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Some stars on a cloudy night, backlit with streetlighting.....
Some stars on a cloudy night, backlit with streetlighting.....
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Late Night (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-D30
Location: Swansea city.
Date: May 3, 2005
Aperture: f1.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 5 secs approx
Date Uploaded: May 3, 2005

Used a canon 50mm f1.8, 5 second exposure. Usually sodium streetlighting and clouds are a drawback when taking pictures of the night sky (unavoidable where I live). But here they add some ambience to an otherwise plain shot of some stars. Used a tripod. Not much in the way of editing that can be done, increase saturation just makes it look like the end of the world is nigh, settled for cropping out some lense distortion near the perimeter that's all.........

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Place: 279 out of 334
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Avg (commenters): 5.0000
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Views since voting: 776
Views during voting: 471
Votes: 368
Comments: 11
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05/11/2005 09:11:13 PM
you know what? I really like this shot. it is one of my favorites in the challenge. It takes daring to enter a shot like this, and I think the comp. is good, and it is different than the postcard shots we have seen 1000 times.

drake
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/10/2005 03:11:12 PM
very basic but strangely a nice effect
05/06/2005 11:29:42 AM
Can you backlight stars? Wouldn't that imply the light source was coming from behind the stars? (ie the subject). Overall there's not a lot to hold someone's attention in this shot.
05/05/2005 05:52:34 PM
average and doesnt tell any stories
05/05/2005 08:58:06 AM
would be better if the moon was also in the picture
05/05/2005 07:58:33 AM
No star streak. Clouds are spooky. Nice
05/05/2005 01:26:45 AM
Most people don't do stars well, but you've done a good job, thanks for giving me hope.
05/04/2005 05:26:00 PM
Simiple but I like it
05/04/2005 03:39:50 PM
Good job making your stars show up so well. Mine never look like stars, just little noise specks on the picture. These really look like stars in a night sky.
05/04/2005 11:31:40 AM
Good work on the exposure, but not terribly exciting composition.
05/04/2005 02:33:28 AM
A couple of points for having the stars in focus. Other than that, there isn't much to hold my attention.


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