landscape long exposure

[gidi]

the photos were taken at night with long exposure min. expo. 30 minutes max. expo. 4 hrs

[Latifah731]

I love landscape photography. Very nice!

[lanhua]

Hi Gidi, could you give more details, haw did you take these pictures. They are fantastic.

[orchidvalley]

Your photos are great. What a view.

[gidi]

lanhua: the photographs were taken with film camera (minolta dynax 7) I shoot only positives, the film that was used in the first photo is FUJI VELVIA 50 which is no longer in production, in the other photographs i used FUJI VELVIA 100.
i use a tripod for all long expo. photos and a remote control and mirror lock up to minimze shake (also recomended for close-up photography).
1st and 3rd photo same setting 30 minuets expo. f/5.6 (in the 1st photo the film was less sensetive but it was a full moon night which added a lot of light for a 30 min. expo., the diference in color is due to the combo. of film type+moon light+cloud preforming as a screen).
2nd and 4th photos were 4 hrs expo. with f/4 in was pitch black night w/o any light the what so ever.
if you want to experiment with long expo photos remember to take a termus with hot coffee and an ipod

one last thing i used a minolta prime 20mm lens f/2.8

[Brutal_Dreamer]

Wow, Gidi, those are outstanding. Very nice work!

Cheers,
BD

[walingwaling]

oh yeah, fantastic shots!

[lanhua]

Gidi, thanks a lot for your explanation. I didn't expected you sill use analog camera. Condratulation for these a very good shots.

[Paph]

They are really fantastic, all of them, the first one I like the most.

[catttan]

Outstanding photos.And Gidi I do miss Velvia 50 - such a fantastic film!