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12/13/2004 02:37:51 AM |
Thank you for all the valuable input. I did worry about that vertical perspective making the observatory, trees and other building appear to be leaning toward center. Part of me liked the way it looked like everything was reaching for the stars, but it also tempted to be distracting.
KDO, the bulk of the foreground lighting in the image came from moonlight that was giving a beautiful glow to the whole facility. I had to use masks to separate the sky from the foreground to boost the contrast enough to give the impression of what I could see in the sky, at the same time the moon was bathing everything else. Based on some good comments here, I probably opened things up a bit too much. I worry sometimes that I make my images too dark...so I think I overcompensated.
Thanks again! |
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12/13/2004 12:25:09 AM |
| Congratulations on your 12th placing. |
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12/12/2004 03:02:48 AM |
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12/11/2004 06:51:32 PM |
returning for comments:
Time exposures do add trails to the stars/ There are so many that they look like snow. It seems that the sky should be a little darker to add more realism, but the image has enough merit as is. Bumping up. |
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12/11/2004 06:37:56 PM |
| That sky is truly awesome! Exposure is right on - probably a bit difficult to do. Too bad the building seems to be tilted a bit. |
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12/10/2004 11:12:26 PM |
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12/10/2004 04:44:55 AM |
| Some odd perspective distortion has crept in here, presumably from your angle of shooting (else the US naval observatory has been built on the slant, which seems unlikely). Like the ceanliness of the long exposure - not easy to achieve and must have taken care. I think I'd have wanted to calm the brightness of the snow in post-processing - I think that loses some of the impact of the 'night' element of this shot: there isn't enough dark in this to speak of that. |
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12/09/2004 03:15:00 PM |
| clear and cold night, nice shot |
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12/08/2004 07:37:57 AM |
| excellent image - good luck - 8 |
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12/07/2004 05:16:08 PM |
| Wow, what a night shot. Love it, the sky is beautiful and how appropriate. Great work on this one. Oh, a little noise on the sky but what can you do. |
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12/07/2004 01:08:50 AM |
| Uh, wow. It looks like daytime but oviously it's night time. |
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12/06/2004 03:07:51 AM |
| This is stunning. Top notch shot. I am eager to read about your post-processing techniques. How did you get this amazing "starlit" quality? It is brilliant. |
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