The image stacking is done on 30 minutes set of images and each single image exposure: Aperture F8|Shutter Speed 10s|ISO 800|WB Tungsten, with ISO 800 I have to use shorter shutter speed to avoid blown highlight while able to capture the stars in not so light polluted area, would like to open up aperture but the street light is blowing me back to F8, also proof again white subject is not easy to shot with changing light that can be easily reflected by the white surface.
The stars have big brother here, rain with the moon ;)
Technical wise, straw color gel light from bottom to cast the shadow of the wall, with 8000k white balance setting. By illuminating the wall from low angle, it creates the diagonal shadow, and to create the ghosting leafs effect, just illuminate the leaf couple of times with the torch at different time intervals will do.
Ghosting leafs, diagonal shadow, wall of decay and moonless, what other elements than these to make a horror night?
Thought process: It's about having fun when shooting people at night, this is not done outdoor but indoor, I just use strobe and punch the light from left and right, setting at 1/2 power. The reason is to bring out the texture and the shape of both people and background, having him seated like a psycho, the real challenge is my friend needs to sit still for 30 seconds and he is like a rock during exposure time.
A lot of countries have China Town, so do Myanmar.
Thought Process: Looking up, generates the view of "importance", there are couple of buildings looking exactly like this one, I just like the architectural look of them. It is chopped at the bottom when I frame it because the road is quite busy and it generates too much attention if I include them, all I want is to show is this particular building at night, simple as that.
Walking around Kandawgyi Lake, you will always find interesting subjects to shoot, it is kind of bringing you back to old time where you can find a lot of hard light around the area with overlapping shadows.
Thought process: Very quick on this one, I captured the wheel bridge with handheld once I see it, visually it reminds me of Film Noir world. I'm always the fan, they always tell the story using the shape and contrast, their light sculpting techniques are yet to learn for me.