http://www.flickr.com/photos/ettubrute/tags/bayarea/ Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:56:57 -0800 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:56:57 -0800 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2393/buddyicons/22303432@N04.jpg?1319664543#22303432@N04 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ettubrute/tags/bayarea/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ettubrute/3116083285/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ettubrute/">James.Leng</a> posted a video:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ettubrute/3116083285/" title="Glowing Cities Under a Nighttime Sky"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3228/3116083285_f5df12e6d2_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="Glowing Cities Under a Nighttime Sky" /></a></p> <p>On my night time flight back to SF from Amsterdam, I noticed that the lights from cities were making the clouds glow. Really spectacular and ethereal - it was really seeing the impact of urban environments from a different perspective. Each glow or squiggle represents one town or city!<br /> <br /> Luckily the flight was half empty, so I was able to set up an improvised stabilizer mound made up of my bags, pillows, and blankets for my camera to sit on. <br /> <br /> We were around the midwest at the beginning of the clip, and there were fewer cities once we hit the rockies. the bridge at the end is the san mateo bridge.<br /> <br /> Technique: 1600iso; beginning - 1 (30sec) exposure / 45secs; end - 1 (4sec) exposure / 10 secs; total elapsed time: around 3 hours?<br /> <br /> Equipment used: Nikon D300 (interval shooting mode), Tokina 12-24mm.<br /> <br /> Music: Bloc Party - Signs<br /> <br /> <br /> *Update 2-2-09, 12am: just made it over 50k views! thanks guys for all the kind comments and support!!<br /> <br /> *Update 4-15-09: over 100,000 views!!! Yaaay!<br /> <br /> *Flickr Explore Highest Position: #3</p> Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:56:57 -0800 2008-12-17T13:56:57-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (James.Leng) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3116083285 Glowing Cities Under a Nighttime Sky <p>On my night time flight back to SF from Amsterdam, I noticed that the lights from cities were making the clouds glow. Really spectacular and ethereal - it was really seeing the impact of urban environments from a different perspective. Each glow or squiggle represents one town or city!<br /> <br /> Luckily the flight was half empty, so I was able to set up an improvised stabilizer mound made up of my bags, pillows, and blankets for my camera to sit on. <br /> <br /> We were around the midwest at the beginning of the clip, and there were fewer cities once we hit the rockies. the bridge at the end is the san mateo bridge.<br /> <br /> Technique: 1600iso; beginning - 1 (30sec) exposure / 45secs; end - 1 (4sec) exposure / 10 secs; total elapsed time: around 3 hours?<br /> <br /> Equipment used: Nikon D300 (interval shooting mode), Tokina 12-24mm.<br /> <br /> Music: Bloc Party - Signs<br /> <br /> <br /> *Update 2-2-09, 12am: just made it over 50k views! thanks guys for all the kind comments and support!!<br /> <br /> *Update 4-15-09: over 100,000 views!!! Yaaay!<br /> <br /> *Flickr Explore Highest Position: #3</p> James.Leng longexposure party music usa holiday signs night airplane stars lights flying timelapse stream sfo contest flight wing bayarea civilization streaks bloc challenge inthesky newperspective outtheplanewindow continentalus time:hour=10pm glowingcities landingatnight