W/NW Night Photos

Stars above Tahoe National Forest. A 1.5 hour, west-facing exposure at f/8.

On a side note, does anyone know if that horizontal streak might be one of SpaceX's Starlink satellites? I can find live and forecasted trackers, but haven't been able to find historical flight paths. Have any other astro photographers here run into issues with "pollution" from Starlink satellites? I saw one recent article about Starlink ruining shots of NEOWISE.

Nikon FM2n, AI Nikkor 50mm f/1.8S, Ultrafine eXtreme 400, developed in LegacyPro L110 at 1:31 for 5.5 minutes.


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by dourbalistar, on Flickr
 
Elementary School at Night

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Los Angeles County July 2020

images by Taipei-metro

Panasonic G6, Panasonic 14mmF2.5, Zuiko 14-42, Zuiko 50mmF1.8
Siliconpower 16gb c10
 
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I haven’t seen a Dog ‘n Suds in more than four decades. Thanks for sharing.
 


Give us today our daily bread. Vung Tau night market. Fuji X-Pro1 - XF 2/18 R. The French introduced bread to Vietnam and the Vietnamese
re-engineered it, using rice flour instead of wheat flour. The result is a very fluffy baguette.
 
Pasadena, Los Angeles County

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Pasadena, Los Angeles County Dec 31, pre Covid-19

images by Taipei-metro

Panasonic G6, Canon EOS T4i
Olympus 50mmF1.8, Canon KiT 18-55
Neewer n-TTL Speedlight
Sony 32gb c10 m iTaiwan
 
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(elementary school at night)

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Los Angeles County 2020

images by Taipei-metro

Lumix G6, Zuiko 14-42
Neewer nTTL Speedlight China
Siliconpower 16gb c10 Taiwan
 


At my favorite coffee stall on Hai Ba Trung Street, Saigon. Strong coffee and there's always something going on. The original Fuji X-100.
 
Elementary School at Night

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Los Angeles County July 2020

images by Taipei-metro

Lumix G6, Zuiko 14-42
Neewer N-TTL Speedlight
Siliconpower 16gb c10 Taiwan made
 

Los Angeles County July 2020

a taipei-metro image

Lumix G6, 14-42 Zuiko
Neewer non-TTL Speedlight
Siliconpower 16gb c10 made in Taiwan
 
Pasadena, Los Angeles County Dec 31

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Pasadena, Los Angeles County pre Covid19

images by Taipei-metro

Lumix G6, Canon T4i
Olympus 50mmF1.8, Canon 18-55
Sony 32gb c10 made in Taiwan
 
Taipai-metro: I am really liking you b&w night shots. The blocked up shadows and burnt out highlights tell the viewer they were really shot at night and subconsciously portray that mood.

I used to want to see big grain indicating it was hard pushed iso 400 film or something the old Kodak 2475 high speed recording film. But I have learned to live with the no grain digital image. Not liked no grain, only learned to live with it.

Decades ago I shot much at night, always b&w film. I kept experimenting with developers until I could print photos that almost looked daylight like. Then I finally concluded that I really did not like the results as they were diminishing the uniqueness of shooting at night. So I went back to the blocked shadows, burnt highlights, and big grain.
 
Taipai-metro: I am really liking you b&w night shots. The blocked up shadows and burnt out highlights tell the viewer they were really shot at night and subconsciously portray that mood.

I used to want to see big grain indicating it was hard pushed iso 400 film or something the old Kodak 2475 high speed recording film. But I have learned to live with the no grain digital image. Not liked no grain, only learned to live with it.

Decades ago I shot much at night, always b&w film. I kept experimenting with developers until I could print photos that almost looked daylight like. Then I finally concluded that I really did not like the results as they were diminishing the uniqueness of shooting at night. So I went back to the blocked shadows, burnt highlights, and big grain.

Thank you so much Bob, i enjoy your Cuba photos very much too, i think you are one of the best photographer in RFf!
Thanks!
 
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Matsumoto Birai by Sawatari Hajime

Los Angeles County Aug 2020

images by taipei-metro

Fujifilm XT-100, 7 Artisans 25mmF1.8
Lexar 16gb c10 S Korea made
 
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