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Yes, that's night for day, not day for night.

Got this interesting photo yesterday:

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This was taken yesterday night, at six thirty on a cool winter's night down here. There was a full moon out, but otherwise pitch black. 30" shutter produced an eerie, but very full colored image of what the human eye couldn't pick up. I'm intrigued

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[willed]

Very cool

[Seb G]

There's something wrong in your country:
- You say it's night but it looks like day.
- You say it's winter in July.
- You say it's winter but it sure looks like summer. Plants are green. I'm not going to guess what you mean by "cool". Probably something like 20 degrees celsius.

Great picture, I love the lights in the background.

[Dakar]

Your very lucky there is every little artificial lighting to ruin the shot. The only real clue is the bottom right corner which has a slight orangish-yellowish hue on the grass.

Nice photo, though.

[Person Man]

Originally Posted by Seb G

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- You say it's winter in July.
- You say it's winter but it sure looks like summer. Plants are green. I'm not going to guess what you mean by "cool". Probably something like 20 degrees celsius.

Did you look at his location. He's in AUSTRALIA. It is indeed winter in the Southern Hemisphere. Their seasons are opposite the Northern Hemisphere.

Summer in the US = Winter in Australia.

So, yes, it IS winter in July.

[Dakar]

I think he was joking.

[ghporter]

Yes, joking. Kind of obvious to me.

Wow, that's an amazing picture! And the tiny blur in the trees does make the whole thing "eerie" as noted.

30 seconds? I'd expect to need a lot longer exposure, unless the aperture was something huge.

[Synotic]

I'm still a bit skeptical of how "pitch black" the day was. A thirty second exposure will reveal things that might be otherwise hard to see, but it won't change the time of day. You'd need a much longer exposure and then additional filters to prevent highlights from blowing out. If the scene was a little less than dark, then I might believe it. Could you take a picture as close to what your eyes sees, in terms of darkness, and then take another long exposure? Also, any other information on your camera/settings would be great. Thanks!

[d4nth3m4n]

fullish moon + 6:30 (either AM or PM- that's not too far from a sunset/sunrise no matter where you are) = 30" exposure.

[tooki]

It's obviously a long exposure: there are star trails. Star trails means long exposure, and stars at all means it was dark.

Moonlight is plenty bright, really.

tooki

[euphras]

Originally Posted by tooki

It's obviously a long exposure: there are star trails. Star trails means long exposure, and stars at all means it was dark.

Moonlight is plenty bright, really.

tooki

Tooki, where do you see star trails? I had a second look, and don´t see them still. But i agree, it´s obvious, that this was a long exposure during night.

And: great photo!

[starman]

I've taken pics like that before. Eerie is the right word.

[tooki]

Originally Posted by euphras

Tooki, where do you see star trails? I had a second look, and don�t see them still.

Look in the sky between the clouds on the full-size image. It's not visible on the thumbnail.

tooki

[Dakar]

Christ I didn't realize that was a thumbnail.

[Monique]

Beautiful picture, I had to look where Erik was from when he mentioned winter. Like right now kids are in school.

By curiosity what is the weather like, is it hot?

[Dakar]

The trees don't give you a hint?

[MrsLarry]

cool, picture, but... is anyone else weirded out by the direction of the shadows??

example:
second tree from left, shadow goes left/down
tilted tiki lamp next to (garden?) , shadow goes right/down

2nd light source?

[Monique]

By just looking at the picture no, because you can find trees like that in Florida, California, Hawaii, on the Pacific islands, etc.

But, I check on the net, and it is a very beautiful region and not cold at all during the winter months.

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Hey all!

Yes, this is at the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia where we are currently enjoying a very warm winter for our sub-tropical climate. It got up to 25°C the other day, but drops to about 4-5°C.

It gets dark very early and fast down here at the moment, and it had been dark for quite a while when taking this picture. It's also way up in the hinterlands with absolutely no other light sources around, which probably adds to the natural colors.

Here's a picture in the other direction, also a 30 second exposure, to give you an idea of the time. I have some more photos in the same series that I might upload later if you are interested.

[CMYKid]

what was that shot with/on?

[mydog8mymac]

That's a LOT of star travel for only 30 seconds.

[Railroader]

Here's my street at night. 15" exposure 800 ISO. Canon S2 IS. A bit of noise at 800 ISO eh?

Luckily a car drove by and illuminated it a bit.

Large sized.

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Originally Posted by CMYKid

what was that shot with/on?

Olympus E-300, Stock lens.