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Published: 2005-08-20 15:31:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 2260; Favourites: 92; Downloads: 425
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Once again I was walking for miles around the country side in the middle of the night looking for something to photograph. I went to see the tree (Yggdrasil ) I photographed earlier and decided to have another shot
I set the exposure to bulb for about 4 minutes to get some light out of the full moon and that's why the stars look kinda streaky. Also it was difficult to focus on the tree because of the lack of light. I saw practically nothing thru the viewfinder. There was a big barn on the left that blocked the moonlight from certain areas, but.... that's how I came up with the title. And that is a good song btw Experimenting/practising with long exposures.
Ignore the graininess -- it was really dark out there
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Hey
what I learnt from this pic:
if you wanna make a dark object (might be abstract) seen/or become clear to you
1-dare to walk alone in darkness
1-expose and reinforce light over it using an outer light source
3-wait in patience
right?
like the way of realization
and also the icon (do not take as a compliment)
i wanna make an icon analysis also not historically but intuitively lets say..
anyway like the whole story and the outcome
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Thank you so much. Yeah those are the 3 important things to be taken into consideration when shooting at night. Also I carry a regular flashlight with me to illuminate objects I want to photograph so I can adjust the focus right before I take the picture (cause let's just face it, autofocus is useless in pitch-dark, as is manual focusing if there's absolutely nothing you can see in the viewfinder). Also you might want to purchase a remote releaser for some bulb exposures. My 350D has the max exposure for 30 seconds, which is like nothing if there's hardly any light available. Bulb allows you to exposure as long as you want, but you need to keep the releaser down with your finger during the exposure (which can be very numbing and usually result in shaken pictures). Thank you so much for your comment
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I like that the tree's standing there all alone and with the stars in the background.
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I thought of the song when I saw the title - wonderful picture!
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The stars are wonderful. Loved the photo. Very well done.
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Woow, great shot!! A have to try the bulb-function too soon. A nice nocturnal tone! Congrats with the contest of =onewordphoto
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I mean good luck with the contest 
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Love the depth of the colors on that one!
Nicely done …
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Your camera must be incredible to allow such a long shutter speed! Mine only lets me take 15 second pictures max. But I'm glad you posted this, who would have guessed that you could do this with photography. Lovely work. 
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What camera do you have? There could be a 'bulb' function if you scroll the shutter speed roll enough, although I'm not sure. Thank you for the comment
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very nice mood , great shot
"magical feeling in the air" ...
you also know the song by groove coverage ?
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Thanks. Groove coverage? Only about dozens
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This reminds me a bit of one big oak tree near my uncle's place, pity I didn't get a chance to take a proper photo of it. But this kind of repays it, it's so wonderful. How cam it would feel, to sit under that tree and gaze at the stars, not thinking anything special. And I also love the stars! I wish I would understand something more about using my camera so I would come up with night shots other than just black. But enough of babbling, it's a wonderful photo and I like it a lot.
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Thank you so much. The night was pretty warm and the sky was cloudless. I bumped into all kinds of animals during that trip, like bats, an owl and a fox. I should have exposed the picture a bit longer to capture the motion of the stars, but since I don't have a remote releaser I have to keep the release button pressed down, so something like 4 minutes is the max before my finger gets numb. If you have an slr you can take night shots with long exposures, just takes some practice that's all. Good luck with that if you decide to try it. Thanks for the great comment.
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Thank you. I guess I'll give it a try.
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really amazing! interesting colors and composition... and the atmosphere it makes me remind my summer!
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its an interesting composition. I like the colors and "layers" affect of the grass. What I find really interesting is thering around the tree. kind of creepy actually.
Kelida
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hoo that's lovely. It's really a treat to be able to be given the chance to see the countryside through your photos. Living in the city here makes it tough to come across sights like that and there's way too much pollution to see skies like that. That's awesome, really really amazing.
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Reminds me of a picture I saw in a childrens book once. Really awesome.
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It's so unusual...at least for me...
I feel you captured a night sky and a day light mood on the field...
am i making any sense?
congrats for a great piece
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simply beautiful, I truly love those colours! The contrasts are just astonishing!!!!!
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i've been doing a bit of experimenting in long exposures too. haven't gone up as far as 4 minutes but looking at the results you have maybe i should. everything seems fine here. the focus is as good as can be expected and there is very little shake considering that you had your finger on the button for what must have seemed like ages. top work!!
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Heh, ok so the link didn't work out quite right... but it was about the Canon RC-1 Wireless Remote Control.
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Thanks. Yeah I had to hold my finger on the button during the whole time and that's the main reason I won't do longer exposures atm. A friend of mine suggested me to get this [link] 
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great work! Good work on the exposure! Not a single bad remark on this one, composition is also perfect!
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damn, i cant believe that it's at night because of all the color! i love the stars, they have this sorta dream like feeling.
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What an awesome shot when it was that dark!
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Very nice long exposures shot m8.
The mix of warm and cold colours is very nice,
Beautiful capture
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great light, this was taken in what time? Near the evening right?
i like the conrast with the night in background and the last light in the day in the flowers!
congrats
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Thanks.
Actually it was taken in the middle of the night. The sun had long gone down the horizon behind the tree and the only available light was the full moon. It was almost pitch dark cause the moon was pretty low, so I had to exposure the picture for minutes
Thanks for the comment &
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you're welcome, thanks for sharing!
what camera do you have?
is it digital or film?
great work!
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Actually I think you managed to get away with quite a bit of sharpness considering it was such a long night exposure.. Especially with the foreground. I find grain/noise being the biggest disadvantage of using digital and then on top of that photographing at night!
I think you have done extroadinarily well... Oh and I love that starry night sky!
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Very good picture !
Great composition and colors, and the graininess remains some analogue film shots... This grain is very emotive, well done !
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i love this a lot.
has a lot of the same color as my metropolis piece.
good job hunny
<3
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Nice colours in the sky. I think it's so cool how much the earth moves in so little of a time.
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Great shot, I really like the night sky in the background. You shot this at the perfect time of night
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Yes its a lovely song, but I like this picture more
The composition and the cadrage is great, aswell as the playing of light and shadow. You did a great job here!
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Really cool m8!
So let me ask, this is made by night, right?
Its really nice stars and light all looks just awsome! And that little noise that you speak of bahh so what
Good work!
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Wow!! Beautiful!! I really like the colors and composition!
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Welcome to Night photography. Keep up the great work. Pretty soon you'll be leaving that shutter open for 4 hours instead of 4 minutes! Gotta love the Digital learning advantage...
-Matt-
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hard to see. hard to find the light.
hard to make it - at all.
but you've done it in a great way.
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Uh-huh, this freaks me a bit out, because a few days ago I saw a dream where I was walking by some field and trying to photographing a tree, but it wouldn't focus because it was too dark. And it had just this kind of strange orange-ish lightning, as if it would've been sunset and night at the same time. Don't know how the light looked for you on the spot, but- okay, okay.
In that dream my camera broke and some guy came to me and asked for a payment because I photographed in a public area (wtf?). Sucked. But I'll quit now, don't kill me.
Your photographing trips sound like so much fun. I would never dare and go wandering outside at night, but I'm really glad you did. I had hard time believing this was taken at night first, because the light is so warm. But it couldn't be cloudy day since there are those deep shadows and not a sunset because- oh man. This is just confusing and so magical. And crap, that's not even grainy. YOU are grainy.
I don't know how you always manage to bring out these magnifying colours, but your pictures contain the most powerful shades and hues. They make your photography outstanding. And this case is not an exception.
It's crazy, does the sky move that much in four minutes?
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