Starry night in Death Valley

jaminphoto

#1 Twenty Mule Wagon. I tried to keep the exposure under 60 sec so I don't get star trail. It's harder than I thought, I shot at f/4 and ISO 800 but the lens is soft at that f stop. so this shot at f/5.6 and ISO 1600.



#2 Devil's Golfcourse panorama


#3 Abandon car at Balarat


#4 Charcoal Limekiln



More photos from the trip at
http://jaminphoto.smugmug.com/gallery/7890198_Wh7mQ

cheers,

Doug Solis

Very nice series. I really like your compositions.

Hikin' Mike

Nice series, but I really like the first image!

Picture North Carolina

A little light painting on #1? Very nice image. Yes, I've noticed that even 30 second exposures reveal a little star trail when pixel-peeped at 100%.

thapamd

Great series! I agree...the 1st shot takes the cake here. Beautifully done!

vegasdesertfox

Howdy,
I was expecting to see a single photograph done at night with probably some painiting with light. So I really liked your first photograph! After that, more photographs but done not under a starry sky, I left with disappointment but I really liked your first photograph. Thanks for sharring, but stick to your title.

schmoo

Fantastic night sky in the first! Those colors are just to die for.

jaminphoto

thanks for the comment everyone.

Canned Grins,
yeah if I peeped that pictures at 100% I can see trail slightly forming.

vegasdesertfox,
sorry inconsistent theme. here's two more of the night sky.



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--ricardo

Reverb

The first photo is beautiful, I love the colours in the sky.

ajgauthier

nice!
Love the night shot, the stars came out very clear

I'd like to point you to the Earth & Sky contest thread in Big Picture, sponsored the International Year of Astronomy 2009...since you like the night photos

http://dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=133739

Clear skies,
Adrienne