Night shot - DPChallenge Forums

03/13/2008 04:16:15 AM · #1

Was wondering if you guys could give me a jab or two, what do you think of this?

Message edited by author 2008-03-13 04:17:26.

ShutterPug

Canon EOS-6D

03/13/2008 05:00:54 AM · #2

Is there any way you can link us to the full size? It's really hard to comment on a thumbnail.

03/13/2008 05:02:10 AM · #3

This is the best I can do. I'm not sure how to link an image from flikr yet.

ShutterPug

Canon EOS-6D

03/13/2008 05:08:20 AM · #4

fixing your link:

Night Shot

Message edited by author 2008-03-13 05:12:02.

03/13/2008 05:10:38 AM · #5

Thanks, but no thumbnail??? Oh well.. so what did you think, now that I've gotten you all aggravated... :)

ShutterPug

Canon EOS-6D

03/13/2008 05:12:09 AM · #6

Looking at the full size image, it's not bad. A bit of noise, but to be expected. You can clean it up some if you prefer. The only thing that I would do if it were mine is clone out the star trail across the middle - it just distracts me from the beach scene.

Panasonic Lumix G 14mm F2.5 ASPH

03/13/2008 05:12:28 AM · #7

you know, my girlfriend keeps telling me that too, but I kinda like it. I thought it showed the length of time, but I guess it is a little distracting. As far as the noise, its film :). I've tried working it in PS a little but it seems to soften up way too much. Thanks!

Mephisto

Nikon Coolpix A

03/13/2008 05:55:00 AM · #8

i was just goin to ask you if this was shot on film, because the colors and tones certainly look film-like.
i'd like to know what film you used and some more info about your settings.
as for the picture, i really like the tones and colors, the star trail adds rather than distracts imo, because i can imagine someone sitting on that small tower looking over the see and watching that lonely star move.
it looks as if the sand on the beach was moving through the wind, maybe i would have liked to see the perspective from the middle of that moving sand down at the beach, so you can see the sea at the left, the tower to the right and the coast line leading through the photo.

03/13/2008 05:59:16 AM · #9

This image was taken a long time ago, so my brain archive may have omitted a few of the details.. but as far as I know, it was taken on kodak 400 daylight balanced film, shot at f/8 and a 30 second exposure. That "sand blowing" is actually the movement of the waves over the exposure. And I agree with you that, the *plane* trail does add to the image. Thanks!

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

03/13/2008 05:02:33 PM · #10

Now that its actually during the day, would anyone else like to comment?

citymars

Nikon D700

03/13/2008 05:06:51 PM · #11

Very nice. I vote for leaving the star trail in. Do we need a poll? :-)

Dirt_Diver

Nikon D3s

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

03/13/2008 05:42:07 PM · #12

I think it needs to be dusted off as it is very noisy. Also might bring out some darks to really catch the highlights.

k4ffy

03/13/2008 06:02:19 PM · #13

Originally posted by citymars:

Very nice. I vote for leaving the star trail in. Do we need a poll? :-)

agreed keep the star trail.

cgino

Nikon D810

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8 G ED

03/13/2008 06:33:07 PM · #14

Very cool image!
I'd have to agree to clean up the noise (try something like Neat Image or Noise Ninja; I applied Neat Image as a test and it worked great!)
I'd also agree to leave the airplane trail in -- that is not a star; stars don't change color and position and blink on and off, but an airplane's light sure does :-) BTW, Another way to tell that it is not a star trail is to note the other stars in the image; they are all point sources, so one can see that the exposure was not so long. (Sorry, the astronomer in me is coming out....)
A couple tiny things -- wouldn't mind more contrast, and I'd lose the little rod on the right poking into the image(I'm looking at the large size).
This is quite a lovely night image!