Deco Tower

by AxelLuther

Another sample from my torch illuminating night shots in the forest above Heidelberg. This one shows nicely why torch illumination and standard flash usage differ. with the torch I could illuminate very selective - just the tower. With a flash you would have got an ugly shining snow and also the tree in the foreground would have been bright and by this have lost the dramatic look.... A flash foto would also not have result in a 30 seconds shutter speed so the background would have been completely dark and not showing the aurora of the city of Heidelberg.
Uploaded11/02/2011 - 08:03
CategoryLandscape / Travel
Shutter Speed20 sec
Aperturef/8
LensN/A
ISO400
Focal Length18mm

DrOrloff
Posted 11/02/2011 - 08:23 Link
Good one Axel.
Bobbinalorry
Posted 11/02/2011 - 09:12 Link
Clever stuff, effective; enlightning (no pun intended)
Best Regards, Larry.

All the gear & no idea.
june
Posted 11/02/2011 - 11:44 Link
This is lovely and I found the information very informative, thank you.
regards, June:
marklj
Posted 11/02/2011 - 12:38 Link
I like it - very effective and something I've been thinking about for a bit.
autumnlight
Posted 11/02/2011 - 13:25 Link
I like the torch illumination very much, gives it such atmosphere and an interesting background.
Jumbo48
Posted 11/02/2011 - 14:24 Link
Another nice one Axel, great effect, how long did it take you to create this shot.
Regards John/Jumbo
AxelLuther
Posted 11/02/2011 - 14:32 Link
Jumbo48 wrote:
Another nice one Axel, great effect, how long did it take you to create this shot.

Hi John - the required steps where
Walking through a dark forest (2 min - felt 10min)
Mounting tripod and camera: 5 min
The shot itself 30 seconds (actually - the first one was already OK for me so no series of shots required)
Postprocessing was not that much - mainly perspective corrections (took the picture with 18 mm so it was quite distorted) and cropping - nearly no sharpness or color adjustments this time - all together perhaps 5 min.
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Colors are the lack of darkness

You find more of my pictures here: https://pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/axelluther or on my web page: www.axel-luther.com
Edited by AxelLuther: 11/02/2011 - 14:32
thoughton
Posted 11/02/2011 - 15:19 Link
Nicely done Axel!
Tim
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Jumbo48
Posted 11/02/2011 - 16:54 Link
Thank you for the info Axel.
Regards John/Jumbo
GIULIO57
Posted 11/02/2011 - 19:21 Link
Good
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pianoman
Posted 11/02/2011 - 22:01 Link
For me this is a class shot really works for me brilliant work
All the best

David
pauljay
Posted 12/02/2011 - 12:46 Link
Spooky!
Paul.

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