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When the sun goes down, the stars come out to play

When the sun goes down, the stars come out to play by c@rljones.
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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andrewlee1967  Pro User  says:

Very cool shot Carl!
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truthwithelegance  Pro User  says:

wonderful. i especially like the leading lines on the ground which draw further attention upwards - great shot!

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SecretVodka =)  Pro User  says:

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?
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c@rljones  Pro User  says:

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  Pro User  says:

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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Beautifully done!



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dserane says:

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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whiteblot says:

excellent! How did u make it?

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amazing! perfect!
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Ozventure  Pro User  says:

"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  Pro User  says:

stunning shot belial!
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Yves.  Pro User  says:

Just awesome again, Carl!!!
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In a word: Whoa.

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Great one :)

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cool effect
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Fantastic !!

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Jon Block  Pro User  says:

That's really quite something! Fascinating trails.

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Porcelaingirl° {renovating her life}  Pro User  says:

fantastic :)
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Sad Ferret  Pro User  says:

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.
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Ha-r-bin says:

Cool!
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PS06  Pro User  says:

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.
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c@rljones  Pro User  says:

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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well done!!!

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bitzcelt  Pro User  says:

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 says:

Yay! Stunning... Excellent job.
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Sabba. says:

Incredibile!very gooooooooooooooood.=)
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carafoo  Pro User  says:

Wow Awesome!!! :) Great job!
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Alpozzi Alberto says:

Wow! Fantastic EXPLORE! Great shot! I love this photo!

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c@rljones  Pro User  says:

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.
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MGildersleeve [deleted] says:

What iso did you have it at?
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ßlϋeωãvε says:

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.
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Giuseppe Parisi - Help Me In The Contest!  Pro User  says:

ISO: 200? F stop to 5.6 I already know
Was it completely man-made lights free?
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ellie 6  Pro User  says:

Oh, you suffer from insomnia too :( ... nice way of spending sleepless hours... I guess we all have insomnia at some point in our life.
Beautiful, great star trails !
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SuperKarmen  Pro User  says:

Thanks.. your photo its.. simply perfect.
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c@rljones  Pro User  says:

@MGildersleeve + roger_taylor, was taken at ISO 400 and as roger said F/5.6. There's only 1 small village between the location and the sea, so not much man made light to capture and as it's such a clear night, not any cloud around which always highlights the artificial lights a lot more.
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Magnificient Shot!!!!!!

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c@rljones  Pro User  says:

I've just uploaded another star trail different location, but shows how the stars rotate around the pole star





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Rinaldo_  Pro User  says:

Great long exposure work and photo!
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Bob West  Pro User  says:

just fantastic.....
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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Very Long Exposure (30 seconds or more), and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

Excellent Shot!
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goodeye22  Pro User  says:

This is wild, I've never done one of these before. I must say , Your shot is awesome.
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artur.borzecki  Pro User  says:

what a nice shot. I like that paths made by starts.
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n ï c o l å s  Pro User  says:

hey man
how did u do this?
super !!!!!!!!!!

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are you my rik? says:

awesome work! how do you get your battery to survive an hour exposure?
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c@rljones  Pro User  says:

Thank you all so much for your comments, awards and greetings, guess i've got a day of scanning through everybody's photostream ahead of me today to repay the kindness.

@are you my rik. I use a BG3 battery grip with my 400D so it holds 2 batteries, and i'm using 1000mAh instead of the 750mAh batteries which it comes with :) SO that helps :)

@nikkito, it's quite easy really, you just need a tripod, a camera with a shutter release cable and some patience (or somewhere to hide for an hour), Just leave the camera shutter open as long as possible, point it at some sky and you'll get some star trails :)
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Billy M. (Brazil) says:

Cool!
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Kirpernicus  Pro User  says:

Fine long exposure work!

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n ï c o l å s  Pro User  says:

_Belial i´ve tried once
but its really difficult to get a cool focus when using a manual mode (of course autofocus is almost imposible when it´s so dark). oh and it happened to me that the pic was overexposed...
well, maybe different places, different illumination and different photographer. oh yeah
that´s the reason :P
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LucaPicciau says:

Sensational long exposure! Congrats.
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Etienne_C says:

Awesome, very good !
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Wow!
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c@rljones  Pro User  says:

@ nikkito, yep focusing at night is an adventure in itself, all the advice i can offer is get a damn strong torch and take it with you! Then try to highlight something you want to act as a focal point and try auto focus on that point or manually focus, it's a skill that improves with time :)
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ian han says:

Blummin' marvelous :D
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valdecasas says:

I love it! I always wanted to make such a nice shot
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Wow, its Incredible.
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superb long exposure
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BenGoode says:

Stunning! It's really amazing actually.
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Wildtouch says:

I like the fact that the landscape shows detail from the moon light. The dirt road in the photograph make me feel like I could drive right up and get a closer look. I also enjoy the comments and information that you place for your photographs.

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n ï c o l å s  Pro User  says:

_Belial thanx a lot for the tip man !
gracias !!!!!!!
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Amazing!!
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there are no words
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pirano  Pro User  says:

Well, disregard comment made a few moments ago on another star trail, since this answers my question. :) This is excellent, particularly like the 'lightness'.

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Andy Sum  Pro User  says:

Great photo. Really like how the road leads into the star trails. You certainly have the patience to get a great photo.

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Sensational !


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A+++ Grade Photo

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the cat & the exercise bike  Pro User  says:

i wish i had the equipment to do startrail photography. you work in this area is brilliant, but the composition of this one really caught my eye. i think it has to do with the solid, earthiness of the trail versus the everchanging stars. great capture

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Jon Hawkins  Pro User  says:

Absolutely brilliant. Makes me want to try this myself.

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c@rljones  Pro User  says:

Thank you all very much, this is one of my favourite star trail shots it has to be said, i just love the foreground detail and the path leading us up the frame.

@Jon Hawkins, you should give it a go, it's really not that hard to do, you just need a camera that has a "bulb mode" or anything to let you keep the shutter open for long enoguh. Then get yourself some coffee, an mp3 player or radio and sit tight for a few hours :)
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rmrayner  Pro User  says:

To see this working is a joy... there's less instant "digital camera" gratification when it takes an hour to take it!
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Andy Μartin  Pro User  says:

Very nice! Andy
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c@rljones  Pro User  says:

Thank you both, this is still one of my fave star trail images i've taken, the conditions were just right for illuminated foreground here, just a shame i just missed polaris in the shot but i still like it, thank you both.
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