Tag Archives: long exposure

US Botanical Garden, evening in the “Jungle”

by Boris Starosta

USBG-1302_MFT72_PV_I shot the USBG earlier this year during the day, and it is a smorgasbord of post-industrial steam-punk vs. wilderness 3d imagery.  I returned last month to try and capture the magical evening light, which makes the place look even more mysterious than it already is.  I was hampered by equipment problems (in part of my own making), and did not get very many shots.  This is one of the better ones, taken about 5 minutes after the “magic” lighting had ended.  (Equipment failure prevented pictures during the magic 15 minutes!).

Then, on the drive home (about two hours highway driving), my car broke down near Culpeper, about halfway home.  Michele and Jet had to come fetch me in the middle of the night.  The car was repaired in Culpeper over the course of three more weeks.  I only got it back just recently.  All in all, an ill-fated photo mission.

 

Sputnik, RSX 400 film, f16 probably, 30 seconds exposure.

 

 

KINGS OF FREEDOM by Kaun at UVa.

by Boris Starosta

Kings-0309_MFT72_PV_ In commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, this year we have a supposedly historic piece of Berlin wall grafitti art on our campus, on loan from the Hefner Collection.  It is Dennis Kaun’s KINGS OF FREEDOM.  I’m still researching the provenance of this artwork, because I’m a little bit suspicious of it, as it is clearly signed “copyright” 1990. Continue reading →

Golden Spikes

by Bob Venezia
Golden Spikes

looking up toward the ceiling at the Chihuly Center

Taken at the Chihuly display at the Seattle Center. Tripods are not allowed, but, that being said, the guards are pretty mellow! I popped the prism finder off my TL-120 and laid it down on the floor facing the ceiling. Used a cable release. Somewhere I’ve got exposures written down probably but I would have just metered off some particular highlights and added 1.5 stops.

This is what it would look like if you were at the earthworm party, approaching from below, and heading toward the area where all the food and drinks were offered.

White Spiders on Golden Blossoms

by Bob Venezia
White Spiders On Golden Blossoms

Fireworks on Lake Union in Seattle

How about some fireworks to celebrate the arrival of Jet Weston Co? Congratulations to Boris and Michele.

This was captured on US Independence Day 2013 from the roof of a condo overlooking Seattle’s Lake Union. I had the roof to myself and was able to space my cameras 40 feet apart. On a previous attempt I had spaced the cameras 20 feet apart based on calculations from a Don Lopp formula. But when Don saw the images he told me that since there was nothing behind the fireworks I could go double on the distance. As usual, things go well when I listen to Don.

The cameras were 2 Hasselblad 500Cs with 150mm lenses. Film is Provia 100F. Aperture at f16 and I would count off about 8 seconds from when the fireworks started popping.

Welcome Jet Weston Co! Mazeltov!

Large Golden Slinky

by Bob Venezia
Giant Golden Slinky

The ride “Enterprise” in action at the Puyallup Fair in Western Washington

 

This is a shot of the ride “Enterprise” at the Puyallup (pyoo AL ip) Fair in Western Washington. The Puyallup is one of the granddaddies of all the fairs. Its url is thefair.com.

See what I’m sayin’?

The enterprise starts out as a flat disk and then tilts up, making a fun pattern. The ride doesn’t last very long!

Luminous Wheel Fun n Games

by Bob Venezia

The Giant Wheel at the Evergreen State Fair is illuminated behind the Fun n Games concession.

This is the one shot of the Giant Wheel and Fun n Games that worked for me this year. †his image does have some retinal rivalry but I think it serves to give the image a bit of action and adds to the image.

Blue Flower

by Bob Venezia

The Giant Wheel at the Evergreen State Fair, now in LED!

The outfit that provides the rides for the Evergreen State Fair and Central Washington Fair is Butler Entertainment. This year they’ve outfitted their Giant Wheel with LEDs. I prefer the incandescent lights, but I know the LEDs will save a lot of energy. And the LEDs look pretty cool in my time-lapse movies. On film they can have nice patterns (or some with nauseating color) but they often look like big TV sets.

The rides always look (to me) like some great engine of science fiction when captured on film, and of course people should be mesmerized by it. So I’m glad the fellow on the left is doing his part.

Carousel Light Bokeh

by Bob Venezia

Shallow DOF in a long exposure at night.

Normally I don’t think to use shallow depth of field for my stereoscopic photos but I’ve been inspired by the work of my friend Frank Roberto. It was very late, around midnight after the Evergreen State Fair was closed, that I took this shot. It was obviously a long exposure — it came out looking like noon! I miscalculated the light as I didn’t expect it to be this bright but I was pleasantly surprised to see it.

Shot with TL-120 at f2.8 using Velvia 50. Shutter unrecorded.

YOYO & Fireworks #8

by Bob Venezia

Captured at the Evergreen State Fair in Monroe, Washington, August 2011.

Last year there were fireworks at the Evergreen State Fair and I didn’t know about it until it was happening. I was in a rotten spot to capture them and it all ended in tears.

This year I got the dates for the fireworks beforehand and guesstimated some good spots for shooting.

Reflection Lake Star Trails #2

by Bob Venezia

Reflection Lake Star Trails #2I know what you’re thinking — the thing missing from this folio is some photos of Mt. Rainier.

For at least a couple years now Don Lopp has been bugging me to get down to Reflection Lake and capture this shot under a full moon. The idea is to take an exposure long enough to let the moon light the scene like day and still get star trails.

I shot some other film that night and processed it first. It came out much too dark and in the end I pushed this roll 2 stops. This was a 90 minute exposure. With the push it’s the equivalent of a 6 hour exposure (and star trails could have been 4x as long)! I am baffled by how true the colors look. I see no reciprocity failure.

Shot with 2 Hasselblad 500Cs on a twin bar. Provia 100F at f16.