The Hunter
2nd April 2007
The Hunter from duncmc via flickr.
The majority of content on here will be photos (that’s my intention anyway). To get me off to a good start my first real post is my favourite image from those I took last year.
This long exposure of the Humber Bridge on a misty December night revealed constellations in the southern sky with amazing clarity. The stars were not visible to the naked eye at the time the picture was taken.
You can cleary see ORION The Hunter in the centre of the sky. If you visit this photo on flickr the other surrounding constellations are also identified.
This photo was featured in WeeklyShot’s “Night” theme, and also in Vazaar’s “Best of 2006” theme. It is one of the images in my Humberscapes collection.
Tags: canon ef s 10 22, canon eos 300d, constellation, humber bridge, hunter, long exposure, night, orion, stars
5th April 2007 @ 12:25am
Great shot! Did you do much post-processing on this?
5th April 2007 @ 9:04am
Thanks damon. There was very little post production on this. Orion wasn’t visible when I took the picture because of the mist over the river, but the long exposure allowed the stars to burn through. Other than adjusting the white balance in RAW and using a second exposure layer to enhance detail in the underside of the bridge, this is as shot.
6th April 2007 @ 11:00am
Fantastic image, i don’t mind the amount of postpro, the modern photography is 50% camera 50% darkroom (PS).
15th April 2007 @ 3:00am
Great perspective, superb shot
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16th April 2007 @ 4:16pm
Duncan, I am going through your images and they are incredible! This one is gorgeous (love the glow of the light) but so are the others. Thanks so much for leading me to your site!
12th May 2007 @ 11:42am
wow, thats excellent!
30th July 2007 @ 1:16am
Having recently visited this bridge I can appreciate just how good this picture is.
29th August 2007 @ 11:43am
Sweet photo mate.
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1st September 2007 @ 8:06am
wow, what an incredible shot…
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15th October 2007 @ 9:06am
great shot
30th October 2007 @ 4:37am
Wow,,, a Transvection in time and space,,,, fantastic
7th February 2008 @ 7:46am
Great slice of time saved there – brilliant!
3rd May 2008 @ 7:00am
Excellento, would love it on my wall too.
well done
7th May 2008 @ 7:45am
What a SHOOT
11th May 2008 @ 9:11am
this is very very nice,
do you remember the exposure?
11th May 2008 @ 10:10am
30 seconds @ ƒ4 ISO 100
7th August 2008 @ 5:50am
The crispness of those lines is superb.
11th August 2008 @ 11:05am
Wow, this shot is excellent, and I love the night sky!
29th August 2008 @ 1:26am
Wow such a nice picture, where is this if you dont mind me asking?
29th August 2008 @ 5:19am
@ Canon Vik – This is the Humber Bridge in Hessle, East Yorkshire, UK. Check it out on the map :¬)
15th September 2008 @ 1:19am
The clarity and composition is beautiful
22nd September 2008 @ 7:27am
S o r p r e n d e n t e!!
22nd September 2008 @ 7:14am
Hi, I’m an admin for a group called [Noctography], and we’d love to have this added to the group!
23rd September 2008 @ 8:22am
Oh yeah, this rocks!
13th October 2008 @ 12:42pm
I’m gobsmacked. Simply gobsmaked.
11/10.
5th November 2008 @ 11:36am
Hola, soy el administrador de un grupo llamado Perfect Nocturn Shoot y nos encantaría agregar esto al grupo.
18th November 2008 @ 5:41am
wow! fabulous!
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27th November 2008 @ 6:59am
WOW!
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5th December 2008 @ 7:24am
Awesome image! …great pov and beautiful starry sky :O
7th December 2008 @ 6:42am
Wonderful shot! Love this angle and the stars just make the picture nigh-perfect… Excellent stuff – it seems that Orion finds itself in a fair few pictures unlooked for. Faved!
19th December 2008 @ 9:48am
FANTASTIC!
I have just uploaded my first picture to Flickr, of, guess what?
Yes, you guessed it, a night shot from the opposite bank. Mine was taken on Kodachrome 64 using a Minolta Dynax 7000i and printed in my home dark room. Unfortunately, with a 14 minute print exposure, a lot of burning and dodging, I had only one chance of a result. I gave the print to my Mum who until quite recently lived only yards from the bridge. Before I gave her the print I scanned it for posterity. Not as nice as yours, but in the flesh still quite tasty.
I will be uploading more bridge stuff as soon as I can, especially as I now own a Canon 40D!
Again, well done. VERY TASTY!
21st December 2008 @ 1:41am
As now featured in the Landscape photographer of the year book!
Congratulations.
2nd January 2009 @ 6:42am
this is fantastic, congrats
14th January 2009 @ 1:19am
Great!!!
11th June 2009 @ 6:50am
Love this shot. Found this while wandering Flickr. With a 30 sec exp, how did you keep the stars from smearing?
11th June 2009 @ 12:54pm
Dunno. There is a small amount of smearing at the corners, which you can only really see on the original.
11th September 2009 @ 3:04am
awesome!