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Russ Senior Member Registered: October 2005 Location: Tacoma, WA area Posts: 202 users gallery	Late afternoon, early evening on a balmy (65 deg F) day at Tacoma's Pt. Defiance park. After dark, the Japanese Garden was lit by a vapor lamp. I guessed at light temps (need more work here) and used a flashlight to frontlight somewhat. Canon 20D, 17-85mm @ 17 ISO100, f8, 30 sec w/ flashlight
	· Date: Wed March 7, 2007 · Views: 545 · Filesize: 138.6kb · Dimensions: 400 x 600 ·
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paul lowell

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Registered: March 2005
Location: Warrenton Mo
Posts: 781

Wed March 7, 2007 10:23am

Excellent job I wouldn't change a thing, just print it and hang it.

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paul lowell

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Registered: March 2005
Location: Warrenton Mo
Posts: 781

Wed March 7, 2007 10:23am

Rating: 10.00

chaud

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Registered: April 2004
Location: British Columbia Canada
Posts: 2,469

Thu March 8, 2007 12:17am

Very cool! Thanks for the explanation about the setup for this--the garden lighting and painting the arch with light gives this a surreal quality that I really love. Was this taken just at twilight or was the blue sky brought out during the long exposure? I agree with Paul--a wall hanger for sure!
Barbara

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Registered: September 2005
Location: east coast
Posts: 2,410

Thu March 8, 2007 5:45am

i love the lighting here, the orange lights are usually horrid in a photo, but i agree it adds to this seen, gives it a very interesting surrealistic feeling. the deep blue sky right next to the orange lit plants sets it off.
beth

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Russ

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Registered: October 2005
Location: Tacoma, WA area
Posts: 202

Thu March 8, 2007 7:50am

Thanks for the comments.
This shot was taken at 6:35 PM, within minutes of the end of twilight. To the naked eye it seemed dark but apparently the 30 sec exposure shows that there was still yet some skylight.
Perhaps the most difficult thing was getting focus. AF doesn't work in the dark!!!! And looking thru the viewfinder didn't cut it either. In the end I just set the distance dial to a hyperfocal setting. Using 17mm helped!!!

Tweedle Beetle

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Registered: September 2005
Location: Dallas-Ft. Worth area
Posts: 286

Thu March 8, 2007 9:12am

Nice shot--love the reflection.

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