http://search.deviantart.com/?q=gallery:toope/797295&section= deviantART RSS for gallery:toope/797295 en-us Copyright 2013, deviantART.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:21:40 PDT deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://st.deviantart.net/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/Carnival-Of-Light-265444856 http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/Carnival-Of-Light-265444856 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:36:13 PDT Carnival Of Light nonadult photography/nature/sky RS-foto http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/s/rs-foto.png Copyright 2011-2013 *RS-foto

So here you go, some spinning stars boosted with natures finest light show

60x 20sec exposures plus one slightly lighter exposure for the Northern Lights stacked with StarStax and post processing in P5.

Why only 20sec per exposure, you may wonder? Because I was shooting a time-lapse at the same time

See the time-lapse of the same scene on YouTube [link] ]]>

So here you go, some spinning stars boosted with natures finest light show

60x 20sec exposures plus one slightly lighter exposure for the Northern Lights stacked with StarStax and post processing in P5.

Why only 20sec per exposure, you may wonder? Because I was shooting a time-lapse at the same time

See the time-lapse of the same scene on YouTube [link]

]]> http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/In-To-The-Black-Hole-273813261 http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/In-To-The-Black-Hole-273813261 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:33:07 PST In To The Black Hole nonadult photography/civilization/industrial RS-foto http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/s/rs-foto.png Copyright 2011-2013 *RS-foto
Kinda makes me think of a black hole

Trails combined from 60x 30 second exposures, so don't pay too much attention to the Exif data telling you it's a 30 sec exposure. When all the exposures combined it sums up to 30 minutes

I also used a huge Manfrotto stand to be able to take the picture from about 2,5 meters high for a perspective I wanted.
It was not too easy to compose from that position in the dark .


If you look closely you can even see a littele shooting star there on the left side of the tower

The first version of this scene was Ladder to Heaven. I've been wanting to revisit this place for some time now and finally came up with a new concept that could be worth publishing ]]>
Kinda makes me think of a black hole

Trails combined from 60x 30 second exposures, so don't pay too much attention to the Exif data telling you it's a 30 sec exposure. When all the exposures combined it sums up to 30 minutes

I also used a huge Manfrotto stand to be able to take the picture from about 2,5 meters high for a perspective I wanted.
It was not too easy to compose from that position in the dark .


If you look closely you can even see a littele shooting star there on the left side of the tower

The first version of this scene was Ladder to Heaven. I've been wanting to revisit this place for some time now and finally came up with a new concept that could be worth publishing

]]> http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/All-Aboard-311915898 http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/All-Aboard-311915898 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:42:18 PDT All Aboard! nonadult photography/nature/waterscapes RS-foto http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/s/rs-foto.png Copyright 2012-2013 *RS-foto
I used external flash to light up the foreground to make the wreck pop out from the background. There was no street lamps and ambient light so it's all flash.

I haven't done night shots in a while and I'm pretty happy how this one worked out, I hope you like too!

(Taken with Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens, I couldn't fiqure out how to change the exif for lens info) ]]>
I used external flash to light up the foreground to make the wreck pop out from the background. There was no street lamps and ambient light so it's all flash.

I haven't done night shots in a while and I'm pretty happy how this one worked out, I hope you like too!

(Taken with Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens, I couldn't fiqure out how to change the exif for lens info)

]]> http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/Woodstellite-340220012 http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/Woodstellite-340220012 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:32:37 PST Woodstellite nonadult photography/nature/sky RS-foto http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/s/rs-foto.png Copyright 2012-2013 *RS-foto

16x 30sec exposures stacked together to make the stars move.
I would have gone for longer stack but it was a cold night and my lens got foggy all the time, thus making over half my exposures unusable =/ ]]>

16x 30sec exposures stacked together to make the stars move.
I would have gone for longer stack but it was a cold night and my lens got foggy all the time, thus making over half my exposures unusable =/

]]> http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/Farm-In-The-Night-320949047 http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/Farm-In-The-Night-320949047 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:08:52 PDT Farm In The Night nonadult photography/nature/landscapes RS-foto http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/s/rs-foto.png Copyright 2012-2013 *RS-foto

We spotted these abandoned farmhouses up on a hill from the road when we were looking for a place to camp for the night
The sky was amazing and I shot an external flash couple times to light up the place.

I hope you like!

