My mothers house is surrounded by countryside and it has been lovely to be in a rural location again after living in a town for years. We all trudged up to the top of a nearby hill the other night as my brother (26) wanted to let of Chinese Lanterns and take photographs of them against the full moon. Myself, my son and my mother were in charge of the lighting and release with a little help from Madge the dog! 
It was actually quite fun and the sky was gorgeous with wispy clouds, followed by clear star scattered black with glowing orange from the city of Leicester in the distance. The lantern lighting wasn't hugely successful as we were trying to let off all 8 at once and so had unfolded them all and laid them all on the ground. In hindsight we think this had made them damp but we did manage to get a couple up in the sky. I hadn't taken a tripod and only grabbed my camera at the last minute as it was my brothers show really but I do like the effects that I got all the same with my camera set on night shooting and just the built in flash. As my laptop is still in hospital, i don't have any editing facilities so what you see is what you get. There are no special effects or editing done on Madge's portrait, it just came out that way!
Im loving that phot of your dog, have you tried photoshopping out the lead to give it the full effect.
ReplyDeleteExcellent exposure though
Lovely shots, Helen, and I love that sky. We tried setting off some Chinese lanterns a while ago, but really struggled to get them to light - if yours were anything like ours, I'm not sure the damp grass had much to do with it.
ReplyDeletethank you both it was a fun way to spend an hour or so!
ReplyDeleteI'm still computerless at the minute Shaun as I had a virus but will be photoshopping again soon I'm sure!