Guard Station Orb
Uploaded: July 22, 2012 20:32:58
Exif: F Number: 5.6, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 168/1 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 320, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 17.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Rita K. Connell July 23, 2012
very cool jeff, this image is pete story just waiting to happen....LOLI wouldn't hang anything! I love that the station is red. it really holds your eye there. #1476514
Debbie E. Payne July 23, 2012
Very interesting, There has got to be a great story there, Jeff I keep going back to look at it. #10241603Elaine Hessler July 23, 2012
Wow-how did you do that? It is really cool. I am assuming someone was swinging a light stick or bulb for a few minutes based on the movement of the stars here. I'd love it if you could share a little info on your perfect orb... Way cool!!! #10241853Carla Capra Anderson July 24, 2012
Outstanding, as always. I really like the red color of the guard station. What a great b/g for the orb light. There is just enough light to softly illuminate the grass and trees. Just wonderful. #10242441Jeff E Jensen July 24, 2012
Thanks, ladies! This was on the last night of our recent camping trip. I'd passed this cabin every day knew it would be a great spot for an orb.Elaine - the orb is created using a gadget that I built out of some LED Christmas lights and some scraps of tubing and pipe that I found in my garage. You basically just swing it in circles and rotate around a center point. My orbs are nowhere near perfect, but they've gotten a ton better with practice. I'll have to go back and check the data, but I believe this was about a 2 minute exposure. #10242613
Elaine Hessler July 24, 2012
Cool!!! If you get a chance, I'd love to see a picture of your contraption. If you don't have the time, no worries. Thanks!!! #10242639Peter W. Marks July 24, 2012
His curiosity peeked by a trail of Reese’s Pieces leading off into the forest,JJ recalled how ET the Extra Terrestrial in a movie filmed exactly thirty years earlier had followed just such a trail. It was nearly dark but he summoned up his courage and with camera at the ready moved quietly through the trees until he was startled to come across a small cabin with a strange glowing, globe-like object next to it. Feeling an eerie presence JJ hid behind a tree and watched as the door to the cabin opened and a strange non-human figure appeared accompanied by a young boy. Straining his ears JJ heard the boy say ‘So you have come back for me at last!’ as the two stepped inside the globe. With shutter set at burst mode' JJ fired off a dozen shots as through the viewfinder he tracked the globe as it lifted noiselessly up through the trees. His last shot was of the globe silhouetted against a full moon and then it was gone.Elaine Hessler July 24, 2012
LOVE IT.Jeff E Jensen July 24, 2012
Now, Peter, you almost got the story right. There were actually two images that survived. #10243052Michael Kelly July 24, 2012
This is a really fun light painting. The red cabin makes the shot for me, but the sky is also very dramatic. Well done Jeff! #10243068Patti Coblentz July 24, 2012
This is so cool, Jeff...not sure how you do it, but wow...interesting and intriguing...and well done!Peter W. Marks July 25, 2012
Jeff, I'm not exactly ready to be taken up quite yet. But I guess it is His will, not mine! #10244109Aimee C. Eisaman July 25, 2012
Love how spooky this one is...takes me back to being a teenager watching scary movies with my friends then staying up all night because we were too freaked out to sleep! lol Of course I don't know the ins and outs of this type of photography so it all looks good to me. Have you thought of a square crop...might work for this one. :~) #10244162Teresa H. Hunt July 25, 2012
LOL!! Peter you are to funny :)Jeff, this is amazing as always. Are you going to bring your gadget to DC? #10244275
Beth Spencer July 25, 2012
I agree this is totally awesome, and I bet we see this one again!! Yes are you bringing these to DC? #10244404Jeff E Jensen July 25, 2012
Thanks, everyone! And, yes, orbs will be showing up in DC :o) #10244521Donna La Mattino Pagakis July 26, 2012
So creative and wonderful. What a location.Welcome to PG 101 Jeff!! I love your work!!!!
Donna #10245048
Donna La Mattino Pagakis August 29, 2012
Congratulations Jeff, this is such an awesome finalist!! #10295177Jeff E Jensen August 29, 2012
Thanks, Donna! #10295456Chris Budny August 29, 2012
Fantastic! I love your orb series... congratulations! #10295676Aimee C. Eisaman August 29, 2012
Congrats on your phinalist! I really do love the feel of this one...phantastic! :~) #10295720Patti Coblentz August 29, 2012
Congratulations on your finalist for this amazing image, Jeff! #10295761JO ANN CLEVELAND August 29, 2012
Congratulations on this outstanding finalist Jeff!jo ann c. #10297686
Teresa H. Hunt August 29, 2012
Congratulations Jeff!! #10298059Patrick Rouzes August 29, 2012
CONGRATS & good luck, Jeff! AMAZING photo. #10298164Beth Spencer August 31, 2012
Congrats! #10301163Beth Spencer August 31, 2012
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