Photo Discussion
Category: How'd You Do That?

To discuss a photo, sign up as a BetterPhoto member or log in.

Highway to the Skyway


	Highway to the Skyway Taken in Arches National Park, this photo graced the June issue of Popular Photography in 2003. It is one of my best-known photos. Arthur Rosch

Joy Rector

Fantastic! Were there really that many stars?

To love this question, log in above
July 29, 2004

Arthur Rosch

actually, there were more. Our eyes
can't see what the camera sensor collects
in ten minutes. In effect, it makes
the invisible visible.

art

To love this comment, log in above
July 29, 2004

Rob Friedman

Wow-That's wonderful, Art!! Outstanding!

To love this comment, log in above
July 29, 2004

Kristen McKain

gorgeous!

To love this comment, log in above
July 29, 2004

Arthur Rosch

Thanks Kristen. I love your frog!

art

To love this comment, log in above
July 29, 2004

Gene Spears

WOW - awesome!

To love this comment, log in above
July 29, 2004

Cathy Barrows

pretty awesome...how did you get so much light on the rest of the scene

To love this comment, log in above
July 29, 2004

Colette M. Metcalf

Terrific!!!

To love this comment, log in above
July 29, 2004

- Carolyn M. Fletcher

BetterPhoto Member

BetterPhoto Member

BetterPhoto Crew: Volunteer

Contact Carolyn M. Fletcher
Carolyn M. Fletcher's Gallery

My all time fav!! I love it! It's on my wall!!

To love this comment, log in above
July 29, 2004

bob cornelison

This is a truely great photo! ~:0)

To love this comment, log in above
July 29, 2004

Joe Terni

Art would know heaps more about this than me,but as a bit of a stargazer(but not a photographer of the heavens), I observe from my rather small capital city(~1 mill.Pop.)a certain amount of stars,but when I get away from the city lights,smoke,smog,haze etc,the whole sky is ablaze with stars.I even have trouble finding some of the smaller constellations,which are easy to see in the city as there is less background star numbers.Would visible stars in a nice, clear away from the city area increase by 100 fold? 1000 fold? relative to the city? You would have to think so... Besides all this,this is another great photograph Art...great work.

To love this comment, log in above
July 30, 2004

Arthur Rosch

Joe, in a clear dark place the stars
increase a thousand fold. there are
about 5,000 stars visible to the naked
eye but not all eyes are the same and
that doesn't include the Milky Way
in which many millions of stars join
together to form that lovely white mist.

so, it's hard to really say. but it's
a lot.

art

To love this comment, log in above
July 30, 2004

Howard A. Wimpee

Arthur,This shot is truly amazing! The only place I have seen stars like this is Dead Horse Point. Have been to Arches but not at night so next time I get to Dead Horse Point I'm going to try shooting your way,Thank's for the tip!!!

To love this comment, log in above
December 05, 2007

Arthur Rosch

Howard, you are most welcome. The stars
in that area are fantastic. Shooting my
way involves ten minute exposures and
half ton of gear, but there are new
types of gear now that make it easier.
This is a composite photo, with the
foreground taken in late afternoon,
replacing the blurred and dark
foreground taken with the night exposure. It's the only way to
make this vision real, even though
it's helped by Photoshop. Nothing
manipulated about the stars, however,
just tracked with a motorized telescope.

To love this comment, log in above
December 05, 2007

Susan M. Hembree

I am definitely impressed with this one, Arthur! Super WOW!

To love this comment, log in above
February 11, 2009

Susan M. Hembree

I am definitely impressed with this one, Arthur! Super WOW!

To love this comment, log in above
February 11, 2009

Arthur Rosch

thanks Susan. This image has been really rewarding, perhaps the most viewed of my photos except for "Healing Hands". That one is my best seller.

To love this comment, log in above
February 12, 2009

Log in or sign up to respond or interact.