Night Tree
Exposure: 30 sec., f/4, ISO: 200, 10 mm
Clouds, clouds, glorious clouds… Recent rain has brought us clouds :) I’m in love!
I have no idea where this spot is. lol. I had a small assignment tonight of shooting night images of a piece of property. On the drive home I impulsively pulled into a rest stop thinking I just had to get ONE shot of these clouds with maybe a tree or something :) I’m so glad I did. I rather like this tree.
Wow, Amber – this is so awesome! Love how the light, colors and shadows play so well together!
Thanks Michael :) I think all that red color in the sky came from the fact that the rest stop was near a freeway
Oh wow! That is just superb. I love those clouds and colours. Night photography throws up some really interesting results. Great stuff Amber.
Night photography sure does :) I’m always thinking about stars, but I think clouds are equally cool. I wanna try this some more I think :)
Way to go being so creative. Maybe darken the foreground just a bit to push the eye up to the tree and sky. Sometimes it is hard to pull over like this. “Will I really get a shot? Wouldn’t I rather get home?” This one really paid off.
Oooh Good suggestion. I had darkened it a little, but after your suggestion I darkened it some more and reposted. I know it’s still a little too bright though :( The mistake I made was…well, um… the foreground is being light painted by the car’s headlights. That’s really not the best for light painting I know. lol
Thats beuatiful!!!
Hi Tristan. Thank you so much.
This is superb Amber. So more assignments eh. How cool is that. :)
Hi J :) Thank you! Well, this assignment was part of an ongoing assignment that I participate in on a volunteer basis. It helps continue my experience in architecture photography while making a difference :)
Well it sure is all good experience, whatever the reason. Night photography is so much fun though don’t you think. :)
It is TOTALLY fun! :)
That’s some beautiful light. Nice work.
- Dan.
Thank you Dan :)
Wow, amazing capture, Amber. I love this sort of shot. I can’t get anything like it with my little point & shoot.
Thanks Dave! That’s ok. You do so much with that point and shoot :)
OMG, this picture is just amazing! Where did you take it?
Thank you :) Well, I took it here in Northern California, right off of highway 280 somewhere between Millbrae and San Carlos ;)
That is just beautiful! I like the synister, magnificent look it has.
Wow, Wow, Wow this is amazing! A rest stop? You have an incredible eye for beauty in order to capture this at a rest stop.
Oh, thank you so much :) I have to say though, the rest stops along this particular highway are pretty photogenic :)
This is really beautiful Amber. I love how you captured this scene. Did you use a another light source to light up the scene or is that just how the lighting was?
:) Yup, you guessed it. THere WAS another light source! My hubby was sitting in the car with the headlights on and that is what light painted the foreground. I think next time though I’ll have him turn off the lights and just ues a flashlight :)
Oh how could I miss that one!! Very nice exposure! Love the colors, and the composition!
Thanks J! That was on 280 near Redwood City :)
Oh now I like it even more:-) I LOVE I-280, my favorite one! Yeah it reminds me to one of my film shots from there:-) Maybe someday Im goin to post it on my blog:-)
Goaddam that’s good – love the wildness of the scene. Awesome.
So glad you like it. It was relaly a spur of the moment shot :)