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For Agnes.

Always watching over us. :heart:


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Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia.


63min exposure.

(1 x 8min base exposure for the foreground +
110 x 30sec exposures for the star trails)


The star trails are the result of the earth's rotation during the long exposure.


Was so nice to sit back, watch the stars and enjoy a big glass of red wine (or two) while this was running.

Hope you're all well! :D



www.garyannettphotography.com

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wow thats incredible
:iconhippydream:
wow, this is great! well worth the wait :)
:icondrunkerman:
This is the kinda of stuff that really is DD worth, great capture.

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:ahoy: It's better to forge the soul than redeem it
:iconleftbarrel:
frikin awsome

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...Man of few words.
:iconleviathan218:
This is amazing! It's rare to see that much stars here where I live. Pretty cool technique too.

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fire it up
:icontrinixtwinix:
110 x 30 second exposures, what are all those for?

Awesome shot though.

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Who Wants Jack Daniels

Right?
:icongva:
Thanks Hugo! They make up 55 minutes of the star trails when combined. It's the best way to keep noise and light pollution to a minimum. That way you can set the camera to shoot 30sec expsoures back to back and stack them afterwards - creating the trails through the sky as the earth rotates.

Otherwise the base 8min exposure would capture only very short trails. It does do a good job though of capturing some detail in the dark foreground.

Ideally, with film you could just shoot one 63min frame. But digital sensors (and batteries) still struggle with these long exposures and digital noise.

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www.garyannettphotography.com
:icongva:
Thanks mate! Glad you like it :D

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:icongva:
Thanks mate! Quite proud of this one. It's taken a while to get it right. The file is huge - takes my computer about 30min to open it. :D

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Jan 5, 2009, 1:25:47 AM

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