I don't get out to photograph that often so it's a treat when i do. My wife was in Columbus for a few days on a business meeting so it made it a little easier this time around to get out with the camera . I finally finnished those last 18 frames on my roll of film. Sometimes it takes me months to get through a roll.
Night time winter photographs are probably my favorite type of images to make so i had to take advantage of the free time. Up until this point, it had been about 2 months since i made any photographs. It felt good to be out again.... Even at 11pm
Elizabeth Park in Trenton MI
Kodak Ektar 100
Light from a nearby streetlamp illuminates this scene.
This one is looking out of the park on the car bridge. On both sides of the bridge at the parks auto entrance are 2 of these neat old spires. Built in the early 20's.
These 2 are from the following night. I made a 2nd trip out because the weather forecast said there might be a slight chance there would be a break in the clouds...
Again from the auto entrance to the park, lit from a nearby streetlamp.
Stunning shots Karl very atmospheric love them all.
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chasrich wrote: I just love the attention to details - like brushing out all of the footprints in the snow...
This is really inspiring. Did you have to adjust the white balance on number 1? That is a favorite of mine...
Thanks
Lol, it is what it is. I'm not big on editing so I leave in that kind of stuff. I'd rather show you what I saw
As for white balence, you could say I did that. I'm pretty much against any kind of color editing but with some of my night time winter shots I do. I like to see the color rendition if my film as much as i can but that light from that street light was pretty hideous so I removed some of the garish orange so it didn't have that sepia looking tone to it.
The first one is particularly stunning, just breathtaking. Looking at the picture I feel like I'm there and can almost hear the stillness.
I'm guessing these are long exposures?? - I know you do those w/some of your landscapes, just curious about your procedures/techniques, haven't tried long exposures myself.
icepics wrote: The first one is particularly stunning, just breathtaking. Looking at the picture I feel like I'm there and can almost hear the stillness.
I'm guessing these are long exposures?? - I know you do those w/some of your landscapes, just curious about your procedures/techniques, haven't tried long exposTures myself.
Thanks!!
That's one of the nice things about shooting at night in the winter... It's almost always dead silent during or after a snow storm... even in town. Sometimes you can even hear the snow landing it gets so quiet.
These on average are around 20-30 seconds at iso 100 anywhere from f/11 - f16 depending... These didn't get too long because that street light was so bright and the snow is so reflective.
Here's one for ya Chasrich. I like to return to the same compositions in different seasons and different lighting.
The compositions are slightly different but still close. I wanted to get just a little bit more of the tree in the autumn. Taken this fall and the other this winter.
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Here's one for ya Chasrich. I like to return to the same compositions in different seasons and different lighting.
The compositions are slightly different but still close. I wanted to get just a little bit more of the tree in the autumn. Taken this fall and the other this winter.
Karl Wertanen wrote: Here's one for ya Chasrich. I like to return to the same compositions in different seasons and different lighting.
The compositions are slightly different but still close. I wanted to get just a little bit more of the tree in the autumn. Taken this fall and the other this winter.
I recognized the bridge straight off. It makes a wonderful subject. I have a few places that I revisit. While we don't get the dramatic seasonal changes that this fall and winter shots offer, I do go at different times of the day and with different weather patterns. I have a few nests this year that I am already stalking... Your bridge is a natural setting to be drawn back into.
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icepics wrote: The quiet in the snow at night really comes thru in that photo.
How do you determine your exposure times for a longer exposure? That time wasn't all that long though I imagine compared to some.
These were easy. I wasnt going for long exposures with these. I just used aperture priority and overexposed +1. They didn't break over 30 seconds.
For my real long ones....
I don't have a nice hand held meter so I got online and found the chart for Kodak Ektar 100 and the number of stops to adjust your exposure for reciprocity failure and apply it to my low light, long exposure shots. With my in-camera meter, in aperture priority, I usually spot meter whatever i want to be exposed as medium tone at the desired aperture i was aiming for. Next i increase the aperture reading as i watch my shutter reading move. As I reached the point where my in-camera meter would display "bulb" I would switch it to manual, keep increasing my aperture and continue adding more time to the shutter based on the amount of time that I observed by watching my reading change as I previously stopped down my apertures. Then I would add in my calculation for reciprocity failure. I believe roughly for a meter reading of 2.5 minutes I could get a decently exposed image without color shift at roughly 1.5 to 2x that metered exposure. Untill i bite the bullet and get a decent hand held meter, that's how i'm doing my real long exposures... if that made any sense lol. I'm not the best at explaining things
Gives me an idea how you did it. My cameras are all manual so I'm already at that step. I don't have a camera with any priority... it's whatever I set first! LOL Oh wait my digital camera does but I'm still learning manual settings w/that one.
You're giving me homework!
Thanks for sharing your techniques, you've gotten stunning results.
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so it made it a little easier this time around to get out with the camera 
. I finally finnished those last 18 frames on my roll of film. Sometimes it takes me months to get through a roll. 
Your bridge is a natural setting to be drawn back into. 
I don't have a camera with any priority... it's whatever I set first! LOL Oh wait my digital camera does but I'm still learning manual settings w/that one.
