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Here we have my second attempt at photographing star trails. This was a 16 minute exposure taken at a friend's camp at Sand Bay, roughly 45 km northwest of Sault Ste. Marie, ON.

There are a few 'hazy' patches in this image due to condensation forming on the lens as a result of the cool, humid conditions that night. There were also people hanging out on the dock and swimming during the exposure, and some of that activity is evident in the image.

The original image was quite noisy due to the long exposure, and so I had to perform quite a bit of noise removal on it. Unfortunately, this caused much of the detail of the fainter stars to be lost.

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:icondjmathew:
This is really a great star trail shot for I cant wait to see your ability grow!!! I have always wanted to do some lengthy exposure shots ... would it help to aim up to polaris...? to see a more drammatic trail or is that all in the length of exposure? Well anyway this is great and I hope to see more, I really enjoy the astrophotography in any form :) when its clear. It almost looks like the sun is coming up in the distance. :peace:

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:icondavincipoppalag:
Still ,, it's a cool image

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:iconbrokenzuba:
That's awesome mate!
At first I thought there were fires in the photo, on closer inspection it turned out to be light reflecting off plants or something.
It gives it a strange post apocalyptic look I reckon.
Fantastic colours and composition
What do you use to get rid of the noise?

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:icontoop:
In some of the lower areas of the shot, the "fogginess" really works well, almost a mist on the surface. :P

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:iconbravo22:
That is really beautiful. :+fav:
How did you get the camera to do a 16 minute exposure?

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I would also like to know how you got a 16-min exposure!!

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:iconbatisi3o9:
it does look like a fire rolled thru as you were taking the photo
:iconhuggskf:
i like it, as is, its cool:)

wonderful job.

everything adds to the picture, especially with the explanation.

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:icongizmo2071:
Sure, you can have perfect stra trails, where all you get is the slightly exposed land and then the great sky with amazing trails.
Here you hve character!
There's lots going on in the shot and you stil captured the star trails really well.
I love the water looking like it's mist rolling onto the land. The little lights and all the movement....
Great shot!

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:iconandymumford:
Amazing shot..this is just SO good.
It has so much in the image that tricks and catches your eye.
Love it

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Canon
Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
954/1 second
F/5.6
18 mm
200
Jun 26, 2005, 1:24:36 AM

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