this one is almost surreal.....
Great job sam.........
thanks
Posted by nicolas at June 27, 2005 02:28 AMWow...those colors are totally amazing. Gonna have to go back to Toronto me!
wow. thats amazing. very cool picture.
Posted by zach g. at June 27, 2005 03:17 AMGood work, I know how difficult this is.
Posted by Andy (SensorChip) at June 27, 2005 04:30 AMwow!!!!!!!!!!
this is one of the best long exposure shots I have ever seen!!!
Posted by aashish at June 27, 2005 04:30 AMI wonder how you made it. really wonderfull.
Posted by Abbas Bloorchi at June 27, 2005 05:10 AMThis shot feels surreal and is phenomenal. thank you.
Posted by anne at June 27, 2005 05:41 AMQuite surreal. It looks like shot on Mars.
Posted by Susie at June 27, 2005 05:44 AMWow, wow, wow what a beautiful shot Sam wonderful colours the pale oranges of the background seem to be the same hue as the foreground rocks.
Posted by Keely Williams at June 27, 2005 05:45 AMThis is one of the best long exposure shots I have ever seen. The flashlight to your friend was handled perfectly!
Posted by izzy at June 27, 2005 05:46 AMWow...
Posted by Rob Scott at June 27, 2005 05:48 AMExcellent stuff.
Cool idea and perfect excution
simply amazing
Posted by DavidFF at June 27, 2005 06:04 AMthis is spectacular, nice work!
Posted by tj at June 27, 2005 06:55 AMAmazing shot!
Posted by jn at June 27, 2005 07:00 AMamazing!
Posted by Liisa Anderson at June 27, 2005 07:23 AMNow this is really cool, and indeed, good job for standing still for 40 secs !
Posted by Vahid at June 27, 2005 07:41 AMthis is one of those things that makes you say OM*G..
Posted by Dmitri Z at June 27, 2005 07:48 AMdamn, it's magic....
Posted by alireza at June 27, 2005 08:09 AMOutstanding clarity and detail! The sky looks like a gradient. I didn't believe it was real until I read the caption.
Posted by Alicia at June 27, 2005 08:12 AMUm... mang? 40 seconds? Those stars look like pinpoints with no movement - quite awesome!
Posted by Houser at June 27, 2005 08:22 AMThis is a great shot. I've tried similar shots with a point and shoot digital camera with exposure lenghts all the way to 30sec (the max for my camera) but none of them were as good as this. I've been looking at your blog for the past few days and I think you do great work. Keep it up.
Lucas
Posted by Lucas, A at June 27, 2005 08:25 AMNice one. I wonder what colour could describe the mood of the picture.
Posted by feydey at June 27, 2005 08:41 AMI have no words for how gr8 that photo looks, youre photos are trulling inspiring! keep it up!
Posted by Hitesh Sawlani at June 27, 2005 09:10 AMBar-none one of your very best shots. GREAT image!
Posted by Pixeldog at June 27, 2005 09:17 AMsam, i think you made it very hard for yourself because any photo after this one, will just be "okay", can't get any better than this. this is pure art.
Posted by sanjin at June 27, 2005 09:21 AMwhat a beautiful photograph. it belongs in a travel book!!
Posted by Maria at June 27, 2005 09:25 AMhey man nice shot !! i wish i could take longer exposures with my crappy camera :(
Posted by kyle at June 27, 2005 09:33 AMBreathtaking creativity! Taking a literal shot in the dark armed with a flashlight is a bold move. Ansel Adams used to amaze himself by what he "discovered" in his shots in the darkroom. You're in company with the great ones.
Your technique is unique and not easy to duplicate. I know you like variety but consider shooting a series of 'dark discoveries' and publishing them.
(Shahin's b+w photos are also fantastic.)
Posted by Kevin at June 27, 2005 09:57 AM40 seconds! Poor model!! :)
REALLY great shot!
Posted by Guilherme at June 27, 2005 10:21 AMVery, very cool! My husband does astrophotography; he'll love this shot.
My friend's uncle gets astrophotos on the front page of TIME and such things, using that rock-painting technique down in the southern CA desert.
Posted by Rachel at June 27, 2005 10:24 AMOutstanding Sam!
Posted by Mali at June 27, 2005 10:32 AMI agree, this really is a great shot. The way you've lit the foreground is very soft, just right.
But, uh, Shahin? Seriously dude, using a flash won't make the stars brighter. :-)
Posted by Scott at June 27, 2005 10:47 AMPLUS! You were in my neighbourhood and you didn't drop by the party??! Threre were some good photos ops there I tell ya!
Posted by Scott at June 27, 2005 10:50 AMwhoa.
the only thing I think would've looked nicer is if shahin's head/upper body wasn't spotlighted as it is... is it was dimmed out so he was more lost in the stars would've looked nicer. but in either case, this photograph is still... well..
wow.
I thought he was standing still for 40s too. But then I thought, if it was so black and sam flashlighted him, maybe he only had to stand still for the flashlight part really?
Posted by Emily at June 27, 2005 11:05 AMFantastic shot - would love to hear exactly 'how' you did this...
Posted by Adam at June 27, 2005 11:32 AMFantastic!
Posted by James at June 27, 2005 12:32 PMWow, unbelievably fantastic shot! It's so gorgeous it looks fake!
Posted by Jen at June 27, 2005 12:39 PMBeautiful shot. Gorgeous colours. I'm jealous.
Beautiful shot. Gorgeous colours. I'm jealous.
