Between Day and Night

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 22, 2014608 views28 comments

I'd love to hear your thoughts on this one. I took this last year, and believe it or not, this was taken at around 3:30 or 4:00 am. A longish exposure combined with some subtle light painting produced the glow on the tree and rock. The red tinge in the sky is light pollution from the nearby town.

Please see this one on Black

As always your thoughts and comments are much appreciated!

Comments

28 comments

Comment posted by Ian Cameron on March 22, 2014 at 9:18 PM

It's a gorgeous shot Sairam and the light painting is little more than a blush of light love the composition and colours.

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Comment posted by Danny Laureys on March 22, 2014 at 9:19 PM

Love this, Excellent comp. & Light

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on March 22, 2014 at 10:45 PM

Sairam,

I really like this. You did a great job with the exposure. Just curious, but what would be the effect of reducing the blue in the clouds? This isn't a nit, I'm just wondering how it would look.

I like the balance of the composition, too.

--P

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on March 23, 2014 at 12:12 AM

Very artistic image. Great light and composition.

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on March 23, 2014 at 12:56 AM

Dig it....freaking great work w/ the light painting....curious what kinda light you were using. Nice work.

aF

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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on March 23, 2014 at 2:43 AM

Very simple composition and very effective! The light painting is spot on. I like it!

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Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on March 23, 2014 at 4:17 AM

Great composition and light. Very well done!

D&L

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Comment posted by Balakumar Kaushik on March 23, 2014 at 4:18 AM

Beautifully composed frame. Liked the way the tree is bending towards the rock on the left.
Nice warm and blue tones.

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Comment posted by Jose Fernandez on March 23, 2014 at 4:44 AM

Wow!!! excellent image

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on March 23, 2014 at 8:59 AM

The subtle glow works perfectly for me. And the comp. rocks as well. Especially like the way you gave the directional lighting effect on the rock to give the impression of rising or setting sun. Well done

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on March 23, 2014 at 10:41 AM

Really terrific. The composition works very well and the colour palette appeals. Great job with the light painting.

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Comment posted by Sairam Sundaresan on March 23, 2014 at 11:42 AM

Many thanks Ian, Danny, Richard, Roel, Daniele & Loana, Balakumar, Jose, Harry and Kah! Much appreciated!

Thanks Preston, I'd have to try that out. Perhaps a repost below in some time?

Aaron, thanks mate. It was usual flashlight with a warmer color. But I guess the trick was in not pointing the flashlight directly at the subjects, but bouncing it off of the rocks directly opposite. Somehow, it seemed to diffuse the strong light.

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Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on March 23, 2014 at 3:23 PM

Superb...

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Comment posted by Dan Kearl on March 23, 2014 at 4:14 PM

My kudos with all the others…
I too, can see it a bit less blue.

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Comment posted by Reno DiTullio on March 23, 2014 at 5:40 PM

Excellent, gorgeous light

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on March 23, 2014 at 6:19 PM

Fantastic shot, Sairam! Very nice work with the light painting too. Love the colors in this along with a great comp. Wish I could see it on black here.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Daniel Rappaport on March 23, 2014 at 9:05 PM

Great composition. Wonderful dancing energy

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on March 23, 2014 at 11:49 PM

Fantastic image, Sairam, really an exceptional image. Your light painting is so subtle that one might think it was all natural light. Personally, I love the strong blues but that is just my preference. Exquisite.

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Comment posted by Soubhik Patranabis on March 24, 2014 at 11:14 AM

Nice image.

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Comment posted by Sairam Sundaresan on March 24, 2014 at 11:47 AM

Thanks Basri, Dan, Reno, Nick, Daniel, Vance and Soubhik!

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on March 24, 2014 at 12:35 PM

Beautiful. Great composition. Nice balance and simplicity.

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Comment posted by Sairam Sundaresan on March 24, 2014 at 7:47 PM

Thanks Harley

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on March 25, 2014 at 11:22 PM

Gorgeous! The overall quality of your capture and presentation is just amazing.

Chris

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Comment posted by Sairam Sundaresan on March 26, 2014 at 12:50 AM

Thanks so much Chris! Much appreciated!

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on April 1, 2014 at 12:21 PM

Love this shot. Excellent work

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Comment posted by Sairam Sundaresan on April 1, 2014 at 1:48 PM

thanks Nancy

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Comment posted by Jon Daining on April 10, 2014 at 3:33 PM

Sairam, this is fantastic! I love the way the tree and rock lean in together, almost looks like they are talking. The light painting is perfect, looks very subtle and natural.

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Comment posted by Sairam Sundaresan on April 10, 2014 at 5:55 PM

thanks very much Jon for your kind words!

This place is quite surreal in person too!

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