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Published: 2009-09-04 10:35:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 5620; Favourites: 299; Downloads: 0
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Yes! more startrails!
This is a surf-livesaver watch tower at a local beach. Pretty good idea since a few tourists have drowned here...Around 40 min exposure, tower lit with LED torch
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This is amazing. I love the light and the colours on this.
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oh me too! right on the beach, would be awesome
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Thanks! Was shot with a 40D and 10-20mm lens
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40 min exposure?
wow!
it must have been a really dark night
a really stunning shot.
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well 40mins worth of stacked shots
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Now thats different mate.. only problem is now i'm gonna have to spend a few hours trying it myself
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I think the result is worth persuing.. except I think he was using noise reduction.. dunno what we will get with a 4 min exposure noise wise?
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guess theres only one way to find out
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your work has been featured in my journal [link]
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Great photo! Outstanding work.
Thanks for sharing!
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Sigma 10-20mm F4-5.6
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You're most welcome!
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A work of genius.
I read someone's comment about being able to do this (get the North or South celestial pole in a shot which included a ground object) on account of being near the poles - it's actually the reverse.
Subject to cloud and light pollution, you can get star-trails anywhere, but to get the North / South celestial pole in shot, along with a ground object, you need to be at a reasonably low latitude (North or South).
If you lived at the absolute North or South Pole, you'd not be able to use / include the horizon or any ground objects, as the camera would need to be pointed straight up (in order to capture the North or South celestial poles).
Should you be near the equator though, you'll find the respective North or South celestial pole very close to the horizon - and thus be able to include geographic / ground features to great advantage.
I found this shot [link] - taken from Mount Kilimanjaro, which is very close to the equator (Lat 3 degrees South).
Hope that helps...and congrats again on such an outstanding piece of original photographic work.
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Thanks a lot for the explanation, very interesting! A great example there too of how much closer it comes to the horizon
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You're very welcome, Cain.
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your DSLR lets you take 40 minute exposures?
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Oh yes! You can take several hours but there becomes issues with heat and the sensor.. thats why i've been doing multiple exposures and blending them
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My Canon allows long exposures in Manual mode, using the bulb setting. I think the longest I've done so far is around 30 minutes. I don't know if there is a limit.
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This is absoloutely awesome! I love the setting, the lighting on the tower and how sharp the whole picture is.
It's something I've always wanted to try but never quite got round to it. Was always worried how I would get such a long exposure but, I didn't know I could merge images to the same effect.
Looks like a late night soon :0
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Thanks a lot
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