Found this old farmhouse during a recent trip to Palouse
Found this old farmhouse during a recent trip to Palouse
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Contest Finalist in Houses Photo Contest
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Contest Finalist in Monthly Pro Vol 27 Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Trey Ratcliffs Put Your Best Foot Forward Photo Contest
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FranciscoBAguilar
October 06, 2016
This image is edited. He cropped out the trees and a power line. Not bad for this spot. Surprised the MW is in this position in August.
anitae403
January 07, 2018
My thoughts exactly... I don’t think you would ever see the MW there... it doesn’t show directly north. ????
derekstephenmcphail
January 05, 2017
love the fabulous clarity of the night sky in the country revealed in this excellent shot.
RDVPhotography
January 07, 2017
Congratulations on making the finals for Monthly Pro Vol 27, we'll deserved
dwatts
January 12, 2017
This is a fantastic shot! I love the house with the starry background! I am a relativly new photographer and wonder, was this taken using a motorized tracker attached to the tripod and camera? I have taken star shots but they all have an "arc" in the starlight!
Norbu_444
March 15, 2017
Couldn't have done better with the color and exposure. Nice composition. Wish the tree to the left behind the house was a little darker but probably not much you could've done. Good Job!
darleneneisess
August 16, 2017
Join the conversation. Add a comment or even better, a critique. Let's get better together!
darleneneisess
August 16, 2017
Congrats on your win! This house looks very familiar to me. May I ask where it was? If it's the one I'm thinking of, it's been torn down.
IreneNo
November 22, 2018
Great illustration of patience and aptitude of a phenomenal photographer. Well done
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Behind The Lens
Location
This is an abandoned farmhouse in the Palouse, WA area that we happened upon while driving the back roads watching crop dusters.Time
This is a stacked shot of background and foreground. The Milky Way was captured about midnight. Because it is common in astrophotography to take the foreground as a separate layer at a very high ISO in order to distinguish detail and light, the farmhouse in the foreground was taken separately. I chose to capture it at dusk- much earlier than the Milky Way, because this time required a much lower ISO and less resultant noise than would have been required at midnight.Lighting
The farmhouse was taken at dusk with a polarizer to darken it up.Equipment
My equipment consisted of Canon EOS 5D Mark III camera, Rokinon 24mm f/1.4 lens for the stars, and Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM lens for the farmhouse. Gitzo tripod and Really Right Stuff ballhead were also used.Inspiration
I had acquired the Rokinon lens for night photography just before this trip to Palouse so I was anxious for a perfect subject to try it on! Our group just happened upon this abandoned house when finding a place to turn around and at once we all wanted to stop!Editing
The photos were taken in RAW, so post-processing performed. In RAW, increasing whites and contrast were done, along with using the Adjustment Brush for selective area touch-ups in lighting and color. Then in Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 I used Levels to bring out the stars and sharpened it with Unsharp Mask. (It should be noted that my original Milky Way photo is very sharp on my computer, but the download onto the Viewbug site did end up blurring the posted version above.) The farmhouse foreground photo was darkened in order to blend it in with the background better when it was layered with the Milky Way.In my camera bag
I usually carry the Canon EOS 5D Mark III camera and Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM because I take most shots while hiking. But for photo tours, I bring along the Rokinon 24mm f/1.4 lens for night, Canon EF 16-35mm 1:2.8 L II USM, Canon EF 100mm 1:2.8 L IS USM, and Canon EF 100-400mm 1:4.5-5.6 L IS II USM and Canon EF Gitzo tripod, along with variable gradient filters and polarizers. I also have the mirrorless Olympus OM-D E-M5 camera for light travel, hiking, ATV rides, and as a back-up system. Lenses include Olympus 12-50mm 1:3.5-6.3, Olympus 60mm 1:2.8 macro, and Olympus 75-300mm 1.4.8-6.7 II.Feedback
The Rokinon lens is excellent for star photography because of its f/1.4 ability. It also has less star coma than many more expensive lenses. Note the location of places that you scout in the daytime and would like to revisit, including GPS coordinates to ensure finding the location. Check the weather for moon rise, moon set, and clouds so that all is not wasted when returning at night to a particular spot. Finally, there are phone apps that locate the Milky Way in the daytime so that your photo location can be planned in advance.