D700 Image: Green Eyed Cyclops Beneath Starry Night Sky

[Fotogeneticist]

What an amazing camera! I'm so glad I waited 7 years for it, just as I will wait another 7 years until Nikon comes out with a similar size camera with double the resolution and the same low noise quality as the D700 before I upgrade. Thought I'd share this photo I took relatively recently. Shot with my 14-24mm on a 1158T Gitzo tripod.



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[ziggyzmund]

Very nice! Could you share your settings?
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[Fotogeneticist]

I took 2 exposures.

The main exposure of the sky was 10 sec at f/4, ISO 6400.

I then exposed for the foreground 30 sec at f/4, ISO 1600 to keep the noise down and improve the details in the shadows.

I used a quick layer mask in Photoshop to blend the ISO 6400 sky (with heavy noise reduction in Lightroom applied) on top of the foreground (with minimal noise reduction in Lightroom applied). 60% vibrance adjustment in Lightroom and a little blue desaturation in the foreground layer in the shadows.
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[rondhamalam]

...(with heavy noise reduction in Lightroom applied)

How about Long Exposure Noise Reduction (LENR),
since it reduces noise but not reducing the stars.

The LENR works by creating black-frame from the same iso and meter of the shot and then subtracting the noise in the black-frame from the photo.

Because it's a black-frame it doesn't contain the stars, therefore the stars remain intact during subtraction process.

Unlike the reduction software in LR that will think the stars are noise. This is the same work as High Iso noise reduction, so don't apply HINR.

 

[Fotogeneticist]

That's a great tip... I'll need to play with the settings. I forgot about that feature. Thanks!
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[José S]

Is this an Arleigh Burke class destroyer? I would think the stars would be a little more distorted from the pitching of the ship with a 10 second exposure. Great photo! Thanks for sharing.

jose

 

[Fotogeneticist]

Is this an Arleigh Burke class destroyer?

Yes, this is an Arleigh Burke destroyer. This particular one is the sexiest ship in the Fleet ;-)

I would think the stars would be a little more distorted from the pitching of the ship with a 10 second exposure. Great photo! Thanks for sharing.

The waters were relatively calm that evening. Not as much pitch as roll, and most of the roll caused by an inexperienced helmsman rather than the seas themselves. Thank you!

jose

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[AztecPhotos]

Nice shot!

 

[moving_comfort]

Great job, fascinating shot.

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