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A black & white shot with red tail lights of Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland.
This shot was taken using a Sony A7r camera with a Carl Zeiss 16-35mm f/4 wide angle lens. It was edited using DXO Pro Optics 10, Pixelmator 3.3, Lightroom 5 and Photoshop CS6, using the Topaz Labs DeNoise Plug In.
The original colour shot was desaturated, layer mask created and red tail lights brought out in Pixelmator 3.3. Level adjustments, clarity etc was all edited in Lightoom 5. I reduced the noise levels of the shot using Topaz Labs DeNoise 5 in Photoshop CS6.
Sony A7r, Carl Zeiss 16-35mm f/4, ISO 100, f/13, 10secs, @20mm
Thanks for looking!
I was just minding my own business, when the sprinklers suddenly turn on!! I began to run away, but paused for a second. I was actually enjoying them. I turned around, and ran gleefully towards the sprinklers, although, there may have been some people in the houses behind me wondering what I was doing...
I've wanted to do this for a really long time, and I just got around to doing it. The sprinkler effect was really tricky, but I think it turned out decent. The brickarms are a minigun head (don't know what it's actually called) and a monopod holding the "sprinkler". Anyways, I hope you like it!
If you fav, please comment as well. I like to know why you like it!
Comments and criticism welcome!
Trying out the new ExoLens in Tirana, Albania. I found this old stone bridge from the 18th century called Tanner's bridge. Photo shot using ProCamera Low Light HDR mode. Removed power supply lines using Pixelmator on iOS and developed the final shot in Adobe Lightroom.
Here's a blog post how I shot iPhone photos at night,
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I took the picture of the Drosera last year in April when I was testing my Sigma 105 macro. This year it was one of the first pictures that I edited with Pixelmator.
The corresponding star trail image for this composition can be found on Flickr at ...
www.flickr.com/photos/momentsforzen/39802503691
The most prominent part of the Milky Way at this time of the year was directly overhead. Hence, for this photograph, I had the camera pointing almost straight up. I positioned my tripod so that I would also capture the top of the Great Cross. The spotlights for this structure have been turned off around 03:00 am every morning, making it possible to get a photograph exposed for both the Cross and the stars in the sky.
The clear skies and the direction of the camera produced one of the best photographs that I have taken of the night sky in Canberra. I enhanced the contrast and clarity of the sky, kept the brightness of the Great Cross, and darkened the trees such that they are virtually silhouettes.
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Links for background information ...
stmarks.edu.au/
My thanks to the staff of St Mark’s National Theological Centre (St Mark’s NTC) for their friendliness and encouragement of photographing on the grounds of their Barton campus.
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[ Location - Barton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia ]
Photography notes ...
The photographs were taken using the following hardware configuration ...
(Year of manufacture indicated in braces where known.)
- Hasselblad 501CM Body (Chrome) - S/N 10SH26953 (2002).
- Hasselblad CFV-50c Digital Back for Hasselblad V mount camera.
- Hasselblad Focusing Screen for the CFV-50c digital back, with focussing prism and crop markings.
- Hasselblad 45 Degree Viewfinder PME-45 42297 (2001).
- Hasselblad Carl Zeiss fisheye lens - F-Distagon 3.5/30 CF T* (1996).
- Really Right Stuff (RRS) TFC-14 Series 1 Carbon Fiber Tripod - MFR # 13996.
- Really Right Stuff (RRS) BH-30 Ball Head with Mini Screw-Knob Clamp - MFR # BH-30 PRO.
- Hasselblad HATQCH (3043326) Tripod Quick Coupling.
- Arca-Swiss ARUCP38 Universal Camera Plate 3/8”.
- Nikon AR-3 Shutter Release Cable.
- Artisan & Artist ACAM-302 Silk Cord for Hassleblad Cameras (Black).
To minimise the incidence of vibrations, I employed the following strategies :
a. Use of a sturdy tripod.
b. Pre-exposure mirror lock-up.
c. A mechanical shutter release cable.
I acquired 9 input photographs (8272 x 6200 pixels) with an ISO of 1600, exposure time of 16 seconds, and aperture of f/3.5.
Post-processing ...
Finder - Removed the CF card from the camera digital back and placed it in a Lexar 25-in-1 USB card reader. Then used Finder on my MacBook Air to download the raw image files (3FR extension) from the card.
Lightroom - Imported the 3FR images.
Lightroom - Exported the images as 16-bit TIFF files.
StarryLandscapeStacker - Loaded the TIFF files.
StarryLandscapeStacker - Adjusted the automatically derived stars and sky region. Stacked the images, making adjustments for the rotation and translation of the stars from one frame to the next. Output the result as a TIFF file. Also saved the Foreground/Sky mask image.
Pixelmator - Used the repair tool to attenuate some distracting fetaures from the margins of the image.
Pixelmator - Output the result as a TIFF file.
Lightroom - Imported the TIFF image.
Lightroom - Used the Map module to add the location details to the EXIF header.
Lightroom - Applied various basic lighting and color adjustments in the Develop module to optimize the lighting of the sky region.
Lightroom - Saved the Develop module settings as a preset.
Lightroom - Output the image as a JPEG image using the “Maximum” quality option (8272 x 6200 pixels).
PhotoSync - Copied the JPEG file to my iPad Mini for any final processing, review, enjoyment, and posting to social media.
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