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David
Joined: 13 Apr 2011 Posts: 1869 Location: Denver, Colorado
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 7:56 am Post subject: New Star Trails Photo (C&C welcome) |
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David wrote:
Pentax K-3, Pentax FA Limited 31mm f1.8, Lake Tahoe, Californi
This is one of the better shots from my weekend of star trails photography. I wanted to post it tonight before I leave tomorrow for a remote quest to photograph the Orionids. _________________ http://www.youtube.com/user/hancockDavidM |
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DigiChromeEd
Joined: 29 Dec 2009 Posts: 3461 Location: Northern Ireland
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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DigiChromeEd wrote:
Great shot David, love it! _________________ "I've got a Nikon camera, I like to take a photograph" - Paul Simon |
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David
Joined: 13 Apr 2011 Posts: 1869 Location: Denver, Colorado
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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David wrote:
Thank you, Ed. I hope that my orionid shots tonight turn out as well. I'm bringing seven cameras this time, so I hope I've stacked the deck in my favor. _________________ http://www.youtube.com/user/hancockDavidM |
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inombrable
Joined: 20 Mar 2012 Posts: 545 Location: Salamanca, Mexico
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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inombrable wrote:
Very nice shot.
Good luck tonight.
Looking forwards to those shots |
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RSalles
Joined: 12 Aug 2012 Posts: 1373 Location: Brazil - RS / South
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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RSalles wrote:
inombrable wrote: |
Very nice shot.
Good luck tonight.
Looking forwards to those shots |
X2!
Best,
Renato |
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philslizzy
Joined: 07 Aug 2012 Posts: 4747 Location: Cheshire, England
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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philslizzy wrote:
Great pic. There is so much light pollution near me whenever I try something like this pictures the sky is just orange. _________________ Hero in the 'messin-with-cameras-for-the-hell-of-it department'. Official. |
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peterqd
Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 7448 Location: near High Wycombe, UK
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Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 2:51 am Post subject: |
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peterqd wrote:
RSalles wrote: |
inombrable wrote: |
Very nice shot.
Good luck tonight.
Looking forwards to those shots |
X2!
Best,
Renato |
X3
David, can you give us the exposure settings you used? _________________ Peter - Moderator |
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David
Joined: 13 Apr 2011 Posts: 1869 Location: Denver, Colorado
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Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2014 12:55 am Post subject: |
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David wrote:
Well, last night was a near-total bust. Not only was it cloudy the whole night but it rained. And heavily. Don't get me wrong -- I'm glad for the rain and also glad I put all my camera gear in the car before it opened up. Unfortunately, I think it will be seven years before there's another Orionid during a near-new moon (if I recall what I read correctly.) So I'll have to try again next year with one of the meteor showers.
Peter, that image is a composite of something like 100 separate images. They were each 30-second exposures at 400 ISO, f3.2.
Phil, the moon was waxing gibbous at the time, and behind the camera, so it was lighting the water and hills. Partly the reddish tint is from moonlight on the very-dry hillsides. The air was also fairly dusty due to the area's lack of rain for the last 15 or so months. The orange beyond the horizon is from Reno.
To help illustrate that, here's a version with all the stars removed.
But, yeah, that's how it looked. I didn't tweak any of the colors in post. I did re-balance the stars to make them more visible, but the stars' coloration is pretty close to true. _________________ http://www.youtube.com/user/hancockDavidM |
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