- A star, appearing as a streak, due to the earth's rotation during the 4 minutes that the shutter was open for.
Untitled
(4 minute exposure)
I am *really* pleased with this photo.
(Edit: I thought I'd get this up on my wall:
http://flickr.com/photos/dfluff/113342865/)
(Edit again: The cottage owners have used it on their website! (with permission, of course))
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Another Edit - 2009/01/20
Hi viewers from Digg and digital-photography-school.com
Just to clarify: this is a single exposure, and IS taken on a DSLR camera, along with the camera's own noise reduction to get rid of hot-spots. The same shot as a long exposure on film can be seen here.
Thank you for the views/fave's/comments. I hope it inspires some of you to have a go at some long exposures too - this was, afterall, only my second attempt. :-)
Comments and faves
Paul Hammond, pauly, russ, icerunner, and 248 other people added this photo to their favorites.
The Mark (77 months ago | reply)
You deserve to be pleased! Fully awesome!
RellyAB (77 months ago | reply)
What t_m said.Fully awesome. The super ace of photos.
russ (76 months ago | reply)
# Dave Smith I hate you
# Yes, I, so hate you
(n.b. *very* nice, liking that one a LOT)
Dave Smith (76 months ago | reply)
Hehe, I was waiting for you to spot these pics Russ ;)
I've taken the same shot on the black-and-white film as well, using the exposure for this one as a guide, so it'll be interesting to see how that comes out.
russ (76 months ago | reply)
Can I ask how many attempts it took to get the exposure right?
Dave Smith (76 months ago | reply)
This is the second shot. The first one is the previous photo. Seriously! I'm not sure why I decided on 4 minutes, but it really worked!
russ (76 months ago | reply)
Well I'm very impressed! (not that I ever doubted you!). Again it's an brilliant photo.
Would be nice to find somewhere absolutely pitch black, open the shutter for 10 minutes (or more) to get a sky full of streaking stars...
Dave Smith (76 months ago | reply)
I've got myself a nice print of this now :) (see link above)
adrians_art (75 months ago | reply)
this is good as well Dave, but I think I would crop half of the black bottom to put the building on a third!
minty mentos (71 months ago | reply)
very nice!!!!
Big Eagle Owl (68 months ago | reply)
This is great!
yonas1 (64 months ago | reply)
Wonderful shot.
Isaías Campbell (63 months ago | reply)
nice!...
saludos!
Matt Rowles (41 months ago | reply)
Crazy lighting, well done!
mynameisharsha (41 months ago | reply)
Man, this is gorgeous!!
Dave Smith (41 months ago | reply)
Matt, mynameisharsha (and others?) - can I just ask you where you saw this photo? I've had an explosion of views/faves in the last three hours, which is exciting, but I have no idea where they're coming from! Thank you for your comments :-)
Tilemahos Efthimiadis (41 months ago | reply)
Horror film backdrop material.
Great work.
Tilemahos Efthimiadis (41 months ago | reply)
This photo is featured in an article that is featured on Digg.com
www.digg.com (#2 in "Top in All Topics")
article: digital-photography-school.com/long-exposure- photography
Expect many more visitors.
Dave Smith (41 months ago | reply)
@TE: Thanks for the info, and welcome all digg'rs!
i-shoot-people (41 months ago | reply)
You have inspired me to try more night time shots :)
RellyAB (41 months ago | reply)
Man, I liked this photo before all the diggers. Chuh. Now i'll have to not like it to stay ahead of the internet.
(PS - diggers, Dave's photos are teh bomb)
nonsonounfotografo (41 months ago | reply)
awesome
VadimBravo (41 months ago | reply)
this photo is SO awesome!!
So cool!
Baroque Sky (40 months ago | reply)
very nice
L2D (40 months ago | reply)
Great capture! Compliments! :D
Dσudé © (38 months ago | reply)
Awesome Taken ;D !
littlecynicism (34 months ago | reply)
Wow. Super.
~Mina~ (34 months ago | reply)
wow I saw this in
digital-photography-school.com/long-exposure- photography
it looks amazing!! specially in large!
panto74 (34 months ago | reply)
How did you arrive at the exposure time? Was it a process of trial and error or did you have a pretty good idea to start with? How did the battery fare during this?
Dave Smith (34 months ago | reply)
panto74: It was indeed trial and error (or rather, trial, error and luck), although as it happens, this was only the second attempt (the first attempt is the previous photo in my photo-stream). I then used the exposure time from this photo to calculate an equivalent exposure time for my film camera.
And yes, long exposures on a cold February night did indeed eat up the battery. I can't remember if I was using it this night, but I have the EOS grip that allows you to run two batteries in parallel, which I have always made use of on long-exposure shoots after this particular night.
camphoto[614] (32 months ago | reply)
Saw this posted on DPS long exp page. Your shot is truely inspiring, one of the best featured. I'm going to try some night shots. Thanks!
Mansour Ali (29 months ago | reply)
Perfect, well composed !
Saskya (27 months ago | reply)
Wow, gorgeous! So welcoming.
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http://creativefan.com/52-stunning-long-expos ure-photographs/ (?)
wayanandreyana (25 months ago | reply)
wow amazing night shot
hafhaf88 (24 months ago | reply)
Amazing!
<$ Jaggy $> (23 months ago | reply)
awesome work
The Canon Guy! (20 months ago | reply)
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Please post Adult pictures if any only into our 18+ content under discussions.
† B.H.B. PHOTOGRAPHY † (20 months ago | reply)
Amazing capture!
gentlesam (17 months ago | reply)
4 minute exposure. woo
I have to try it now :)
Enliv (16 months ago | reply)
Well done! I like the atmosphere of it.
shutterbug in me (15 months ago | reply)
Beautiful!
abvg_flickr (9 months ago | reply)
Boss image bro... Very cool...
Monty-e* (8 months ago | reply)
Definitely a great shot, one to be proud of. :))