I made a goal for this Thanksgiving weekend that I would take 100 photographs. That hasn't happened. But tonight I wanted to at least get some done, and try some more night shooting.
I got to Atsion with the goal of first taking some photographs of the graveyard and church. Well, the church is an extremely boring looking building, and the graveyard -- well, so I don't like being in the woods at night. Alone. You won't find me in a graveyard. Especially one that is supposedly haunted.
I tried to take some shots of the mansion, and they would have come out fine except that they were out of focus. The problem is it's too dark - you can't really see to focus on anything, and the fact that the mansion is surrounded by a fence means that I can't get a bright light on it to focus my camera. The fence is pretty much in any shot you take and looks terrible. So that was a wash.
I did get a nice shot of one of the huge trees in front of it. I call this one "Arm" - it has some interesting star trails.
Next was the Atsion office, which was easy since it is bathed in light.
Finally I drove down to Quaker Bridge and did some light painting there:
I also got a self portrait:
That was the second take - the first shot was ruined by someone driving through. Even at 10PM people drive through the Pine Barrens.
You can see the full-size shots here: http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=364
I got to Atsion with the goal of first taking some photographs of the graveyard and church. Well, the church is an extremely boring looking building, and the graveyard -- well, so I don't like being in the woods at night. Alone. You won't find me in a graveyard. Especially one that is supposedly haunted.
I tried to take some shots of the mansion, and they would have come out fine except that they were out of focus. The problem is it's too dark - you can't really see to focus on anything, and the fact that the mansion is surrounded by a fence means that I can't get a bright light on it to focus my camera. The fence is pretty much in any shot you take and looks terrible. So that was a wash.
I did get a nice shot of one of the huge trees in front of it. I call this one "Arm" - it has some interesting star trails.
Next was the Atsion office, which was easy since it is bathed in light.
Finally I drove down to Quaker Bridge and did some light painting there:
I also got a self portrait:
That was the second take - the first shot was ruined by someone driving through. Even at 10PM people drive through the Pine Barrens.
You can see the full-size shots here: http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=364
