Stars and Cars
It's been too long since I've posted photos from the recent trip across Canada; in fact, Steemit is to blame, because I've been spending so much time getting started on here that I haven't been editing photos!
Well, here's a new one from a place called Lillooet. It's in western British Columbia: if you were to drive from Kamloops to Whistler you'd go through Lillooet.
This photo is a composite of frames that I took with the camera on a tripod: one exposure for the stars, another for the foreground, and two for the cartrails (one car in each direction).
You did a remarkable job putting the frames together. Love it!
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Thank you! :)
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maravillosa fotografia, debe manejar muy bien las herramientas, suerte
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Wow Wow that's a very unique image ,it's a really remarkable picture that is so amazing
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I'm glad you think so - thank you!
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It's got that human vs nature vibe. Machine meets the heavens. I'm a sucker for light trails. Right on...great job. Burning Man on the playa feels like this. You can look to the horizon at night and see the carnival on the ground and then it's all stars from the horizon up. You been to BM? You'd be seriously inspired as a photographer.
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Thank you, Nathan! That's a good commentary on it - and I do like when I'm able to photograph humanity interacting with nature in a cohesive manner. I haven't been to Burning Man, but I've seen a lot of amazing photos from there, especially from Trey Ratcliff, showcasing the colour and whimsy of that gathering. Maybe some day. :)
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Congrats you´ve made 3rd Place on the Extraordinary Photochallenge.
https://steemit.com/extraordinaryphotography/@betterthanhome/extraordinary-photochallenge-winner-announcement-1-waterfalls
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Thank you so much, @betterthanhome, that's really cool! :)
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Top job on that photo.
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Thanks! :)
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Great work, last year I gave up trying to shoot raw and edit, pictures like this make me think about learning to edit
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It depends on what kind of photos you're taking, but anytime you're facing a scene with a lot of contrast, where the highlights or the shadows get clipped, RAW becomes very useful! :)
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Ive posted a picture in cityscape today, I would like to be able to get the right hand side, the same brightness
Do you think it could be done? I cant get it how I see it with the camera
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Hi @djh, that would be a pretty easy adjustment to make in Lightroom or Photoshop with a gradient filter. No problem at all! It would do the same thing that a glass gradient filter would. :)
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Thanks Derekkind, I bought some filters a few years back and decided its far too much messing about lol next time I manage to get a job I will treat myself to photoshop & a course to fast track getting the hang of it:-)
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Hi Derek! I've been wondering how come I haven't been seeing you in my feed. Turns out I haven't followed you yet! You've posted a lot since your introductory post, and they're all very beautiful shots!
This one was no exception! My favorite here has to be the sky! How long does it usually take you to post-process or edit your photos?
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Hehe, yes, I've been trying to stay as active as possible on here - and I've followed you back now.
Thank you so much! That's an excellent question - and like any excellent question doesn't have a perfect answer: it varies, of course. With some photos there's really nothing that needs to be done, just a few slider adjustments in Lightroom, and others (like startrails, focus stacking, etc) are complex composites that combine many frames, but lately I've been averaging about an hour per photo - one reason I haven't processed more of my Canada images yet! I spend more and more time on my photos as I become a better photographer and editor and I pay more attention to the details.
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Awesome! I think post-processing is an entirely different thing to learn as well, aside from photography itself. I've been trying out Lightroom with some old photographs, and I think I still have a lot to discover aside from just changing the brightness, contrast, and vibrance!
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Yep, it's definitely a completely different thing! It's fun to go and play with all the sliders and see what happens.
Hey, if you want to practice on RAWs file, we have a contest going on right now: https://steemit.com/photogames/@derekkind/fix-it-friday-by-derekkind-photo-games-week-1-day-5
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Thanks for the link, I'll go ahead and try it out maybe next week! :)
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We also have a new central @photogames account - you might enjoy playing! :)
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Nice, I'll definitely check it out!
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Great composition! Love the sky and the colours . . . beautiful.
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Thank you, @therethere! :)
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Loving this! So pleasing to the eyes. Leads the eye so well around the image! Great capture!
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Thank you, Joel! Yeah, I like photographing hairpin turns like this because of how their shape keeps everything contained in the frame. :D
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Beautiful mate. Steemit is addictive ;)-
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Yes it is! But unlike most addictions, it's possible to gain money instead of lose it. :p
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Steemit all the way.
Great post tnx for sharing I just upvoted.
Check out my new posts if you can plz
upvote resteem comment @gclipse
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Thank you! :)
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Amazing image! I you wouldn't said it ,I wouldn't have known you stitched multiple exposures. :) Great job!
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Well, this photo is possible in a single exposure, but it would require two perfectly-timed cars, and I would lose some detail in the landscape. :)
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Hello and congratulations on winning a daily round of my 7 World's Continents Photo Challenge. I am glad to see you are settling down on Steemit very well and your account is gaining in popularity. See if you can attend your winner announcement post to answer some congratulation comments that will help to increase your engagements. Thank you and have a great day. Tomas
7 World’s Continents Photo Challenge – North American Friday #19 – winner announcement!
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That's awesome, thank you, Tomas! Yes, I'm here for the long haul. :D
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Stunning shot, really nice use of the multiple exposures on this one! Followed! Looking forward to seeing more stunning images!
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Followed you back - thank you so much! :)
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Nice Image! I think at night not so many cars come through ;) Drove through Lillooet last September from Whistler to Kamloops. Great Road Trip! I like the change of the landscape from forests and mountains to the more desertlike landscape of Kamloops...
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It's true, I had to wait a while to get good trails - and at one point a tow truck came and parked within the frame; I had to twiddle my thumbs a while before the left! Looks like I went through there in the opposite direction not long after you. And I agree, there's something really neat about experiencing a wide range of scenery in a short period of time.
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good capture, how long was the exposure time?
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275 seconds for the landscape and foreground,
92/93 seconds for each cartrail,
10 seconds for the stars.
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very good values, I liked how you worked the transit with that effect lightpainiting .... for me the shutter speed is my favorite tool
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Yes, you can done some interesting things with a long (or short) shutter speed. Thanks. :)
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The lights look like glowing calligraphy!
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Great way of looking at it!
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very professional job thanks
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Thanks. :)
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Very nice! Thankyou for sharing!
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Thanks for commenting. :)
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Gorgeous shot, Derek! I love that the car trails are different colors :)
Nice to meet you, by the way.
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Nice to meet you too, @irreverent-dan! And thank you. Yes, I love how in a long exposure of a curve you see how the headlights transition into the brake lights. Sometimes you have to wait a while to get good trails; if people press the brakes halfway and then release them you get an interrupted streak.
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Haha, I actually didn't notice the transition the first time I looked at the photo. Thanks for mentioning it 😊
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