line. This is shot on a beach on the Florida panhandle where in the distance there is nothing but Mexico. There is a but of glow from Florida on the far left but not much. The sky was mostly clear with so me cloud on the horizon.
May 26, 2021 11:40:49 #
vicksart wrote:
Very nice image.
Thanks very much. I like the way it came out.
May 26, 2021 15:59:39 #
OleMe
Loc: Montgomery Co., MD
Thanks for the extended explanation of how your image was created. One final question: you mentioned light cubes. How were they used / deployed? Was the boat illuminated by ambient light?
May 26, 2021 17:06:50 #
OleMe wrote:
Thanks for the extended explanation of how your image was created. One final question: you mentioned light cubes. How were they used / deployed? Was the boat illuminated by ambient light?
Lume cubes ae small LED cubes that give continuous light. They have various levels of light, can be tinted with gels and set up just about anywhere. Check out the link to B&H here: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=lighting%20cubes&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=ma
There really was not enough ambient light to serve my needs so I used the cubes to softly light the boat.
You can get off brand cubes for lesser costs and they will work quite well.
Larry
May 27, 2021 15:53:32 #
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