(sorry for the dull name!) ]]>

We spotted these abandoned farmhouses up on a hill from the road when we were looking for a place to camp for the night
The sky was amazing and I shot an external flash couple times to light up the place.

I hope you like!

(sorry for the dull name!)

]]> http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/A-Little-Place-Of-My-Own-259502422 http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/A-Little-Place-Of-My-Own-259502422 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:54:31 PDT A Little Place Of My Own nonadult photography/nature/waterscapes RS-foto http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/s/rs-foto.png Copyright 2011-2013 *RS-foto
Long exposure with flash to light up the island ]]>
Long exposure with flash to light up the island

]]> http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/Burn-It-To-The-Ground-252281313 http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/Burn-It-To-The-Ground-252281313 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:43:35 PDT Burn It To The Ground nonadult photography/journalism/other RS-foto http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/s/rs-foto.png Copyright 2011-2013 *RS-foto
Got my photo on the front page of a local Metro newspaper (not this photo, but this one [link])

Also check out the aftermath here [link]

Few older photos from the other villas on my other account:
[link] and [link] ]]>
Got my photo on the front page of a local Metro newspaper (not this photo, but this one [link])

Also check out the aftermath here [link]

Few older photos from the other villas on my other account:
[link] and [link]

]]> http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/Flash-Gordon-186802645 http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/Flash-Gordon-186802645 Sat, 20 Nov 2010 06:43:13 PST Flash Gordon nonadult photography/nature/waterscapes RS-foto http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/s/rs-foto.png Copyright 2010-2013 *RS-foto
Hope you like! ]]>
Hope you like!

]]> http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/Lost-in-the-Woods-188690131 http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/Lost-in-the-Woods-188690131 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 07:53:57 PST Lost in the Woods nonadult digitalart/photomanip/people RS-foto http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/s/rs-foto.png Copyright 2010-2013 *RS-foto

I used two flashes in various places to light up the surroundings and combined the final image from couple different exposures. Fog was added in Photoshop to emphase the spooky atmosphere ]]>

I used two flashes in various places to light up the surroundings and combined the final image from couple different exposures. Fog was added in Photoshop to emphase the spooky atmosphere

]]> http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/The-Observer-138109320 http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/The-Observer-138109320 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:39:11 PDT The Observer nonadult photography/nature/landscapes RS-foto http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/s/rs-foto.png Copyright 2009-2013 *RS-foto

This is the same water tower as seen on my older devitation, Beam Me Up, though it doesn't have night lighting anymore... ]]>

This is the same water tower as seen on my older devitation, Beam Me Up, though it doesn't have night lighting anymore...

]]> http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/The-Lost-Highway-101706302 http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/The-Lost-Highway-101706302 Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:48:29 PDT The Lost Highway nonadult photography/nature/landscapes RS-foto http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/s/rs-foto.png Copyright 2008-2013 *RS-foto ]]>

]]> http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/Harbour-Lights-104018015 http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/Harbour-Lights-104018015 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:25:21 PST Harbour Lights nonadult photography/nature/sky RS-foto http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/s/rs-foto.png Copyright 2008-2013 *RS-foto

12x two-minute exposures combined in photoshop making it 24 minutes total. New technique for me which I just found about. Goodbye noisy star trail shot and welcome noise free trails

Canon 20D | 10mm | f5,6 | ISO 400 ]]>

12x two-minute exposures combined in photoshop making it 24 minutes total. New technique for me which I just found about. Goodbye noisy star trail shot and welcome noise free trails

Canon 20D | 10mm | f5,6 | ISO 400

]]> http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/From-the-Stars-120342116 http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/From-the-Stars-120342116 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:57:25 PDT From the Stars nonadult photography/nature/sky RS-foto http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/s/rs-foto.png Copyright 2009-2013 *RS-foto I'm glad it didn't hatch while I was taking pictures

6x 3minute exposures layered to one 18min shot. I was suppose to make it longer but then my battery went dead =/

Foreground lighting was done with a slave flash ]]> I'm glad it didn't hatch while I was taking pictures

6x 3minute exposures layered to one 18min shot. I was suppose to make it longer but then my battery went dead =/

