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Published: 2008-01-04 02:22:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 1390; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 0
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Description An old water tower right outside my hometown.

Multi Exposure made of 218 exposures, 30 seconds each @ F 2.8 & ISO 400.

Could've done it with one long exposure, but preferred doing it this way to minimze noise & overexposure by the lights of a nearby town.
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Comments: 14

uAe-Designer [2008-07-02 22:32:56 +0000 UTC]

nice experiment

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ya7obeelk [2008-02-22 16:46:08 +0000 UTC]

that is amazing ..mashalla

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Saad-A In reply to ya7obeelk [2008-02-22 23:49:22 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a bunch, sis.

BTW, do I know you from somewhere? Your name & avatar seem very familiar.

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arabienne [2008-02-08 23:54:28 +0000 UTC]

I love the light hitting the tower, it gives the image a very eerie feel.

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Saad-A In reply to arabienne [2008-02-11 14:00:15 +0000 UTC]

hmmmmm
Actually, I wanted to paint it evenly with my flashlight. But I missed a few areas.
So I didnt really want it to look that way.

But hey, some people get lucky. I'm one of those people.

Thanks for stopping by, arabienne.

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Nour-K [2008-01-13 17:01:29 +0000 UTC]

omg.. this is amazing ..

it looks so surreal ..

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Saad-A In reply to Nour-K [2008-01-14 10:30:01 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot.
Glad you liked it.

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Heros-Lubu [2008-01-08 10:51:43 +0000 UTC]

Wow... absolutley stunning.

But where is your hometown?
The stars seem to be really bright - couldn't imagine to find something like this somewhere here in germany ^^

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Saad-A In reply to Heros-Lubu [2008-01-08 19:53:26 +0000 UTC]

My hometown is a city in the Easyern part of Saudi Arabia. But this isnt why the stars appeared that bright. It's because of stacking, I get to shoot short intervals that give me bright stars in a very dark sky.
I guess u can do it in Germany without having to raise ISO to 400.

Thanks for passing by..

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Evil-e33 [2008-01-05 06:08:29 +0000 UTC]

I agree with your choice of so many exposures, a pain to do I know, but there is so much that can be down with each each exposure as far as detail color etc before stacking. This is truly fantastic

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Saad-A In reply to Evil-e33 [2008-01-05 12:20:26 +0000 UTC]

Naaaaah, Its not as hard as it may seem. Now there is a software that made it all easy and automated.
All I needed was a tripod, a programmable remote release (D200 can be programmed as well) and lots and lots of tea.

BTW the foreground was painted with a flashlight.

Thanks for stopping by..

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Evil-e33 In reply to Saad-A [2008-01-07 08:40:32 +0000 UTC]

Yeah I know there are programs that do that...like Registax, and I think Photoshop CS3 has an image stacking program. I will have to try that one out when the hubby and I can bring out the telescope and do some night shots
You did the foreground with a flashlight...bravo

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xxndnromeoxx [2008-01-04 02:23:58 +0000 UTC]

absolutely stunning! Wow!

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Saad-A In reply to xxndnromeoxx [2008-01-04 15:09:51 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, bro.
Glad you like it.

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