First Star I See Tonight

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 9, 2013231 views13 comments

Can you find it? Just getting dark enough to see Jupiter. Shot a few yards from my tent on an Adirondack Island last weekend.

I had to find substitutes for sunset shots on a three-day canoe/camping trip last weekend because there were no clouds (a rare weekend in this part of the country). I thought these silhouettes worked well with the post-sunset glow.

Canon 5D2
Canon 24-105mm.; Circ. Pol.
20 sec. @ f/16; ISO 320

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on May 9, 2013 at 2:09 PM

I found it.......

Extremely dark otherwise, but the silhouettes frame the main point or subject of Jupiter well. Seeing the bit of land here at the base of the image I assume this was a dry land shot then?

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on May 9, 2013 at 4:58 PM

Oh, what a mood this sets! So peaceful and inviting - I wish I was there!! Really nice Wayne.

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on May 9, 2013 at 5:19 PM

Definitely has a peaceful mood Wayne, and you captured it beautifully. Love the glow. Take care.
John

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on May 9, 2013 at 5:23 PM

Wayne, Yes, I see it! This is beautiful. I just love the quiet peaceful mood you captured here. Really nice!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on May 9, 2013 at 8:04 PM

Nice mood in this one Wayne. I could see this type of image working very well with a crescent moon in the sky.

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Comment posted by Peter Cross on May 9, 2013 at 8:21 PM

As soon as I clicked on this to open it, my mind said Wayne Jones. Just seemed like your style. Really like the sky and of cocurse the first star (even if it's a planet). The silhouetted trees and mountains just add to the mood on this. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Floris van Breugel on May 9, 2013 at 9:29 PM

This is quite lovely, Wayne. I like how you filled out the composition with a complex but welcoming collection of silhouettes. When it comes time to print, I think you'll find it'll work best if you lighten it a bit overall, to fill out the histogram more.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on May 10, 2013 at 12:02 AM

Hey, there is a star....only took me two looks. This is truly yummy. I would love to have this view be this the last thing I saw from my sleeping bag as I closed my eyes for the night. Very well seen!

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on May 10, 2013 at 12:46 AM

Definitely has that Adirondack feel to it, your composition works extremely well, Wayne. I really like how the tree frames the sky and the nice diagonals leading the eye into and up through the frame.

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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on May 10, 2013 at 2:21 AM

This is great! I don't mind a lot of black as long as the silhouettes work, and they definitely work in this case! Makes me really wanna go out and camp...

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on May 10, 2013 at 8:47 AM

Effective use of the dead space. The warm glow in just the right place. The horizon seems a little too central. Cropping a little off the bottom helps emphasize the star a little more for me.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on May 11, 2013 at 9:38 PM

Nice, Wayne, i really like the dark mood here. No nits from me!

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Comment posted by Bill Reid on May 12, 2013 at 10:47 AM

Beautiful glow to the sky Wayne and I like the dark shapes and overall dark mood. Beautifully done.

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