Starry starry night

© Jeroen Stel

Starry starry night

Uploaded: April 02, 2011 04:32:26

Description

Besides the regular sunrise and sunset landscapes I have also been working on night-time landscapes and in particular star-trails.

Still a lot to learn but here's one of my first test shots.

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

For those of you interested in the technical details:

Canon Eos 1D Mark IV

Exposure mode: M
Exposure compensation: - 1/3
Flash:no
Flash exposure compensation: -
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Focus
ISO: 50 (L)
Lens: Canon 10-22mm @ 12mm
Focal length:12 mm
AF mode: Manual Focus
On tripod
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/Home stewed Sharpening-mix/ Adobe Photoshop CS5

1x shot at:
F4 / 30 sec/400ISO

125x shot at F8 / 20 sec / 1000 ISO

Worked on tripod ofcourse and used a remote control.

Stitched together in Photoshop and some post processing to reduce noise.

Comments

Mary Timman April 02, 2011

Very nicely done. Love the tone to set the mood and the star trails are really neat. #1366192

Susan Shingleton April 30, 2011

What an AWESOME shot! I love the mood it sets. Thanks for sharing the "how to". #9381988

Usman M. Bajwa level-classic May 19, 2011

Beautiful capture and CONGRATZ on this fab Finalist!!!

UB. #9412767

Merna L. Nobile May 19, 2011

It is with great pleasure that I offer my congratulations on your award for the month of April. Merna


#9415142


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