Tag: Night Photography

“Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day ,and head back to the Milky Way?”Train – Drops Of Jupiter

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"Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of dayAnother image from my week-end with friends camping in the Stanislaus National Forest in North Eastern California. We had great weather, and two nights of gorgeous dark skies.

Here in the Northern Hemisphere the constellation Sagittarius rises in the southern sky bringing with it a very dense part of the Milky Way: a large plume of white milky gas, and dust, and running through it a dark lane called the Great Rift with all its tributaries standing out marvelously in the night sky.

We scouted for locations during the afternoon and found this location off trail. We hiked through a hillside full of mesquite, and low bushes keeping an eye and ear out for Rattlesnakes then we climbed on top of a huge granite slab to get a higher perspective.
It was wonderful to be under such a dark sky and see so many stars, the Milky Way, and a few shooting stars, and it was really great having Marsha for company. It had been a long time since we’d been out shooting the stars together.
We’re making plans to return to this area for more night imaging.
You can see Marsha’s work here.

Nikon D700| AF-S 17-35mm @17mm| f2.8| 20 seconds| ISO 3200| Manual Priority| Tripod

P52 20/52Ursa Major “Big Dipper” over Yosemite National Park

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P52 20 of 52 Ursa Major"Big Dipper" over Yosemite National ParkNikon Df| AF-D Nikkor 24mm f/2.8| Tripod

Yosemite National Park, Half Dome, Basket Dome, Yosemite Valley, California, USA

Campsite 24

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Campsite 24, originally uploaded by dmzajac2004-.Copyright © 2013 Deborah M Zajac. All Rights Reserved.

I’ve wanted to shoot my tent under the stars for about a year now. Last night the opportunity arrived. It’s not the shot I’ve imaged, but it was good practice and a great learning experience. As always there are a couple of things I’d do differently, but overall I like this shot.

I had a lot of fun hanging out with like-minded photographers last night, and I hope to do more shoots like this as the weather gets a bit warmer.

Nikon D700| Nikkor 24-70 @ 24mm|  f/3.5| 48 frames each 121 seconds| ISO 160| Manual Priority| Tripod| Developed in LR4.4| Stacked in CS6

A beacon to light the way

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A beacon to light the way, originally uploaded by dmzajac2004-.

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I took this a couple of weeks ago on a wonderfully clear night in the city. I lucked out with the light on top of the Transamerica Pyramid Building being on. It’s only lit during Holidays and by special requests. It was lit in honor of Chinese New Year on the 23rd and 24th.

My Intervelometer was acting up and I didn’t have my glasses to see what the heck was wrong with it. I knew it was a setting, but I couldn’t read it to figure it out so I used a higher ISO to get the proper exposure. Once home with my reading glasses on I discovered it was as I thought a setting reversed.

Nikon D700| Nikkor 80-200 @ 100mm | f11| 30 seconds| ISO 500| Manual Priority| Tripod

Mare Island Drawbridge Lift Bridge

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An unplanned photo op. While on the way to meet a Night Photography group  to shoot with I wondered if   the moon would  line up over one of the Drawbridge towers and with a little scouting my friend Dali and I found a spot.

This bridge operates 16 hours a day, and is the first bridge you encounter on the Northwest Passage up the Napa River.

Nikon D700| Nikkor 24-70@ 28mm| f16| 30 seconds| ISO 200| Manual Priority| Tripod

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Sutro Baths in Moon light

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Sutro Baths in Moon light, originally uploaded by dmzajac2004-.

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This is from my archives. I’ve wanted to shoot this scene with the full moon for about 2 yrs. Unfortunately when the moon has been full it hasn’t quite lined up or the weather didn’t cooperate. So when I had a waxing  gibbous 3/4 moon I went up to the city to get this shot as “practice”.
Since I’m spending a good deal of time at home these days I’ve turned my mind to cleaning out my closets, freecycling lots of clothes, cleaning out my 2012 files and reference materials…I shredded and recycled about 20 pounds of paper, and culling my photo files. While doing that I have discovered photos that are worth working on…like this one.

This is a two image composite. I took the foreground photo then switched lenses to my 70-300mm and shot the moon. Both images were taken the same night within minutes of each other. I blended them in Photoshop CS6. Someday I hope to get this shot with a bit of atmosphere and the full moon lined up just right.

Nikon D700| Nikkor 17-35 & 70-300mmVR