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Guard Station Orb

© Jeff E Jensen

Guard Station Orb

Uploaded: July 23, 2012

Description

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

Comments

Rita K. Connell level-classic July 23, 2012 0

very cool jeff, this image is pete story just waiting to happen....LOL

I wouldn't hang anything! I love that the station is red. it really holds your eye there. #1476514

Debbie E. Payne July 23, 2012 0

Very interesting, There has got to be a great story there, Jeff I keep going back to look at it. #10241603

Elaine Hessler July 24, 2012 0

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!!! #10241853

Carla Capra Anderson July 24, 2012 0

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. #10242441

Jeff E Jensen July 24, 2012 0

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 0

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!!! #10242639

Peter W. Marks July 24, 2012 0

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.
JJ knew that he would have a lot of explaining to do when he showed these images to his phriends but inexplicably when he loaded the card onto his computer when he arrived home, it was completely blank except for the one image of the globe. He decided to keep very quiet about what he had really seen but would just invent some story about having constructed a gadget with Christmas tree lights. Most believed, him but one of the older guys just smiled and said nothing…………………!
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Elaine Hessler July 25, 2012 0

LOVE IT.
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Jeff E Jensen July 25, 2012 0

Now, Peter, you almost got the story right. There were actually two images that survived. #10243052

Michael Kelly level-classic July 25, 2012 0

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! #10243068

Patti Coblentz July 25, 2012 0

This is so cool, Jeff...not sure how you do it, but wow...interesting and intriguing...and well done!
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Peter W. Marks July 25, 2012 0

Jeff, I'm not exactly ready to be taken up quite yet. But I guess it is His will, not mine! #10244109

Aimee C. Eisaman July 25, 2012 0

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. :~) #10244162

Teresa H. Hunt July 26, 2012 0

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 26, 2012 0

I agree this is totally awesome, and I bet we see this one again!! Yes are you bringing these to DC? #10244404

Jeff E Jensen July 26, 2012 0

Thanks, everyone! And, yes, orbs will be showing up in DC :o) #10244521

Donna La Mattino Pagakis July 26, 2012 0

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 0

Congratulations Jeff, this is such an awesome finalist!! #10295177

Jeff E Jensen August 29, 2012 0

Thanks, Donna! #10295456

Chris Budny level-deluxe August 29, 2012 0

Fantastic! I love your orb series... congratulations! #10295676

Aimee C. Eisaman August 29, 2012 0

Congrats on your phinalist! I really do love the feel of this one...phantastic! :~) #10295720

Patti Coblentz August 29, 2012 0

Congratulations on your finalist for this amazing image, Jeff! #10295761

JO ANN CLEVELAND August 29, 2012 0

Congratulations on this outstanding finalist Jeff!

jo ann c. #10297686

Teresa H. Hunt August 30, 2012 0

Congratulations Jeff!! #10298059

Patrick Rouzes level-classic August 30, 2012 0

CONGRATS & good luck, Jeff! AMAZING photo. #10298164

Beth Spencer August 31, 2012 0

Congrats! #10301163

Beth Spencer August 31, 2012 0

Congrats! #10301164

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