Foreground lighting was done with a slave flash

]]> http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/Dark-Waters-86017703 http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/Dark-Waters-86017703 Sun, 18 May 2008 10:14:11 PDT Dark Waters nonadult photography/nature/waterscapes RS-foto http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/s/rs-foto.png Copyright 2008-2013 *RS-foto
Using ND400 (9-stop neutral density) filter usually gives interesting hue to the pictures as a side effect compared to shooting without one. With such low light conditions and ND400 filter I could have used ridicilously long exposures but due to sideways moving clouds I didn't want the exposure be too long. I used reasonable f-stop which allowed me to exposure for 'only' 60 secs

I hope you like it! ]]>
Using ND400 (9-stop neutral density) filter usually gives interesting hue to the pictures as a side effect compared to shooting without one. With such low light conditions and ND400 filter I could have used ridicilously long exposures but due to sideways moving clouds I didn't want the exposure be too long. I used reasonable f-stop which allowed me to exposure for 'only' 60 secs

I hope you like it!

]]> http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/Luminous-Nightsky-60740375 http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/Luminous-Nightsky-60740375 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:53:18 PDT Luminous Nightsky nonadult photography/nature/sky RS-foto http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/s/rs-foto.png Copyright 2007-2013 *RS-foto *ageofloss when we spotted these amazing 'Night-Shining Clouds' and I must say, the view was close to orgasmic.



Quote from NASA's site:

_{These mystifying clouds are called Polar Mesospheric Clouds, or PMCs, when they are viewed from space and referred to as "night-shining" clouds or Noctilucent Clouds, when viewed by observers on Earth. The clouds form in an upper layer of the Earth’s atmosphere called the mesosphere during the Northern Hemisphere’s summer season which began in mid-May and extends through the end of August and are being seen by AIM’s instruments more frequently as the season progresses. They are also seen in the high latitudes during the summer months in the Southern Hemisphere.}

Read more about the phenomen here
[link] ]]> *ageofloss when we spotted these amazing 'Night-Shining Clouds' and I must say, the view was close to orgasmic.



Quote from NASA's site:

_{These mystifying clouds are called Polar Mesospheric Clouds, or PMCs, when they are viewed from space and referred to as "night-shining" clouds or Noctilucent Clouds, when viewed by observers on Earth. The clouds form in an upper layer of the Earth’s atmosphere called the mesosphere during the Northern Hemisphere’s summer season which began in mid-May and extends through the end of August and are being seen by AIM’s instruments more frequently as the season progresses. They are also seen in the high latitudes during the summer months in the Southern Hemisphere.}

Read more about the phenomen here
[link]

]]> http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/Haunted-Generator-81522373 http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/Haunted-Generator-81522373 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:46:09 PDT Haunted Generator nonadult photography/civilization/industrial RS-foto http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/s/rs-foto.png Copyright 2008-2013 *RS-foto
It was kinda hard to get the exposure right for this photo. There was pretty much ambient light coming from the near by highway which caused the whole place to light up during longer exposures. I wanted to keep the background dark and get the trailer to pop up nicely so I had to come up with somekind of a plan. I set the exposure so the background and sky would look nice and dark, then I shot external flash through a white umbrella twice to light up the trailer. I also shot another flash from inside for some extra fun. I think the result came up pretty nice, I hope you think so too!

I had also hard time coming up with a name for this one.. If you got any better suggestions, let's hear them!

lol that was a long piece of babble ]]>
It was kinda hard to get the exposure right for this photo. There was pretty much ambient light coming from the near by highway which caused the whole place to light up during longer exposures. I wanted to keep the background dark and get the trailer to pop up nicely so I had to come up with somekind of a plan. I set the exposure so the background and sky would look nice and dark, then I shot external flash through a white umbrella twice to light up the trailer. I also shot another flash from inside for some extra fun. I think the result came up pretty nice, I hope you think so too!

I had also hard time coming up with a name for this one.. If you got any better suggestions, let's hear them!

lol that was a long piece of babble

]]> http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/Magical-Moonlight-81015477 http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/Magical-Moonlight-81015477 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:09:13 PDT Magical Moonlight nonadult photography/nature/landscapes RS-foto http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/s/rs-foto.png Copyright 2008-2013 *RS-foto

I found this shot from my archives and I had totally forgotten about it. The shot is taken in a forest near me at midnight. I used external flash to light up the tree stump and I also fooled around with my flashlight to create those streaks of light

Hope ya like it! ]]>

I found this shot from my archives and I had totally forgotten about it. The shot is taken in a forest near me at midnight. I used external flash to light up the tree stump and I also fooled around with my flashlight to create those streaks of light

Hope ya like it!

