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Christmas in Boise
It’s almost Christmas here in Idaho (and last I checked most other places). I spent some time running around town tonight trying to get some Christmasy shots. I’m generally unimpressed with the Christmas lights this year. Winter finally made it’s presense known in Idaho in the past week or two, a bit of a late start, but considering the snow in August. I guess it’s ok.
Took this shot downtown, apparently a hocky game was starting so parking was fun, but had enough time between groups of people to get some good shots. I particularly like this one. Which my wife informed me I had to title “City Sidewalks.” Fitting I guess.
We’ll be headed out of town for much of next week, but considering we’ll be seeing our new puppy for the first time… I’m sure you’ll hear from me. Merry Christmas.
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Posted on December 20th, 2008 in Photography | Comments Off
Tagged: boise, christmas, christmas city, christmas lights, city, city sidewalks, idaho, lights, night, photo, sidewalk
Posted in PhotoBlog, Photography
Stanley Lake Twilight Star Trails
I recently posted this shot on a couple sites and was promptly asked the questions; how’d ya do it? So I wrote up a how-to and posted it in a couple of the forums where it was posted. I’ve added it to my flickr photo page and now cross posting it here for archival purposes.
I took this star trail shot from Stanley lake. A high layer of clouds that was moving in so the stars (planets) near the horizon had a halo effect and turned out quite large. but it added some color. this is a stack of around 80, 30 second photos at 200 iso and around f4.
Setting the scene: I was sitting on ice covered rocks on the side of a half frozen lake with wind blowing across it at me, it being 5 degrees, watching my camera blink off and back on every thirty seconds for two hours……. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on December 18th, 2008 in PhotoBlog, Photography | Comments Off
Tagged: camera setup, central, clouds, cold, idaho, lake, long exposure, mountain, night, photo, photoshop, planets, stacking, stanley, stars, twilight
