Harbour Lights

[Black Pearl]

Went out for a play with my camera last night...









The chances of anything coming from Mars.....

[DickyOZ]

Excellent series with some great detail Robin. I particularly like the isolation of #1 with just a few stars showing. I think I would edit out the wisp of cloud though.
#3 looks like a Darlek searching for Dr. Who.

[bje07]

Very nice series, colorful and sharp, happy owner of Fuji X-T1

[Shadowman]

Nice series.

[John 2]

Good stuff. Did you need to correct for white balance or did the Fuji cope.

[Black Pearl]

Good stuff. Did you need to correct for white balance or did the Fuji cope.

I started on Auto WB but I was getting a more typical warm street light colouring so switched it to Tungsten then tweaked it further in LR.

[Black Pearl]

Excellent series with some great detail Robin. I particularly like the isolation of #1 with just a few stars showing. I think I would edit out the wisp of cloud though.
#3 looks like a Darlek searching for Dr. Who.

Thanks.

I did consider that and I even pulled back on the sky darkening a little to give even more detail then ended up back where I started.

[marlunn]

are a million to one they say......

Very nice set Robin.

[IzzieK]

Good set...I was more into putting your commentary on the last one to the first shot.

[Mike Buckley]

The third and fourth photo are magical for me.

[Dave A]

The last image is easily my favorite. Excellent series.

Dave

[Rainforest]

These are so cool. What a great place to go night shooting. I like the isolation of the first one too but must say I rather like that little wispy cloud. Looks like the Tungsten WB served you well. The last shot is my favorite. This may be a really stupid question but how is the lighthouse lit so well? Is it your PPing?

[Black Pearl]

These are so cool. What a great place to go night shooting. I like the isolation of the first one too but must say I rather like that little wispy cloud. Looks like the Tungsten WB served you well. The last shot is my favorite. This may be a really stupid question but how is the lighthouse lit so well? Is it your PPing?

Thanks

The lighthouse is illuminated by the LED lights (below) that I had on my camera so I could see the controls in dark. I had the idea they would be a great way of using the camera without having to wear a head torch or carry a handheld light and I have to say they worked brilliantly. I did notice though that when cranked up to their full power they were throwing light forward a fair distance so tried a few shots with them pointed at the lighthouse and frankly was amazed at how much light they were contributing. They're meant for macro work but will be a regular on my night shoots from now on.

[Dave Humphries]

I too like the pictures, especially #4.

... but the main reason for this post is to encourage you to reshoot your avatar image along the lines of Manfred's (GrumpyDiver), but using the lamp heads - and getting the XT-1 in shot of course!

Or, with some careful positioning, you could mimic Mickey Mouse

[bnnrcn]

The last one looks great Robin

[Rainforest]

A good experiment indeed. If you don't mind - how long were the lighthouse exposures with the lights?

[Black Pearl]

I too like the pictures, especially #4.

... but the main reason for this post is to encourage you to reshoot your avatar image along the lines of Manfred's (GrumpyDiver), but using the lamp heads - and getting the XT-1 in shot of course!

Or, with some careful positioning, you could mimic Mickey Mouse

Done

[Black Pearl]

A good experiment indeed. If you don't mind - how long were the lighthouse exposures with the lights?

On or around the 30 second mark.

[Wavelength]

First one looks like a satellite on to landing; liked all of them.....

[Dave Humphries]

Done

Love it Robin, love it!