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Cabo Cactus: Long night-time exposure
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yeah, such a great shot! i used to live in that area for years, lots of good things to take photos of!
David Nall
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Nicely done and the exposure looks very nice. Dave
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Thanks all for the kind comments - it is very much appreciated. For those who are interested, this was about a three minute exposure, and I used a flashlight to light the cactus. It is pretty hard to frame the photo in the dark, so there's a lot of trial and error.
KENTGA
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Love the photo. How dark was it when you made the photo?
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It was quite dark - the only light was from the moon, which was almost full.
pdxJaxon
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Brilliant
1971_M5
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Excellent result. Three seconds with a full moon and some light painting... I'll file that in the gray matter if I ever have a chance to do someting similar. Thanks for posting!
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Not three seconds - three MINUTES! The light painting was just a few seconds. You need to open the lens up to f8 at least, otherwise it takes a really long time.
Ernie Misner
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Did you have LE noise reduction turned on, or? Great shot.
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I just realized I did not have LE noise reduction turned on - an oversight on my part.
1971_M5
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10-4. I was thinking minutes, but my fingers typed seconds. Again, a fine piece of work -- and probably fun, too! (Fun is important.)
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UtahManSir
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That is very nicely done. Composition in the dark sucks, at least you had a full moon to help (if I am remembering that tidbit correctly...)
Having the horizon right smack dab in the middle of the image detracts a little bit, but the overall feel is great!
Lloyd
Having the horizon right smack dab in the middle of the image detracts a little bit, but the overall feel is great!
Lloyd
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UtahManSir
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ElementalSeattle wrote:
That's a good point and I totally agree with you about the horizon being distracting. I remember just trying to get the horizon level, which wasn't easy because I was on a narrow ridge about five feet wide with about a 75ft steep drop on either side. So my options for changing the point of view were limited. And it was dark
Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt.
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Nice image, like the colour.
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