Night Photography (Nocturnes) Photo Album

Peaceful Night

Ashley — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:46:47 GMT

we didn't go back

Michael — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:55:09 GMT

a revised HDR Lunar photo, in honor of today's momentous anniversary

sunrise- colorado springs

dennis1 — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:36:04 GMT

Moonset with Venus

Michael — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 07:26:30 GMT

Two jewels in the early evening sky, as seen from Silicon Valley.

Ocean Beach, Sf

dyna-lite — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:41:01 GMT

Photo by RevellRay / DL

Traffic flow

torroid — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:14:08 GMT

Fire Moon

Michael — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:05:50 GMT

The Moon turned orange tonight, due to the particulates in the air caused by the Martin Fire near Santa Cruz, CA. Seen from Silicon Valley ~70km away. http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_details_info?incident_id=273

Glorious Color Sky

Michael — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:35:38 GMT

Derived from the same exact 7-exposure HDR data as the previous photo, however tone mapped specifically for lighter tonality and brighter color.

Dark Sky

Michael — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:34:04 GMT

HDR processing of 7 camera raw photos from tonight's incredible sunset, here in Silicon Valley, California. The spot objects in the photo are airplanes and stars as they moved from long exposure times (up to 6 seconds), as well as the multiple exposures necessary to composite HDR data, via camera raws from the DLSR.

Full Color

Michael — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:13:53 GMT

The Full Moon, via HDR methods. 12 photos in 2 layers of 6 were used to create this one, starting with camera raw data. The view is obtained with a DSLR camera/telescope system having 1997mm focal length and f/12.1 aperture.

Nearly

Michael — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:43:11 GMT

Tonight's waxing gibbous Moon, with 96% of the visible disk illuminated, as seen from modestly clear skies in Silicon Valley. This photo was created from a composite of 2 HDR photos, each using 6 photos that originated as camera raw. It was done using Adobe Camera Raw (via Bridge), Noise Ninja, LightZone, PhotoMatix Pro, Adobe Photoshop CS3, and then LightZone again. The camera was an EOS 1D Mark III attached to a 127mm Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope. With the cameras 1.3X cropping factor, the camera-telescope system operates with a focal length of 1997mm at f/12.1. The Moon just fills the frame at this magnification.

Half Moon Redux

Michael — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:50:54 GMT

This is another version of the mid-February 2007 Half Moon, created from tonemapping a 7-photo HDR composite photo. 7 camera raw exposures 1-stop apart were taken, then auto-aligned to produce a HDR photo file. The tonal range of the data in that file was subsequently shifted (compressed) with a tonemapping operator in Photomatix Pro. The result was this photo, a JPEG that was derived from a 16-bit TIFF photo that emerged immediately after processing in Photomatix Pro. This photo has some little problems, but it has a lot more color depth and edge-definition that a post-processed single photo does. This is a completely new photo created from existing data, one sample of which (along with the explanation of the telescope and camera setup) is here: http://nocturnes.tribe.net/photos/54c4fd20-5c63-4a6c-bf4c-443e3b3c2f89

Half

Michael — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:22:58 GMT

Tonight's Half Moon, from ISO 1000 photo taken with Canon EOS 1D Mark III attached to 127mm Maksutov-Cassegrain f/12.1 telescope, with Tv=1/160. This optical configuration is equivalent to a 1997mm telephoto lens. Post-processed in LightZone from camera raw using Zone Mapper and Relight. Some testing work, prior to the full lunar eclipse in a week.

shine.

ktlee — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:18:54 GMT

big bear lake

Montreal!

DVDBurner — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:14:33 GMT

Casino Montreal

DVDBurner — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:11:47 GMT

Biohere Montreal

DVDBurner — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:10:53 GMT

Beach Houses

Tracey — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:17:15 GMT

Lincoln City beach

Tracey — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:15:50 GMT

Lincoln City beach

Tracey — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:13:57 GMT

moon light photo

Kurt — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:05:45 GMT

moon through cloudy night

all that glitters.

ktlee — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:14:34 GMT

freeway art.

ktlee — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:14:03 GMT

Drive by, and the full moon

btd — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:13:39 GMT

Polaris (the Pole Star)

btd — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:12:50 GMT

30 minute time lapse