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Photographer’s Note

The shot was taken along the beach in Zamboanga City. On a fullmoon and the clouds was moving too fast with the wind, i tried to experiment by capturing the scene with slow shutter. It turn out like an abstract thing.

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Ulises (1026) 2005-03-31 21:17

francis,
i love "night art" myself but i am not really good at it, i love your pic,if you could tell me what speed did you use i would be grateful
ulises

HOBO (5244) 2005-03-31 22:20

Good trial to experimentate with the speed, Francis. Try to add as workshop a 'darker' version!

Dakota55 (392) 2005-03-31 22:38

Great shot it has a very surreal feel to it. Did you use a flash to high light the fore ground? The lights on the horizon look good, are they ships or land?
Cheers Robin

mathieuvilquin (10) 2005-03-31 23:08 [Comment]

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Djipi (368) 2005-03-31 23:11

Abstract, but beautiful, Francis. It's something like a "Myst" picture. Sometimes, reality meets fiction, when an artist is at work.

greghume1 (447) 2005-03-31 23:42

Very good capture, Francis. Surreal look and feel due to the extremely slow speed. Interesting how the clouds are moving left to right while the stars are moving vertically.

shangri-la (353) 2005-04-01 4:00

wahow! jolie image, une full moon tout à fait magique et lumineuse...
;-)

zhubenov (137) 2005-04-01 4:01

yes, you have succeeded in creating this "extraterrestrial" effect...

mineelci (1488) 2005-04-01 4:31

it is very interesting. what a picture! Colors, lights are amazing.

fiedziu (1762) 2005-04-01 10:44

yes, it looks like kind of abstract
well done
thanks

gren4 (603) 2005-04-01 12:18

I like this photo as it is a very striking eye catching piece

ngythanh (8492) 2005-04-01 18:57

I am not surprised about your speed in TE, Francis. You deserve. But I must say, congratulations for this wonderful picture.

Thanh

maurazos (0) 2005-04-04 23:25

Wow! Absolutely irreal! Fantastic dream image! Regards.

Nols (69) 2005-04-05 3:18

Very nice. Next time you try this, try having somebody stay absolutely still near the foreground. I'd like to see a pic where all the rest of the background is blurred and surreal like this one but with a person (maybe looking at the moon) in the foreground which is in clear focus.

bend1k (910) 2005-04-05 19:22

I think I've seen this one before. hehe
good shot

sengir (4946) 2005-04-06 20:38

incredible effect, but I think that you could also cut off the bottom of the picture - it's overexposed and doesn't compose to well with the rest

verge (1239) 2005-04-07 7:58

this is really nice. good idea in using a slow shutter it turned out very beautiful. sometimes experimenting is really nice and usually get the best shot. keep taking picture. well done.....rgds

verge

TBasco (143) 2005-07-02 5:42

hello fray! just stumbled on your site. and happy to. i think i've got a new fave photo. very magicial, this writing with light, no?

chappy77 (306) 2006-02-18 9:26

Beautiful shot. I've been trying lately to get a good night exposure shot like this lately, but with no luck of getting something as good as this. Well done.

lu_muratori (618) 2006-02-28 2:18

Francis this shot is absolutely wonderfull, a real piece of art. I think whatmakesnthe whole thing so cool is the fact that the 1st plan (the beach) is in focus.
Luciana

Albrecht (11004) 2006-02-28 2:31

Hi Francis
Great shot; nice timing that even the stars are moving. Lovely compo and colours and atmosphere.
greetings Albrecht

alexwolf (0) 2006-02-28 3:00

Magnifficent, Francis.
Realy good idea to use slow shutter speed.

zuljin (56) 2006-10-12 6:03

Very nice photo. Nice effect.

Regards

Beaconx (81) 2006-10-14 9:42

The vagueness in the background compared to the sharpness in the foreground makes this a fabulous picture. Keep experimenting. Cheers,
Alp

fserajian (4469) 2006-10-14 9:52

Hi Francis,

This is just beautiful, excellent colours. TFS

Fara

Vincelavisse (443) 2006-10-14 10:05

Wow Francis!
This shot is wonderful. The colors, the exposition, the moving clouds.
Thanks for sharing!
Vincent

markogts (1116) 2006-10-21 11:47

You've noticed the motion blur of the stars? The Earth rotation... The stars are those of the Fish and the Whale (Pisces, Cetus). Another demonstration of the low noise of the 300D. Well done!

abramhowitz (21) 2007-02-02 16:40

Exellent shot Francis,i like this view very very much.
Thank you for share it!!!
Hope toseeyouagain.
Regards and good luck :)

ruisc_pt (6206) 2007-02-02 16:52

Impressive exposure. well done Francis..
2 minutes and 22 secs..

utila (15) 2007-02-02 16:54

Perfect. Congrats.

kankabono (37) 2007-03-26 12:30

do you use bulb speed? it will be great if you take landscape.

walk33a (4) 2009-09-02 14:49

Amazing photo! I've never seen anything like it.