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Published: 2008-12-15 08:30:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 8914; Favourites: 211; Downloads: 966
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I consider this one my first successfull star trail photo.I used the digital way of making star trails.
details here:
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the exposue is about 3 hours and I used Nikkor 10.5 fisheye on my previous camera (Nikon D200).
the tent on the foreground was only illuminated during the first 30 sec of the exposure.
Around 360 of 30-seconds photos were merged using StarTrails 1.0 software to generate this long exposure.
Because I used JPEG, the quality is not upto the level.
Desert next to Okair beach, Al Ahsaa, Saudi Arabia.
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Comments: 40
Honestly, I'm almost to tears whenever I see photos like this. It just reminds me of how effing awesome us humans are to be able to have eyes to see the many wonderful features of our universe. This is awesome.
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LOVEEEE this one, im just getting into star trails myself. If this was big enough this would be going as my wallpaper forsureeee!
Great work
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Great shot!
this image has been featured on my website: [link]
if you don't want it on there please tell me so i can take it off
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I think I will downloas this program, is it hard to use? Nice shot
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Beautifully composed. The quality is just fine.
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A program has been made that does all the work for you.
It's called StarTrails.exe.
It can be found here: [link]
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Thank you for your advice.
I acutally used the same program to combine the photos which produced this one.
thanks again.
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great effort! i think you should be extremely proud of the results!
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Very well done, especially considering this is your first successful star trail photograph. The composition is beautiful thanks to the illuminated tent, and the light is also brilliant. To put it short, it's one of the best star trail photos I've ever seen, and probably ever will see. Good work, man.
I admire your ability to excel in so many forms of photography. You nail every category you try. Keep up the good work.
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Great pic, but:
Around 360 of 30-seconds photos were merged using StarTrails 1.0 software to generate this long exposure.
Why not simple use your cameras bulb mode?
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Thanks.
this is to reduce the noise as digital sensors can not perform as good as film in long exposures.
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this is beautiful, i'm surprised you don't have more views. it's the first star trail on dA I've seen that has a tent as apposed to a tree, rock, etc. I like the tent because it lets the viewer feel how it must have been camping out in the desert. nice job.
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Great! Although there are numerous similliar shots in the web -> this one is quite unexceptional!
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One of the best star trail photos I have ever seen. Very successful!
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Wow... I never thought of combining photos. I'll have to try it.
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very lovely ... I've always wanted to try stacking, but I always find myself shooting one long exposure ....
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Wonderful trails and composition. I really like the like the lighting of the tent in the foreground.
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thats pretty awesome too! I love the whole sky stuff
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