Sky at Night

The sky looked quite fun this evening so before the clouds set in completely I whizzed over to the forest and took a few snaps. My fingers froze, but I enjoyed it

Taken at:
ISO 100 (some were at 200 and 320)
F3.5
30seconds
at 18mm on the Nikon D70 kit lens.

Most have had a border added, and the majority of the black ground cropped. A little cloning of plane trails in places, but otherwise no edits.

This was my first snap, was delighted to see the plough over the trees.




Then the clouds just to the left, moving towards us, made a nice effect:




I played with the colours on one to make it a lil bit poiple Just for fun!

And a couple more.





I think this last one could use a brightness drop, it looks a lil grey.

Cool. I like these

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The skies are all really nicely captured, it's just a shame there's a bit of noise creeping in, and they're not a bit sharper (windy up there I guess = wobbly tripod, and darn cold aswell). That comes with long exposures though, so can't be helped.

My favourite is No. 1, simply because it's a nice take on the subject. The lighting works well. I reckon you'd do well to pop back a few more times and experiment in the early morning too. I like No. 4 too, for the same reasons.

I really like the sky in 3, great sense of motion, but the foreground doesn't have much to back it up.

Now I look at the file details, I see they're heavily compressed which probably accounts for the noise/softness. Post up No.1 at a larger size perhaps?

Very very nice, you wouldnt have a large version, 1440X900 by any chance would you? I absolutely love

http://www.mbuk.me.uk/images/forest/1.jpg

These are very nice, thanks for sharing.

Very nice, although I think the shot where you adjusted the colours looks a bit odd.

Also I think the photos would look better with a white border perhaps, or no border at all, as the black one makes it a bit tricky to tell where the image ends

I'll try it with white
Give me a minute for some higher-res, as yes they were all quite compressed for the forum.

liking the composition on that first one very much congrats on a decent capture

Many thanks for the kind comments

First pic, bigger!

I tried a white border, looked weird :S

Upped a bigger version of the fourth pic:

link

Very nice!, First one does it for me

Many thanks for the bigger ones!!!

Amazing shots, the almost 'warped effect' on the clouds really does show off te pictures. My favourite is definately number one.