ohad | a photoblog by ohad ben-yoseph

Time and Back

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:21 -0700

With Jupiter, Venus and the Moon looming over the western San Francisco sky, I took 28 exposures of about 300 seconds each beginning at sunset (6:35 PM) and ending after all three bodies had set beyond the western horizon (8:51 PM). I've read that this alignment is known as the Jupiter-Venus conjunction.

Before I took the first long exposure, I made sure to do a quick capture of the sky to show how it looked without trails. Stacking these photos created an interesting result: the beautiful orange sunset which I took early on (and was in the first 4 photos) ended up dominating, creating this unique result that looks as if the stars were rising (left to right) rather than setting (right to left). I also had a few hiccups along the way including having to replace my battery which is visible about 3/4 of the way down the star trail.

Andrew

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:27 -0700

Andrew stopped by for a visit and decided to help me practice baby photography since, in a few months, I'll be doing it often.

It Doesn't Always Make Sense

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:11 -0700

Bonfires at sunset on Ocean Beach.

49 second exposure taken at 7:51 PM.

Figure 8s

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:53 -0700

Helicopters roaming the San Francisco sky during a large "No on Prop 8" protest.

1,110 second exposure taken from my balcony.

Where President Barack Met President Abe

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:02 -0700

What a day! Truly a historic moment that few will forget.

To commemorate Obama's victory, I'm posting this photo which is a continuation of a previous popular photo (this is the left side of the wall, previous photo was on the right side).

I have also uploaded a complete wide shot of the entire wall.

Vote!

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00 -0700

It's election day -- vote!

If a Tree Falls in the Forest

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:46 -0700

As seen in The Berkshires, Massachusetts.

One Pumpkin, Two Pumpkin, Three Pumpkin...

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:01 -0700

Happy Halloween!

As She Looks At Me From Afar

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:36 -0700

The work of Shepard Fairey (AKA OBEY).

3,497

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:14 -0700

As I mentioned in my previous photo, I experimented with various star trail methods. This photo, rather than being one very long exposure, is made up of eight shorter exposures (7 minutes each -- not that short) then assembled to create this 3,497 second (58 minutes and 17 seconds) photo.

If you look closely, you will see several dots crossing the photo -- those are airplanes that flew through the exposures.