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Arizona Superstition Mountains

Shay StephensShay Stephens Registered Users Posts: 3,165 Major grins
edited May 24, 2005 in Landscapes
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A three minute exposure taken during twilight. I had one and two hour exposures, but in the Arizona heat, they are too full of noise to be of any use. Pity really, the longer star trails look awesome.

There is a little bit of motion blur in the cactus due to the wind.

f/2.8 - 182 seconds - ISO 100 - 29mm focal length
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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited May 23, 2005
    looks like a painting - love the subtle pastely pinks in the sky, and the earth tones from green in the foreground...

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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 23, 2005
    Awesome colors, Shay!
    I need to learn how to work those long exposures..
    Of course, the longest I can get out of my 828 is 30 sec:-(
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    ehughesehughes Registered Users Posts: 1,675 Major grins
    edited May 23, 2005
    That's awesome Shay
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    AngeloAngelo Super Moderators Posts: 8,937 moderator
    edited May 23, 2005
    Suuuuuuhweeeeeeeeeeet! is all I can think to say. awesome shot. thumb.gif
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    wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited May 23, 2005
    Really nice shot and palette. And knowing what not to change in post. thumb.gif
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    4labs4labs Registered Users Posts: 2,089 Major grins
    edited May 23, 2005
    Really nice Shay. Would love to see the noisey ones too just to see what the sky looked like..
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    coldclimbcoldclimb Registered Users Posts: 1,169 Major grins
    edited May 23, 2005
    Angelo wrote:
    Suuuuuuhweeeeeeeeeeet! is all I can think to say. awesome shot. thumb.gif
    I agree! Not much else to say other than Suuuuuuhweeeeeeeeeeet! rolleyes1.gifthumb
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    MuskyDudeMuskyDude Registered Users Posts: 1,508 Major grins
    edited May 23, 2005
    That's beautiful Shay. A wonderous, and wonderfull shot.



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    Phil U.Phil U. Registered Users Posts: 1,330 Major grins
    edited May 23, 2005
    Oh man, good stuff. I love the colors. thumb.gif
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    DeanMcMDeanMcM Registered Users Posts: 265 Major grins
    edited May 23, 2005
    Cool Shay!
    Shay Stephens wrote:

    A three minute exposure taken during twilight. I had one and two hour exposures, but in the Arizona heat, they are too full of noise to be of any use. Pity really, the longer star trails look awesome.

    There is a little bit of motion blur in the cactus due to the wind.

    f/2.8 - 182 seconds - ISO 100 - 29mm focal length
    Very nice Shay! nice colors. When I find the right spot, I have to give long exposure a try.
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    ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,911 moderator
    edited May 23, 2005
    I like the differing color in the sky, the star trails and the fact it looks like
    daylight :)

    Very nice shot.

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    USAIRUSAIR Registered Users Posts: 2,646 Major grins
    edited May 23, 2005
    Shay
    Cool shot
    Love the star trails and color is great
    It does look like a painting clap.gifclap.gifclap.gifclap.gifclap.gif

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    CalfeeRiderCalfeeRider Registered Users Posts: 258 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2005
    Shay Stephens wrote:
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    A three minute exposure taken during twilight. I had one and two hour exposures, but in the Arizona heat, they are too full of noise to be of any use. Pity really, the longer star trails look awesome.

    There is a little bit of motion blur in the cactus due to the wind.

    f/2.8 - 182 seconds - ISO 100 - 29mm focal length
    Very Cool Shot!!!! The colors are gorgeous! Got to be something about the AZ air, but I've seen some of the most interesting/spectacular sunsets when I've been in Tucson. Post some more will ya? thumb.gif
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    NirNir Registered Users Posts: 1,400 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2005
    Beautiful Shay!
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    gpgoldgpgold Registered Users Posts: 469 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2005
    Shay Stephens wrote:

    A three minute exposure taken during twilight. I had one and two hour exposures, but in the Arizona heat, they are too full of noise to be of any use. Pity really, the longer star trails look awesome.

    There is a little bit of motion blur in the cactus due to the wind.

    f/2.8 - 182 seconds - ISO 100 - 29mm focal length
    Shay - You have the magic! Very beautiful. I read the comment about the 828 (which I also use) and wonder, is this something that can be done by stacking images?

    regards,

    Gary
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    Shay StephensShay Stephens Registered Users Posts: 3,165 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2005
    Thanks everyone, glad you liked it.

    Gary, the 828 could have taken the same exact shot with one exception. The 30 second exposure also has a 30 second dark frame taken, so the star trails would have gaps in them. You could draw in the gaps to complete the trails, but I don't recommend that. If I were shooting this scene with the 828, I would have shot it a few minutes earlier to get the shot in one 30 second exposure.

    This is a 100% crop of the three minute exposure:
    img_4907n.jpg

    This was basically my test shot to verify that the exposure was correct. Once I saw the results, I stopped down the aperture and lengthened the shutter speed to compensate, and then patiently waited two hours in eager anticipation for this:

    img_4909n.jpg

    I was so disappointed, you can only imagine. It was quite late by this time, and so I reconfigured for a one hour exposure and got this:
    img_4910n.jpg

    Battered and bruised, thrown down and dejected, I went back to the hotel feeling mighty low. After deciding to forget about the star trails and process the test shot, I got some of my joy back. I definitely want to try again on a colder night though, I still want some freakin' long star trails mwink.gif
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    CatOneCatOne Registered Users Posts: 957 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2005
    Very, very nice.

    I have a soft spot for long exposures, because they tend to reveal things that look different than you'd see with the naked eye. Well done.
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    lenscapelenscape Registered Users Posts: 101 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2005
    Nice color shay.thumb.gifthumb.gifthumb.gif I gotta try it.

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