Significance
Lately I have become obsessed with taking photos of the stars. I love using long exposures to capture what the human eye is incapable of seeing. But there is ...
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Lately I have become obsessed with taking photos of the stars. I love using long exposures to capture what the human eye is incapable of seeing. But there is one precise moment that I love in particular. There is a moment after I've found the perfect camera placement and I've set all of the camera's exposure settings to best capture the scene. More specifically, this moment occurs just after the shutter release has been pressed. The shutter opens for 30 or more seconds and there is nothing but silence. No longer do I think about the photo and it is too late to make any changes to this particular exposure, so I sit. I enjoy the night. The darkness. The stars. The silence. In this moment, there is no need to worry about the complications that occur during the day. And when I look at the stars I think about how insignificant those complications are when compared to how great the galaxy around us is. I come to realize that while the daylight allows us to clearly view the scene that exists in our immediate vicinity, it also creates a veil that blinds us from seeing our true place in the galaxy. A clear night sky gives us the gift of perspective and significance.
This is a silhouette self-portrait with the center of the Milky Way near Newton Avenue in Narragansett, Rhode Island. It was shot with a Canon EOS 6D and Rokinon 14mm F-2.8 Ultra Wide Lens. Aperture: F-2.8, Shutter Speed: 30 seconds, ISO: 3200.
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This is a silhouette self-portrait with the center of the Milky Way near Newton Avenue in Narragansett, Rhode Island. It was shot with a Canon EOS 6D and Rokinon 14mm F-2.8 Ultra Wide Lens. Aperture: F-2.8, Shutter Speed: 30 seconds, ISO: 3200.
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DFane
October 09, 2015
This photo is astounding, honestly, every phototure of the night sky will always be different so each and every shot is special. Also you managed to get a shooting star in the shot! :0)
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JulianneBradford
October 20, 2015
Marvelous! Congratulations. I also love slow shutter speed work. Colors brighten, and the world slows down too just for the moments that the minutes tick off. Congrats!
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rochellerapley
December 17, 2015
WOW, You have inspired me, I have too just become obsessed with the stars at night trying to get that perfect photo,THANKYOU I wont give up trying until they look like yours!
snapphappypappy
September 18, 2016
Outstanding photo. I need to learn how to capture this type of image.
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