An Autumn Orbit(w)

Uploaded: December 06, 2004 00:24:28

Description

A view if the night sky near Canis Bay in Algonquin Park, Ontario in October. The illumination on the trees is coming from the campfire. 15mm Diagonal Fisheye, Agfa Pro ISO 50 film, Tripod Cable release(on timer)

Comments

Dan Holm December 06, 2004

Wow! This is gorgeous, Eric!! Your perspective and capture are simply magnificent! Excellent work! #194305

Carolina K. Smith December 06, 2004

I agree :) I like the star trails, too :) #956534

S J December 06, 2004

Terrific capture and framing, Eric! Very nicely done! #956545

Amy N. Cappelli December 06, 2004

Stellar capture Eric, just beautiful! lovely contrast in colors between the gold of the leaves and lapis sky. #956671

Allan L. Whitehead December 06, 2004

Marvelous capture and terrific presentation, Eric. Very well done, my dear friend - your good friend, Allan #956765

Barbara Kehoe December 06, 2004

Totally beautiful image Eric. The combination of gold and blue is stunning. #956811

Sharon Day December 06, 2004

Outstanding and beautiful, Eric!!! This is just super with the color in the trees and the star trail! Great job! #956935

Igor Laptev December 06, 2004

Great image! #956995

Darren K. Fisher December 06, 2004

Looks like a winner to me. Wonderful job on exposure and capture of color here. This inspires me. #957707

Judy S. Fung December 06, 2004

Wonderful capture, Eric! Very beautiful. #957898

Eric Highfield level-deluxe December 06, 2004

Dan,Carolina, Sanjay, Amy, Allan, Barbara, Sharon, Igor, Darren, and Judy, Wow...thanks so much for your support in this image! The composition has benefited from some luck...I knew where the North Star was in the frame when setting the shot up, but it was too dark to see anything but vaguest outline of trees...it was nature that lended a helping hand. #957933

Deborah C. Lewinson level-addict December 06, 2004

Wow, stunning image, Eric!

-Debby #958050

Eric Highfield level-deluxe December 06, 2004

Thank you, Debby! #958252

Barbara Kehoe January 17, 2005

Congratulations Eric, It's a wonderful shot. #1039825

Patricia Marroquin January 18, 2005

Congratulations, Eric, this is awesome! :-) #1040967

Judy S. Fung January 18, 2005

Congrats, Eric! #1040991

Kip T. Berger January 18, 2005

Congratulations on the finalist Eric!!! #1040995

Allan L. Whitehead January 18, 2005

Eric, my dear friend, congratulations on your finalist selection. Well done, and good luck in the next step - your good friend, Allan #1041493

Patricia A. Kuniega January 18, 2005

Congratulations on your superb finalist, Eric! Good luck! #1041781

Paul Michko January 18, 2005

Congrats, Eric. #1042642

cj patterson January 18, 2005

CONGRATS!!! #1043126

Murry Grigsby January 18, 2005

Congrats again Eric! #1044416

Phil Sauvey January 18, 2005

Eric,

I love the fall colors and the blue of the sky here. What a wonderful photograph. Congrats on your finalist entry and best of luck in the next round. Very deserving of GOLD! #1046759

Judy S. Fung January 20, 2005

Congrats on your second place win, Eric! #1049654

Marilou Olejniczak January 20, 2005

Congratulations on your win! #1049728

Wally Orlowsky January 20, 2005

Congratulations on this awesome winner, Eric. #1049901

Paul Michko January 20, 2005

Congrats, Eric on a terrific win. #1049937

kathy wolfe January 20, 2005

Congrats Eric!! #1050179

Patricia A. Kuniega January 20, 2005

Congratulations on your terrific win, Eric! #1050247

Charlene Bayerle January 20, 2005

Congratulations on a great win Eric!!!! #1050306

cj patterson January 20, 2005

Big Congrats Eric!!!!!!! #1050435

Barbara Kehoe January 20, 2005

Congratulations again Eric. You really deserved to win. #1050532

Murry Grigsby January 20, 2005

Congratulations on your win Eric! #1050581

Kathleen Clemons January 20, 2005

Congrats, Eric! #1050710

Karen Engelbreth January 20, 2005

Congrats on your win, Eric! #1050750

Lisa Deaton January 20, 2005

Beautiful photo and a well deserved win, Congrats!! #1050782

Marie Fields January 20, 2005

Congratulations, Eric! Awesome image! #1050785

Allan L. Whitehead January 20, 2005

Eric, congratulations on both of your wonderful wins, each of which is very richly deserved, my very dear friend - your good friend, Allan #1050937

Audrea Telkamp January 20, 2005

Congratulations Eric!!!! Absolutely gorgeous!!!! #1050964

Sharon Day January 20, 2005

Congratulations Eric!!! I loved this the first time I saw it! Well deserved! #1051024

Kathleen R. Struckle January 20, 2005

Congrats.Eric!! Just a stunning image! #1051391

Wendy Stevenson January 20, 2005

Congratulations Eric on your win with this great shot!! #1051656

Dale Gast January 20, 2005

Congratulations, Eric!!! This is wonderful & so very well deserved!!! #1051708

Mellanie January 20, 2005

Congrats on this win, Eric! Love this image! #1051785

Jim Kinnunen level-classic January 20, 2005

Congratulations on your win Eric!!! #1052008

Debra Booth January 20, 2005

Congratulations, Eric!! #1052132

Darren K. Fisher January 20, 2005

Congrats not only on your win but one awesome image. #1052267

William C. Raco level-classic January 20, 2005

Congratulations, Eric
Excellent work.

bill #1052399

William C. Raco level-classic January 20, 2005

Congratulations, Eric
Excellent work.

bill #1052400

Phil Sauvey January 20, 2005

Eric,

Awesome job! This is a great photograph and congrats on getting the gold! #1052532

Kip T. Berger January 20, 2005

Beautiful colors and POV for this winning shot Eric! Congrats! #1052621

Wanda Judd level-classic January 21, 2005

Congratulations, this is simply outstanding... #1053135

Pamela K January 21, 2005

I still love this image! Congratulations, Eric!

