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Star Gazing – 18 Twinkly Images of the Celestial Sky

14 Feb

Recently we introduced our new Night Photography course by dPS writer Jim Hamel. Learn more about this brand new course here, so you can take stunning night photos too!

Photography of the night sky and the stars can be challenging but rewarding. If you do it right you can end up with images like these:

Stars

By Kris Williams

By Tom Davidson

By Paul Weeks

By Chris Gin

By Bureau of Land Management

By Diana Robinson

By Shannon Dizmang

By Bill Dickinson

By Jimmy

By Howard Ignatius

By sian monument

By Jeff Krause

By Michiluzzu

By Olli Henze

By Olli Henze

By Julien NKS

By Tom Davidson

By Tralphe XY

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23 Star Struck Images of Celestial Subjects

01 Jul

We can be star struck in more than one way. Celebrity sightings of famous Hollywood stars is one way, the other is by the celestial stars themselves – literally!

Let’s look at a few images of celestial subjects and see how they can be captured in photographs:

Star trails

By Shannon Dizmang

By Prachanart Viriyaraks

By Howard Ignatius

By Jeff Krause

By Rodger Evans

By Andrew

By Aaron

Starry skies

By sian monument

By Rodney Campbell

By Indigo Skies Photography

By Aaron

By Diana Robinson

By Indigo Skies Photography

By Olli Henze

By Dennis Behm

Other kinds of stars

By Alexey Kljatov

By Neal Fowler

By nanabcn19

By ra1000

By Thomas Hawk

By Peter Miller

By Roadsidepictures

Bonus – some from NASA

By NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

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Celestial Cityscapes: Photographing Dubai from Above the Fog

16 Jan

[ By WebUrbanist in Art & Photography & Video. ]

dubai skyscrapers above fog

Home to the tallest building in the world, Dubai is a city rich in skyscrapers that seem almost otherworldly when seen piercing through seasonal layers of urban fog.

dubai city aerial view

dubai sunrise cloud city

Photographer Daniel Cheong resides in this surreal desert city and has taken to capturing images of it from above, particularly during times when the weather is transitioning from warm to cool and producing the effects seen in these shots.

dubai cryogenic marina

dubai dawn cloud city

In some cases the viewer can see glimpses of the streets, buildings and marina below, but in others the entire built landscape appears perched on a layer of clouds.

dubai fluidity urban photo

dubai landing planet

While his photographs do represent reality, they also employ digital blending techniques that combine multiple exposures to make them seem almost more real than reality (but without the stretched effects sometimes seen in overly-processed HDR).

dubai fog blues

In doing so, he emphasizes “this slight element of the surreal, or hyper-reality often found in painting.” A world traveler, Cheong was “born in Mauritius, originally of Chinese descent, and French by nationality.” Of his picture-taking prowess, he writes: “I’ve always loved photography, but only became serious about it when I bought my first DSLR in Singapore, back in 2006.”

dubai cryogenic sunrise

“I then aimed to perfect the technique of Digital Blending, which consists of manually blending multiple bracketed exposures in order to obtain the maximum dynamic range, while trying to keep a very natural look and avoiding the common mistake of many ‘overcooked’ HDR images. This slight element of the surreal, or hyper reality often found in painting is what I am trying to achieve”

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Celestial Influences: Petroglyphs and Star Trails

23 Aug

Standing out in the middle of no where at night in the presence of ancient petroglyphs unleashes ones imagination in more than one way. When not thinking about what wild life could be sneaking up on me (cougars, coyotes, mice… as it turns out mostly mice) my mind wandered to the source of inspiration for these ancient drawings. Was the person(s) that made these drawing bored, doodling, documenting, ancient life or gathering inspiration from the night sky? I personally made the connection between the circles & spirals on this rock with the movement of the stars. Looking back at my photos from this night my curiosity again is piqued. I suppose the fact no one has a firm answer is what makes these petroglyphs so attractive & intriguing. What do you think?

Celestial Influences: Petroglyphs and Star Trails

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