A relatively short (1 hour) star trail I took last night. The moon was pretty full hence it looks so light. The bright star you can see on the bottom left is actually venus and not a star.
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This photo was taken on May 2, 2007 in Gwynedd, Wales, GB.
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travísimo, SecretVodka =), so little time..., Rob.Hudson, and 636 other people added this photo to their favorites.
andrewlee1967 (74 months ago | reply)
Very cool shot Carl!
GaryTumilty (74 months ago | reply)
wonderful. i especially like the leading lines on the ground which draw further attention upwards - great shot!
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SecretVodka =) (74 months ago | reply)
Hi my friend,
This shot is soooo good. I remember when I shoot this kinda shot. I took quite a patient. You dida very good job =)
What f stop did you use? f16?
c@rljones (74 months ago | reply)
Thanks everyone, glad you liked it, I really liked the idea of the track leading up the scene as well :)
@SecretVodka, I actually used f/5.6 for this shot, f16 wouldn't have given me enough light i don't think to properly illuminate the scene.
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Excellent shot!
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Rob.Hudson (74 months ago | reply)
Wow! You've excelled in this one. We're having some particularly clear skies at the moment so I guess that you'll be showing us some more stunners.
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Michael.DK (74 months ago | reply)
Beautifully done!
dserane (74 months ago | reply)
That's beyond cool, it's really outstanding, like the heavens opened up and gave a dance just for you and your camera. Carl this is really really special, words escape me!
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OneEyedCube (74 months ago | reply)
excellent! How did u make it?
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bass_nroll (74 months ago | reply)
amazing! perfect!
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this is nice!
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Ozventure (74 months ago | reply)
"Relavitely short." Ha. What do you call "relatively long" then? ;)
Great shot, though the stars are very much more interesting to me that the road.
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Stu Worrall Photography (74 months ago | reply)
stunning shot belial!
Yves. (74 months ago | reply)
Just awesome again, Carl!!!
curious_spider (74 months ago | reply)
In a word: Whoa.
- Cristina - (74 months ago | reply)
Great one :)
:: Paulus :: (74 months ago | reply)
cool effect
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Fantastic !!
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Jon Block (74 months ago | reply)
That's really quite something! Fascinating trails.
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Porcelaingirl° {easy peasy lemon squeasy} (74 months ago | reply)
fantastic :)
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Sad Ferret (74 months ago | reply)
Stunning, I love the track too, but I've never seen anything like that sky before. Also wondering what time of the evening it was, it's nice there's enough light to see the landscape.
Ha-r-bin (74 months ago | reply)
Cool!
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PS06 (74 months ago | reply)
A trademark Belial night shot!
Excellent work Carl, the exposure looks perfect. i know you've taken shots previously with a much longer shutter speed, but even an hour sounds a long time (plus nr?) your patience has been rewarded again.
Nice one.
c@rljones (74 months ago | reply)
Crikey, what a response! Thank you all very much, i'm glad you all like the shot.
@sadferret, it was taken approx 23:00ish, but again, the moon was pretty full so it gets very light out there on a clear night. For those who never venture out when the moon is full you should give it a go, you really dont appreciate how much light you can get off the moon until you're out in it.
@Simon, thanks mate. I didn't use noise reduction on this one actually, it seemed light enough for it not to create huge amounts of noise unless you view it in it's original 3800xsomething resolution..
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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called UK Night Photography, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
this is amazing! get it in the UK night photography pool right now! It deserves to be in there!
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bitzcelt (74 months ago | reply)
yup, this is way cool. I like any picture that you can go and get a pint and then come back a find your camera hard at work catching a brilliant pic.
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Zule 3.0 (74 months ago | reply)
Yay! Stunning... Excellent job.
Sabba. (74 months ago | reply)
Incredibile!very gooooooooooooooood.=)
carafriez (74 months ago | reply)
Wow Awesome!!! :) Great job!
Alpozzi Alberto (74 months ago | reply)
Wow! Fantastic EXPLORE! Great shot! I love this photo!
c@rljones (74 months ago | reply)
lol @ bitzcelt, you know, i never thought of just heading down to the pub and coming back!! A sure sign of some miss-spent evenings on your behalf :))
I just noticed this pic on the explore front-page too, thank you everyone for dropping by and commenting, am very flattered so many of you liked it.
MGildersleeve [deleted] (74 months ago | reply)
What iso did you have it at?
ßlϋeωãvε (74 months ago | reply)
Cool shot. It's interesting comparing what you and I captured on the same night but from different parts of the country. Your trails are really bright and smooth - I need to upgrade my camera. It's peaceful to be out on nights like this.