May 25, 2009; Day 23.
The Redwood.
Early on our last morning in Vermont, I found a crisp and clean sky far from city lights. Immediately I thought it might be fun to capture this building under star trails. I had no idea whether Polaris would be present in this shot or not. Almost all of the lights in this house can be dimmed and all that are visible here are set quite low. A constant porch light just out of frame below the right side of this house is pointing down onto gravel; the reflection from that is illuminating the trees to the right.
The shutter was open for nearly 52 minutes, the longest I have yet imposed upon the D700. On this camera I can disable long exposure noise reduction and have done so here. That’s why there is noise in the sky. If I could have stayed up all through the night I might have tried the same exposure again with noise reduction turned on and compared. Mostly I’d want to see how much detail is lost by the reduction, if any.
Of course now that I know where Polaris is, I'd have re-positioned the tripod slightly. Next time.
Vacation ended with a trip to the Cabot Creamery annex store in Stowe to get a month or two’s worth of Vermont cheddar, which could be the finest cheese on Earth. We also enjoyed watching a very experienced glass blower make a beautiful vase starting with a few wads of molten glass, an apprentice, and a 2100-degree crucible. Overall, it was a very enjoyable weekend and I’m almost sorry that it was over so quickly. Alas, real life beckons in just a few hours.
Raw: Color Temperature: 3050K; Tint: 3
Raw: Recovery: 100
Raw: Blacks: 7
Raw: Contrast: 55
Raw: Saturation: 8
PS: Curves: Linear Contrast preset
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
The Redwood.
Early on our last morning in Vermont, I found a crisp and clean sky far from city lights. Immediately I thought it might be fun to capture this building under star trails. I had no idea whether Polaris would be present in this shot or not. Almost all of the lights in this house can be dimmed and all that are visible here are set quite low. A constant porch light just out of frame below the right side of this house is pointing down onto gravel; the reflection from that is illuminating the trees to the right.
The shutter was open for nearly 52 minutes, the longest I have yet imposed upon the D700. On this camera I can disable long exposure noise reduction and have done so here. That’s why there is noise in the sky. If I could have stayed up all through the night I might have tried the same exposure again with noise reduction turned on and compared. Mostly I’d want to see how much detail is lost by the reduction, if any.
Of course now that I know where Polaris is, I'd have re-positioned the tripod slightly. Next time.
Vacation ended with a trip to the Cabot Creamery annex store in Stowe to get a month or two’s worth of Vermont cheddar, which could be the finest cheese on Earth. We also enjoyed watching a very experienced glass blower make a beautiful vase starting with a few wads of molten glass, an apprentice, and a 2100-degree crucible. Overall, it was a very enjoyable weekend and I’m almost sorry that it was over so quickly. Alas, real life beckons in just a few hours.
Raw: Color Temperature: 3050K; Tint: 3
Raw: Recovery: 100
Raw: Blacks: 7
Raw: Contrast: 55
Raw: Saturation: 8
PS: Curves: Linear Contrast preset
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
May 25, 2009; Day 23.
The Redwood.
Early on our last morning in Vermont, I found a crisp and clean sky far from city lights. Immediately I thought it might be fun to capture this building under star trails. I had no idea whether Polaris would be present in this shot or not. Almost all of the lights in this house can be dimmed and all that are visible here are set quite low. A constant porch light just out of frame below the right side of this house is pointing down onto gravel; the reflection from that is illuminating the trees to the right.
The shutter was open for nearly 52 minutes, the longest I have yet imposed upon the D700. On this camera I can disable long exposure noise reduction and have done so here. That’s why there is noise in the sky. If I could have stayed up all through the night I might have tried the same exposure again with noise reduction turned on and compared. Mostly I’d want to see how much detail is lost by the reduction, if any.
Of course now that I know where Polaris is, I'd have re-positioned the tripod slightly. Next time.
Vacation ended with a trip to the Cabot Creamery annex store in Stowe to get a month or two’s worth of Vermont cheddar, which could be the finest cheese on Earth. We also enjoyed watching a very experienced glass blower make a beautiful vase starting with a few wads of molten glass, an apprentice, and a 2100-degree crucible. Overall, it was a very enjoyable weekend and I’m almost sorry that it was over so quickly. Alas, real life beckons in just a few hours.
Raw: Color Temperature: 3050K; Tint: 3
Raw: Recovery: 100
Raw: Blacks: 7
Raw: Contrast: 55
Raw: Saturation: 8
PS: Curves: Linear Contrast preset
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
The Redwood.
Early on our last morning in Vermont, I found a crisp and clean sky far from city lights. Immediately I thought it might be fun to capture this building under star trails. I had no idea whether Polaris would be present in this shot or not. Almost all of the lights in this house can be dimmed and all that are visible here are set quite low. A constant porch light just out of frame below the right side of this house is pointing down onto gravel; the reflection from that is illuminating the trees to the right.
The shutter was open for nearly 52 minutes, the longest I have yet imposed upon the D700. On this camera I can disable long exposure noise reduction and have done so here. That’s why there is noise in the sky. If I could have stayed up all through the night I might have tried the same exposure again with noise reduction turned on and compared. Mostly I’d want to see how much detail is lost by the reduction, if any.
Of course now that I know where Polaris is, I'd have re-positioned the tripod slightly. Next time.
Vacation ended with a trip to the Cabot Creamery annex store in Stowe to get a month or two’s worth of Vermont cheddar, which could be the finest cheese on Earth. We also enjoyed watching a very experienced glass blower make a beautiful vase starting with a few wads of molten glass, an apprentice, and a 2100-degree crucible. Overall, it was a very enjoyable weekend and I’m almost sorry that it was over so quickly. Alas, real life beckons in just a few hours.
Raw: Color Temperature: 3050K; Tint: 3
Raw: Recovery: 100
Raw: Blacks: 7
Raw: Contrast: 55
Raw: Saturation: 8
PS: Curves: Linear Contrast preset
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
See photo in original gallery.