Pam #1054658

Kristi A. Howson January 21, 2005

Fantastic perspective and great lighting effects Eric. Congratulations!!!!! #1054689

Evy Johansen level-classic January 21, 2005

Congratulations on your win, Eric! Beautiful image! #1055213

Eric Highfield level-deluxe January 22, 2005

Thanks everyone for your warming comments, I'm truly honoured! Your support has been greatly appreciated! #1057266

Leonard Pierce January 23, 2005

Congratulations on your Second Place win Eric!!! #1058855

Duane January 24, 2005

Very nice. A few questions. With such a long exposure, how were you able to perfectly balance the ambient light and prevent the campfire from totally blowing out all the detail on the trees close to the fire, and retain their true (albeit warmed) color? Also, was this relatively soon after sunset, or is the greenish-blue hue coming from city lights to the left? (based on the amount of light coming from the West). Did you choose Agfa film with any regard to reciprocity failure or pulling in more blue, or was it just what you normally shoot? How did you choose the f stop you selected for depth of field vs. getting a long enough exposure? Thanks, Duane #1060350

Eric Highfield level-deluxe January 25, 2005

Hi Duane, thanks for the comments and Questions! This was photographed on my Wedding anniversary trip and my photography was mostly casual throughout this trip. As such, this photo was not planned out in advance nor was my record keeping on the logic and settings, but I think I can recall most of it, and will try to answer your questions the best I can:

1). With such a long exposure, how were you able to perfectly balance the ambient light and prevent the campfire from totally blowing out all the detail on the trees close to the fire, and retain their true (albeit warmed) color? - The campfire blowing out all the detail was my primary concern, so I moved as far away from it as possible. My option were limited, we were in a forest and most of our site was under a canopy of branches. The above photo will show you the approximate location of the exposure in relation to the campfire. It was actually very dark there, but I knew from other long exposures the compounding effect of light, that the fire would still be a factor (even when its barely detectable by the human eye). The colour retention of the trees was a surprise to me too. If I were too close to the fire, I expected orange glow trees...no star trails. Too far away, silhouetted trees, many bright star trails. I can only assume I ended up on a "sweet spot" in terms of proximity of the fire, maximized by fortunate exposure settings.

2). Also, was this relatively soon after sunset, or is the greenish-blue hue coming from city lights to the left? (based on the amount of light coming from the West). - About 3 hours after sunset I'd say. No cities within two hours of this location and 1/2 hour to the nearest small town so light pollution shouldn't be a factor. This was actually the second of 2 shots. the light in the bottom corner is the moon creeping up on the horizon. invisible to me at the time, but picked on the film. There would have been a third shot, but shortly after the second the moon's light was visible to me and I knew the "party" was over.

Continued.... #1061484

Eric Highfield level-deluxe January 25, 2005

Continued from above....

3.) Did you choose Agfa film with any regard to reciprocity failure or pulling in more blue, or was it just what you normally shoot? - Agfa was the film we were trying at the time, and what was in the camera. I didn't have the reciprocity failure data with me which is why I had decided to go for three shots, the first shot was 1 hour (which turned up okay, but too dark, less colourful and shorter star trails), the second shot was at 2 hours (this one), and the third never happened, but even without the moon I think it would have been overexposed. There is some evidence of reciprocity failure throughout this image although less evident, you can see the greenish tint even in the leaves on the right side

4.) How did you choose the f stop you selected for depth of field vs. getting a long enough exposure? - I wanted the longest exposure possible so I went with F/22 which was the smallest on this lens.


I did a search and found this link for Dan Heller's site. He's got a great tutorial on star trails and even has a similar image to this one. Here's the URL:

http://www.danheller.com/star-trails.html


Thanks again for taking interest in my image! #1061486

Eric Highfield level-deluxe January 25, 2005

Thanks everyone for your comments and encouragement, it's greatly appreciated! #1061491

Nancy Grace Chen January 31, 2005

Excellent idea and well-executed. A late congrats to you on your winner!!

Nancy #1075623

Eric Highfield level-deluxe February 01, 2005

Thank you, Nancy! #1076910

Sandra Freyler September 23, 2005

Beautiful image! I also enjoyed viewing your gallery! #1871993

Eric Highfield level-deluxe September 24, 2005

Thank You, Sandra. I appreciate your visiting! #1874676

Laura Clay-Ballard October 14, 2005

gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #1951991

Eric Highfield level-deluxe June 01, 2006

Thank you ,Laura. Sorry for so late in responding. Must have missed it! #2842140

M.Christine Duncan May 16, 2009

Fabulous image, I love all the color!!! And amazing star trails as well... welcome to Canada Photo Eric! #7528442

Jean Lechleiter May 26, 2009

Beautiful colours perspective and star trails. BIG CONGRATS. on the finalist!!! #7564197

Eric Highfield level-deluxe July 10, 2009


Thank you Christine & Jean!

I apologize for the delay in responding, I don't seem to be getting email notifications anymore. #7725680


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