Looking South Throough the Window  by jgpittenger

Looking South Throough the Window

Clouds have returned and rain is soon expected but we had a lovely night of stars first. This was taken way up high on a promontory where there is a beautiful stone structure that serves as a viewing point. I was playing with my fish eye lens for my mentoring group's challenge, and found that (of course, why didn't I think of it?) the horizon looks crazy using it, so I fiddled with its position to find a way to use it but have the horizon straight without using the lens correction sliders in LR. This was taken from the North side of the structure looking through the door and one of the windows. I thought it made fun framing. I had planned on manually combining different exposures to get the building details but ended up preferring the silhouettes. Even though the histogram looked OK for night shooting when I took it, I ended up having to bring the exposure up a lot and got far more noise than I like. The really bright light is from a crab boat. The season's opening was delayed because of the ocean being too warm (for crab not people!), but finally has opened in time for my favorite birthday dinner.
Thanks so much for your visits, comments, suggestions, favs
Wow! This is an amazing shot and looks fantastic on black background.
January 3rd, 2016  
Beautiful!!!
January 3rd, 2016  
Oh how gorgeous!
January 3rd, 2016  
Just look at all those stars.....such a fabulous view!
January 3rd, 2016  
Such a beautiful sky, love the muted lighting on the horizon :)
January 3rd, 2016  
Fabulous stars Jane, what a wonderful view.

I am not sure myself about using a fish eye lens, I have tried a couple of times on a Camon outing but never had a shot I really liked.
January 3rd, 2016  
The framing and trees really make this unusual. Wish the crab boat weren't so bright, but it's still a lovely shot.
January 3rd, 2016  
Beautifully framed night shot!
January 3rd, 2016  
@wordsmith Actually for me the crab boats make the shot...I love it when they are out in the ocean this time of year. I went up to Cape Perpetua because I wanted to capture them! To each her own. How are you?
January 4th, 2016  
A must on black - the framing is wonderful with the beautiful stars - what a great idea to shoot from there. Love the distant view. Fav
January 4th, 2016  
Love love the framing and with a fisheye. amazing
January 4th, 2016  
Fantastic shot, even more spectacular on black.
January 4th, 2016  
wow-love that sky!
January 4th, 2016  
Fabulous starry sky! Fav!
January 4th, 2016  
Wow -- this is such an effective way to use the fisheye lens! It's really dramatic! Fav
January 4th, 2016  
How I wish wish wish I could take a photo like this. I love how you capture stars and night skies. Big fav. Also Happy Birthday?
January 4th, 2016  
Cracking shot...Fav
January 4th, 2016  
Beautiful shot, I like how we can also see the water in the foreground.
January 4th, 2016  
Jo
Absolutely stunning. Fav.
January 4th, 2016  
Amazing! Thank you so much for sharing!!
January 4th, 2016  
Gorgeous stars, light, and framing, and I love the tree silhouettes on the left, fav!
January 4th, 2016  
Just spotted this wonderful shot - how did I miss it? Love that sky and the lights of the crab boats. Great shot with your fisheye!! Fav!
January 5th, 2016  
Beautifully captured
January 5th, 2016  
OH MY GOODNESS! Such an amazing capture. HUGE FAV
January 6th, 2016  
Fantastic framing of the gorgeous sky
January 7th, 2016  
Stunning!! Love your framing and the gorgeous sky!!
January 10th, 2016  
KP
gorgeous.
January 19th, 2016  
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