:P
Brilliant photo... the spot lighting with a flashlight was really ingenious, great intuition. Nice glow captured from the horizon... most likely Hamilton on the right and Rochester from across the lake on the left.
Posted by David at June 27, 2005 01:05 PMMy first thought was, "This is not Toronto. Where is he?" Then read the caption. Night photography is tough (I thought Toronto lights had permanently obscured our stars), but then to also show a common sight in such a different light that it's unrecognizable... that's good!
Posted by talk talkt talk at June 27, 2005 01:24 PMLooks dreamy! Reminds me of "Mosafer Kocholoo" cartoon!
Posted by Ghazal at June 27, 2005 01:57 PMThis shot is absolutely amazing. Beautiful. I hope you have time to let us know exactly how you did it.
Posted by Jeff Clark at June 27, 2005 02:05 PMyo this is 1337 gangSTAR!
Posted by sundeep at June 27, 2005 02:46 PMFantastic photo - great job capturing the colors
Posted by Danielle at June 27, 2005 03:30 PMfuck! Great photo!
Posted by ps at June 27, 2005 04:33 PMOh wow, cool! Now I wanna try. :)
Posted by lizvang at June 27, 2005 04:39 PMTruly outstanding Sam! This is your best photo for many reasons: excellent skill/technique, composition, subject matter, foreground/background, lighting, ... I can't find any bad points at all! My best shots would be your worst! I just bet tomorrows shot will be parade shots!
Posted by JasOn at June 27, 2005 04:58 PMOh my god, what a spectacular shot! Very surreal like! One heck of a shot!
Posted by Teja at June 27, 2005 06:44 PMThis is Contact ! This is hollywood stuff..Sam you should be working with Speilberg..WOW !
Posted by Steve at June 27, 2005 07:05 PMIt is really cool, specially for persons know about Astronomy ;)
Posted by M A at June 27, 2005 07:10 PMwoah. this is incredible. is it possible to get a wallpaper of this?
Posted by moritz at June 27, 2005 07:19 PM*Drools* This is incredible!!!
Posted by Lauren at June 27, 2005 08:39 PMI can't believe this - My roomates and I were on the beach at the base of those rocks at the exact time the photo was taken, and I didn't see a thing.
kudos on the shot - it's fantastic!
Kieran
Posted by Kieran Huggins at June 27, 2005 08:57 PM*speechless* ...fantastic shot Sam!!
Posted by tama at June 27, 2005 09:09 PMExcellent use of Sagittarius a background.
Posted by Bob Taylor at June 27, 2005 10:18 PMJeeze, this almost looks like a movie set, horizon looks like a backdrop! Georgous!
Posted by Lorin Halpert at June 27, 2005 10:20 PMThis is, without doubt, the most amazing picture I've seen all week. Stunning results.
What's the little shiny object on the lake horizon?
Posted by Robert at June 27, 2005 10:24 PMHey Sam, gotta get us a wallpaper of this one! It's so coooool! Keep up the great work. P.S. I heard you like photographing zombies. I might have a job for you next year (launching a horror/sci-fi film fest in Toronto). Keep you posted!
Posted by Adam Ahmad at June 27, 2005 10:46 PMjeez man why do ppl try to show off their knowledge of stuff??? obviously sam knows what he's doing, and we dont need to hear about bullshit like the constellation and other shit about the camera!
guys, just appreciate the shot! san did an excellent job with it, and he wants you to ENJOY it!
thanks everyone
sundeep
Thats just amazing
Posted by Hamsul Sulaiamn at June 28, 2005 02:20 AMYou know how I absolutely love long exposure pics. This definately supports that love. lol
Posted by Raffi at June 28, 2005 10:53 PM*SURREAL*
Posted by p23e at June 29, 2005 12:34 AMI am really enjoying your daily images, it's the first thing I do when I log on in the morning. I have only been to Toronto in the middle of winter, it's so nice to see it in the summertime.
Posted by nicky at June 29, 2005 01:23 AMSublime image, ah yes the ole flash light on the long exposer trick...good job
Posted by Cave Canem at June 29, 2005 05:27 AMI had no idea you were Persian...nice photos!
Posted by Nima at June 29, 2005 11:14 PMJust saw this on fark:
http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=1550592
Funny images from your fantastic photo, but they are going to KILL your bandwidth.
Posted by Paul at June 30, 2005 04:58 PMYou got Farked again, great shot.
http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=1550592
Beautiful shot ... nice light painting ... reminds me I have to get out next full moon... I've been way too busy with work and darkroom class....
Posted by bob at July 1, 2005 10:13 PMSpectacular shot! I love the lighting effects you did with your flashlight! (very creative) I’m very impressed that your friend was able to stand still for so long; there is no distortion around him. Thanks for sharing this wonderful photo!
Posted by SmileTO at July 5, 2005 07:32 AMThis does seem surreal. You are having a lot of fun with the long exposures and it is paying off. Nice shot.
Posted by Abe at July 6, 2005 01:32 AMThis pic is amazing. Would you be able to tell us what aperture you used for this pic? Thanks!
Posted by Neil at July 6, 2005 10:39 PMThis is cool, you have to try it. I guessed 13341, and this game guessed it! See it here - http://www.funbrain.com/guess/
Posted by Allison Trump at November 14, 2005 12:46 PMIts good
Posted by Zoli at February 27, 2007 04:49 AMOh nice! Very pretty page!
Posted by Siber at March 7, 2007 09:07 AMGod site. Thanks!
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