Jupiter Over the Rocks + repost

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 12, 2010316 views12 comments

Jupiter/star trails over Haystack Rock, Oregon Coast. December 2009. Please let me know what you think.

Nikon D80, 12-24mm Nikkor
30 mins at f/9, ISO 100

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Ricardo La Piettra on January 12, 2010 at 9:59 PM

Wonderful scene Scott, unique.

Registered on July 22, 2009, 62 Posts, 730 Comments

Comment posted by Paul Marcellini on January 12, 2010 at 10:02 PM

Great idea, and great execution. Only thing that bugs me, and its out of your control, is how only one star is so bright and becomes a compositional element, and makes the left side unbalanced and heavy compared to the right.

Registered on November 27, 2007, 250 Posts, 2468 Comments

Comment posted by Chip Phillips on January 12, 2010 at 10:48 PM

Nice work Scott. I agree with Paul's comment, and think the issue can be resolved somewhat with a bit of a crop off of the right. Most of the interest seems to be in the left portion of the image. Impressive handling of the exposure here!

Registered on November 26, 2007, 128 Posts, 1436 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on January 12, 2010 at 11:00 PM

Scott,

Excellent moonline seascape - not very often we've seen one of these. I especially enjoy the detail available in the big rock rather than have it go completely black. I would agree with the other comments and crop this about 20% or so from the right for a nicely balanced image - and that's primarily to account for that solitary star trail. I also like that water did not get blown out and the resulting contrast works beautifully in this scene. I really like this. Excellent job.

Lon

Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments

Comment posted by Rudy Ruberti on January 12, 2010 at 11:34 PM

I like your attention to detail in the alignment of the sea stacks and the exposure is perfect. Maybe a slight crop, but this is really cool.

Registered on October 28, 2008, 179 Posts, 1875 Comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on January 13, 2010 at 12:21 AM

I really like the left half of the image, but the right half seems a little empty. It's neat the way the water mimics the streaking planet brightness-wise.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 364 Posts, 22328 Comments

Comment posted by Scott Smorra on January 13, 2010 at 11:38 AM

Thanks to everyone for the feedback. I used a 4x5 crop for the updated version to remove some of the dead space on the right. Looks much better to me.

Registered on November 2, 2009, 161 Posts, 2143 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Baumbach on January 13, 2010 at 11:53 AM

Very cool.

- Dan.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 473 Posts, 7980 Comments

Comment posted by Kenn Leonhardt on January 13, 2010 at 3:48 PM

Looking good, and that repost made the composition stronger.

Registered on March 29, 2008, 27 Posts, 1710 Comments

Comment posted by Barry Vangrov on January 13, 2010 at 8:09 PM

Much better comp on the repost. Very nice.

Registered on September 1, 2009, 148 Posts, 749 Comments

Comment posted by Stan Rose on January 14, 2010 at 2:37 AM

I like the comp a lot--especially the repost. Nice mood too. Not really sold on the star trails (at first i thought Jupiter was an airplane) but they dont hurt the shot any either.

Registered on September 15, 2005, 836 Posts, 17099 Comments

Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on January 14, 2010 at 5:14 PM

Very nice scene, especially the water.

D&L

Registered on October 7, 2008, 166 Posts, 3044 Comments