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Post by pontiac1940 on Sept 14, 2019 6:02:40 GMT
You will remember the old house from the recent challenge. The full moon today was a great opportunity to try a new lens. This is the old house and surroundings bathed in moonlight. Perhaps this looks like a daytime photo that is a bit underexposed, but it was taken at 10:50 PM this evening (Friday, September 13). For you photo geeks, it is a 2-second exposure shot at ISO 800 and f 2.0 with a 24-mm lens. No artificial light was used. (I did paint the house with a flashlight in a couple of shots, but not this one.) Hope you can see the stars ... they are a bit faint because of the bright moon. The Big Dipper is above the house. Fun stuff. Well, fun for me anyway.   |
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Post by Lillias on Sept 14, 2019 14:32:38 GMT
The stars are visible when I enlarge the image Clive and they are beautiful. I hate to admit it but I personally am challenged when it comes to telling what constellation I might be looking at. Never have been able to tell my milky ways from my big dippers or great bears...etc;
Love this old house, it looks as if it has been a really homely place at one time. Wonder what happened to the family!
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Post by pontiac1940 on Sept 14, 2019 15:13:27 GMT
Note: this images does not show well on a small screen like phone or tablet as it is quite dark. And as Lillias said it should be viewed large to see the faint stars. Thanks Lillias. The house would have been a top-drawer house back in the day .. perhaps the 20s or 30s. People say it was owed by 2 or 3 families over the years and the current land owner lives just 2 km...they are HUGE farmers growing barley and canola...several thousand acres of crops. This was a Catch 22 situation: the moonlight provided the scenery light (with long exposure) yet suppressed the sky/star contrast. My mission is to photograph the old house with northern lights behind it and the long range forecasts are for good aurora in 2 weeks at new moon. If I am even here, I'll have to "paint" the house with a flashlight. " Never have been able to tell my milky ways from my big dippers or great bears...etc;" HA HA! Yes, me too. Good with the Big Dipper and Polaris, the North Star and on a good night the Milky Way sticks out well with its 200 billion (or so) stars. After that, the rest are just stars. I am good with the moon. The moon is easy.  Clive |
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Post by hmca on Sept 14, 2019 17:14:45 GMT
There is something about a well-taken evening shot that is just magical in the way it transforms a photo. This is by far my favorite of the pictures you have shared
of this old house. Thanks for the additional information about the owners. I hope they never decide to tear it down. I look forward to seeing your planned
shot.
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Post by whippet on Sept 15, 2019 18:37:11 GMT
The sky is certainly full of stars, Clive.
I have never seen so many - perhaps because we never have clear skies.
Like Lillias, I too don't have a clue what the names are.
I don't care, because to me, they are all beautiful.
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