Damn if the weather this summer hasn’t alternated between drought conditions and torrential storms. One week the plants are wilting, the next, they’re looking for a snorkel, trying their damnedest not to drown. Sorta the same with people. For us USA’ers, this weekend is a holiday weekend, but regardless where you are, this weekend largely marks the beginning of a seasonal shift. As such, I’ve found 9 reasons that you should get off your arse, get outside, and make some naturally otherworldly pictures.
Here’s 9 mind blowers from a handful of amazing photographers. Link out to their work if you have a spare minute…
Finally, a video from Nate Bolt, who condensed a ten-hour plane ride and 2,459 frames into a two minute video. And he caught the Northern Lights while he did it:
I shot a photo roughly every two miles between take-off in San Francisco and landing in Paris CDG to make this airplane time lapse.,Shot with a 5d2, a time-lapse controller, and a 16mm – 35mm, mixed with some iPhone shots. I arranged on the Korg iMS20 iPad App. Edits and pans in After Effects CS5 and iMovie.
Happy shooting. Have a great weekend.
amazing. that’s it- amazing.
YES! here is another for some inspiration.
http://flic.kr/p/ag7eRV shot near great basin national park, one of the darkest spots in america. truly incredible night skys.
ps. none of the links work to the photographers.
Here are some more reasons to go into the wild (of alaska)!
http://www.pioneervideography.com/blog
Intrigued by that first image by Kevin Cooley. Specifically, what the source of that beam of light is.
My guess is over a mountain ridge from Las Vegas and the light source is the Luxor.
No, he launched a military flare and used a long exposure. He shot it in Idaho, Montana, or Wyoming.
Now there’s a lighting idea!
The 2nd pic by Hengki Koentjoro. Can someone deconstruct it ?, i mean how much of it is post processed or not ?, esp. such kind of lighting.
I may be wrong but aren’t there sensors that can sense atmospheric pressure or something right before a lightning strike, and take shot(s) when those trigger?
leave the shutter open and the lightening will expose the frame when it pops. varying the length of the open shutter prior to and after the lightening will produce differnet ambient (environmental) results…
There are devices that fire the shutter when lightning is detected such as these:
http://www.aeophoto.com/
Note: I have not used nor do I endorse these products
Thanks a lot everyone !!!, for simplifying it.
http://www.lightningtrigger.com, love mine.
It’s actually really simple. At night you can simply leave your camera on Bulb mode and just cover the lens in between lightning strikes. I can usually get 3 strikes in one frame before it starts to get overexposed.
Hengki Koentjoro are the 2 black and white pics. the Lightning pic is by Blake Gordon.
i’ve been following Hegki’s work for a couple years and i’m glad he’s getting the recognition he deserves.
Yep one of the best photographers out there