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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: DwayneOakes on April 14, 2011, 09:23:39 pm

Title: The Night Lights
Post by: DwayneOakes on April 14, 2011, 09:23:39 pm

Thanks for taking a look !

Take care,
Dwayne Oakes

(http://dwayneoakes.zenfolio.com/img/s3/v24/p1011105943-4.jpg)

Title: Re: The Night Lights
Post by: DwayneOakes on April 20, 2011, 10:28:48 pm

Here are the main stages on how the photo was made:

In-camera
1-The vertical streaks in the photo where made in the field using
the in-camera's double exposure feature, most DSLR camera's have this
feature. I took one photo of the forest handheld and still (use the slowest
shutter speed possible) lens VR can help with this.

I then took a second photo and as I pressed the shutter button down
I moved the camera downward fast to create motion blur. The camera
then combines the two photos together using its firmware.

Editing (Nikon Capture NX2 software)
2-Orton-effect was added to give the photo a dream like look.

3-The photo was converted to black and white.

4-I dodge (lightened) in all the lights on the (motion blur) streaks.

5-The blue tint was added last by moving the WB (white balance) slider
to a very cold setting this gives the photo the night look.

EXIF data

-Nikon D80/Nikkor 18-200mmVR
-1/25 second @ f/8
-31mm
-ISO 100
-Ev -1 1/3
-Vr ON

Take care,
Dwayne Oakes

Title: Re: The Night Lights
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 20, 2011, 11:39:55 pm

The result is magic. Thanks for sharing the great image and your recipe.

Eric

Title: Re: The Night Lights
Post by: francois on April 21, 2011, 02:27:27 am

Mystical! I can't say more to describe my feeling with this fantastic image.