The Earth Moves? Anchorage, AK

Candid Arts

A 25 minute exposure of the stars from my dad's driveway. I was pleased with the results. How about you?



Thanks! All C&C welcomed and appreciated.

chrismoore

that looks great! I've never done star trails (always wanted to), but thought something like that would take longer than 25 mins. well done

eL eSs Vee

I'll be moving (another) sister to Sedona in a few weeks, and I plan to do some like this, too.

Beautiful shot!

Candid Arts

Thanks chrismoore and eL eSs Vee! I was happy with the results.

coscorrosa

No no no, your photo *clearly* demonstrates that the Earth is stationary while the stars are moving!

Great photo, liked the choice of going with B&W I think it works well.

Candid Arts

coscorrosa wrote:

No no no, your photo *clearly* demonstrates that the Earth is stationary while the stars are moving!

Haha, of course of course, my bad! That totally blows my mind now!

coscorrosa wrote:

Great photo, liked the choice of going with B&W I think it works well.

Thank you. Yes I was very pleased with the results. Took some working to get it the way I wanted it.

jeffmeyers

I agree with everyone else. Nice B&W conversion, too.

You've probably heard this already, but you have some great images that are difficult to enjoy and/or evaluate because of your watermark. I'd suggest something smaller and less distracting.

Candid Arts

jeffmeyers wrote:

I agree with everyone else. Nice B&W conversion, too.

You've probably heard this already, but you have some great images that are difficult to enjoy and/or evaluate because of your watermark. I'd suggest something smaller and less distracting.

Yes, well w/o hijiacking my own thread, I haven't figured out how to leave my watermark on my site, but remove it when I use the "share via link" feature to post a picture here. Otherwise I'd have to remove it from the photo, link the photo, then replace it. And the point of the watermark is so that if someone were to take the photo unauthorized, it would render the photo useless because something like that is a LOT more difficult to PS out than a little thing in the bottom corner. Hence why it covers so much of the image. A small thing in the corner with my name can be PS out very easily, this...a bit more difficult. Which is the main point of a watermark anyways right?

BUT, thanks for the comments on this as well as my other work. Much appreciated.

schmoo

Candid Arts wrote:

Yes, well w/o hijiacking my own thread, I haven't figured out how to leave my watermark on my site, but remove it when I use the "share via link" feature to post a picture here. Otherwise I'd have to remove it from the photo, link the photo, then replace it. And the point of the watermark is so that if someone were to take the photo unauthorized, it would render the photo useless because something like that is a LOT more difficult to PS out than a little thing in the bottom corner. Hence why it covers so much of the image. A small thing in the corner with my name can be PS out very easily, this...a bit more difficult. Which is the main point of a watermark anyways right?

BUT, thanks for the comments on this as well as my other work. Much appreciated.

Ah, ye olde watermark debate. To each their own, but the rule of thumb on Dgrin is that we just ask people to respect the photographer's wishes on watermarks! We all understand theft being artists ourselves, and we all have different views on the matter.

shniks

Candid Arts wrote:

Yes, well w/o hijiacking my own thread, I haven't figured out how to leave my watermark on my site, but remove it when I use the "share via link" feature to post a picture here. Otherwise I'd have to remove it from the photo, link the photo, then replace it. And the point of the watermark is so that if someone were to take the photo unauthorized, it would render the photo useless because something like that is a LOT more difficult to PS out than a little thing in the bottom corner. Hence why it covers so much of the image. A small thing in the corner with my name can be PS out very easily, this...a bit more difficult. Which is the main point of a watermark anyways right?

BUT, thanks for the comments on this as well as my other work. Much appreciated.

Nice star trails. I too struggled about the watermark a bit. But I think that if you only allow paste the 'L' size, you will see that the file is not larger than a couple of hundred kb- and I am not sure if someone can really make prints of those. But like Schmoo says, to each their own. Honestly it's your work and you should feel free to protect it the way you see fit.


Cheers,

Candid Arts

shniks wrote:

Nice star trails. I too struggled about the watermark a bit. But I think that if you only allow paste the 'L' size, you will see that the file is not larger than a couple of hundred kb- and I am not sure if someone can really make prints of those. But like Schmoo says, to each their own. Honestly it's your work and you should feel free to protect it the way you see fit.


Cheers,

Thanks guys. I do want it viewed in the best way that it can be viewed, but also gotta have it protected at the same time. I don't know the best way to do this. I tried to make the lines thin, but not too thin. I dunno.

Anyways, thanks for the compliments on the photo.

Cygnus Studios

It is a stunning image, and the choice of B/W was spot on.

Awais Yaqub

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chrismoore

Candid Arts wrote:

Thanks guys. I do want it viewed in the best way that it can be viewed, but also gotta have it protected at the same time. I don't know the best way to do this. I tried to make the lines thin, but not too thin. I dunno.

Anyways, thanks for the compliments on the photo.

Its a hard decision about the watermark, because I know you want to protect your image but at the same time make it easy for others to view. I guess I'm so used to seeing watermarked images that I hardly notice anymore, unless it is overwhelming. I think yours is fine. There is no foolproof way to protect it, even if you paste the "L" image in your thread, it would be very easy to view the source, get the link of the photo and change the link to display the original size. I think the dgrin community respects other artists' works, and I'd be shocked if anyone here is hijacking images, but you never know who might be trolling around.
Chris