]]> http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/Under-The-Stars-54120198 http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/Under-The-Stars-54120198 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:48:58 PDT Under The Stars nonadult photography/nature/waterscapes RS-foto http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/s/rs-foto.png Copyright 2007-2013 *RS-foto ageofloss for some sunsets and stayed for some night shots afterwards.

180 sec exposure with Peleng 8mm fish-eye, I centered the horizon so the distortion would be minimal. I also used slave flash to light up the stones on the foreground little bit.

I wanted to have the sky full with stars with a dream-like atmosphere so i used ISO400 & f/5,6 and I didn't want the exposure time to get too long for the stars to move around too much. I did some longer exporures too but more movement meant less visible stars.

I hope you enjoy this photo! ]]> ageofloss for some sunsets and stayed for some night shots afterwards.

180 sec exposure with Peleng 8mm fish-eye, I centered the horizon so the distortion would be minimal. I also used slave flash to light up the stones on the foreground little bit.

I wanted to have the sky full with stars with a dream-like atmosphere so i used ISO400 & f/5,6 and I didn't want the exposure time to get too long for the stars to move around too much. I did some longer exporures too but more movement meant less visible stars.

I hope you enjoy this photo!

]]> http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/Captivating-Moonlight-41061117 http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/Captivating-Moonlight-41061117 Sun, 08 Oct 2006 07:10:14 PDT Captivating Moonlight nonadult photography/nature/flora RS-foto http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/s/rs-foto.png Copyright 2006-2013 *RS-foto

The foreground is lit by the streetlights on a road behind me

Hope you like!












_{Canon EOS 5D | EF 20-35mm f/3.4-4.5 USM} ]]>

The foreground is lit by the streetlights on a road behind me

Hope you like!












_{Canon EOS 5D | EF 20-35mm f/3.4-4.5 USM}

]]> http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/Long-Hours-45954300 http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/Long-Hours-45954300 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 09:33:44 PST Long Hours nonadult photography/civilization/industrial RS-foto http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/s/rs-foto.png Copyright 2007-2013 *RS-foto

I was suppose to post this shot even before i decided to make the poll, but somehow i got distracted. Anyways, here it is, new addition to the construction yard series i have been posting, see 'Under Construction' and 'Night Shift'.

140 sec exposure with external flash shot multiple times. I recall shooting the flash 5 times from the left side and 2 times from right side during the exposure. The site didn't have any lighting at all, except those coming from over the distance. ]]>

I was suppose to post this shot even before i decided to make the poll, but somehow i got distracted. Anyways, here it is, new addition to the construction yard series i have been posting, see 'Under Construction' and 'Night Shift'.

140 sec exposure with external flash shot multiple times. I recall shooting the flash 5 times from the left side and 2 times from right side during the exposure. The site didn't have any lighting at all, except those coming from over the distance.

]]> http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/Night-Shift-41502234 http://rs-foto.deviantart.com/art/Night-Shift-41502234 Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:35:14 PDT Night Shift nonadult photography/civilization/industrial RS-foto http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/r/s/rs-foto.png Copyright 2006-2013 *RS-foto Captivating Moonlight' when it was still full(ish) moon. It was almost one hour after midnight and the sky was clear, only few clouds drifted by every now and then.

Since i had just been nightshooting the night before, I decided to do some experimenting with different kinds of night shooting methods. Here i used ISO 400 to get more stars to show up while trying to keep the exposure time short enough for the stars not to move too much. I didn't need any extra light sources since the full(ish) moon was already casting amazing light over the construction site.













_{Specs
Canon eos 5D | EF 20-35mm f/3.5-4.5 USM | ISO400 | f/5.6 | bulb 81 sec} ]]> Captivating Moonlight' when it was still full(ish) moon. It was almost one hour after midnight and the sky was clear, only few clouds drifted by every now and then.

Since i had just been nightshooting the night before, I decided to do some experimenting with different kinds of night shooting methods. Here i used ISO 400 to get more stars to show up while trying to keep the exposure time short enough for the stars not to move too much. I didn't need any extra light sources since the full(ish) moon was already casting amazing light over the construction site.













_{Specs
Canon eos 5D | EF 20-35mm f/3.5-4.5 USM | ISO400 | f/5.6 | bulb 81 sec}

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