trying to light up the sky

taters · Jul 21, 2010

my first attempt at trying to catch stars some help would be awesome if im doing something wrong thankyou

oh and some random wolf spider i believe

Skyclad · Jul 21, 2010

Creeepy, crawly, creeepy, crawly, creepy creepy, crawly crawly, creepy creepy crawly crawly.. I think this one might be good with a very slight cropping.

#2 is an interesting one.. looks like a solar eclipse?

Morpheuss · Jul 21, 2010

man the first one scared the crap out of me at first... I would say give it a closer crop so you don't have as much empty space around the spider. I personally like the second one it looks awesome.

TiCoyote · Jul 21, 2010

If you want to light up the sky, you'll need to do it when there's no moon. You can use a tripod and a longer exposure. If you do this when there is a moon, the light from the moon will burn out the image.

taters · Jul 21, 2010

yea i kept trying to mess with the exposure in all different setting and no matter what the moon burnt through the whole time thanks though ill try another one soon and post it up

taters · Jul 21, 2010

just like that?

BuS_RiDeR · Jul 21, 2010

I hate spiders... But I love photography... SOOOooooo... What about something like....

mrpenguin · Jul 21, 2010

How did you get the color out like that ??

BuS_RiDeR · Jul 22, 2010

mrpenguin said:
How did you get the color out like that ??

Using Gimp I just played with the Curves a little (ctrl-M) ...

Gaerek · Jul 22, 2010

Skyclad said:
Creeepy, crawly, creeepy, crawly, creepy creepy, crawly crawly, creepy creepy crawly crawly.. I think this one might be good with a very slight cropping.

#2 is an interesting one.. looks like a solar eclipse?

Bo-o-ris the Spider!

No likey spiders, but I do like the second one. It is a bit noisy but it's not a bad shot. Though I think the moon appears too centered.

vtf · Jul 22, 2010

I believe thats a wolf spider thats typically is tan and black.

Nickanoor · Jul 23, 2010

taters said:
just like that?

That's awesome! And yeah, it's definitely a Wolf spider. I'm just curious, when you crop a photo, what do you use to crop it and does it always make the image bigger and more defined? Sorry, noob question.

Taylor510ce · Jul 23, 2010

BuS_RiDeR said:
I hate spiders... But I love photography... SOOOooooo... What about something like....

you really need to work on your PP...it seems every thread has apost by you with someones pics all butchered up. Just because you can crank levels and saturation doesnt mean you should. I don't mean to offend you, just trying you help you learn. There are ways to adjust color while still keeping it relatively true to the original.