Star Warp
50ish exposures, stacked together in Photoshop.
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I am not so thrilled about this image. This is the first stacked star trail I've done, for a reason. I personally don't like stacked star trails, so I've only used single exposure star trails in the past. But, I wanted to give the method a try, and, here, in the location under the stars, I wanted to see ALL the stars in the star trail, and that was only possible via the stacking method.
As a star trail shooter, I completely see and recognize the validity and need for stacking images for night shooting. I've seen some stacked star trails that blow me away and would not be possible to get star trails in the single exposure method. But still, personally, I like star trails from a single exposure better.
The other factor, I cranked the ISO up for this, so I could have set
the exposures to not capture so many stars.
I think as an abstract art form, this has merit. But, traditional
sense of beauty seems lost to me.
The different colors of the star streaks are from the "temperature" of light that the stars burn at. Just like a candle gives and orange light, and a gas stove burns blue- the stars in our sky shine all different sorts of colored light.
Thoughts on this?
Comments and faves
masahiro miyasaka, Andrew Kumler, photos from photons, heartbot, and 98 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Millron (35 months ago | reply)
I think this is really cool! Great job.
masahiro miyasaka (35 months ago | reply)
Beautiful Star Trails.
The method that Marcel Duchamp tried.
They expressed exercise in a picture.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Duchamp
With the multi-emission of light of the stroboscopic light, I think whether I cannot express it.（＾＿＾）
For example, an insect and the Milky Way which fly
Ivan Sohrakoff (35 months ago | reply)
This is definitely interesting, and I think has some very cool "painterly" looking things in there, Ben. The mountain seems to lack definition when viewed large, but I really like the reflection of all the star trails here the best. The mirror reflection is really nice.
Andrew Kumler (35 months ago | reply)
I think it's awesome man. Nice work, takes dedicating to do these.
Andrew Curtis (35 months ago | reply)
Love it, course I'm biased toward stacking :)
Valorie. [deleted] (35 months ago | reply)
This would be so much better with cookies....
kth_friend (35 months ago | reply)
love the trails here and the reflection is just great..
this is some great work.. the sky is a bit light.. was this to catch all the colours?
the nice fog on the valley adds to the comp.. a great view for sure
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bodiegroup (35 months ago | reply)
it's a gorgeous shot, but i prefer your other star trail shots to this. the thing that bugs me about this is the reflections of the star trails in the lake. I feel like it drags too much attention from Mt. Hood.
outabounds (35 months ago | reply)
Interesting. My attention is drawn to the trails on the lake, and I like the squiggly bits in the trails there.
Kyle Kruchok (35 months ago | reply)
Love the sky - but the lake is kinda getting to me... what's up with it?
shadowbeast (35 months ago | reply)
oh my, this is amazing! I love taking star trails, mine havent come out as good as this bravo
Greg-0 (35 months ago | reply)
Holy crap what a wild and fun image. Perhaps the trails themselves area a bit overwhelming, but it's very striking.
Ben Canales (35 months ago | reply)
Thanks guys :-)
Kyle and Ted- the lake has the squiggles from a breeze- or that's my theory!
Bodie- I appreciate the honest opinion :-)
Kth- the sky came out that bright out of the camera. Result of uber high iso. It lets those fainter stars register a trail and give that super saturated, thick starred image. That is the "element" I'm not crazy about
Ben Canales (35 months ago | reply)
Thanks Shadow :-)
Ben Canales (35 months ago | reply)
Andrew C- you rock the stacked star trails! I've always enjoyed how you do your shots
Andrew K- Thanks man- took more dedication to edit out the plane and sattelite!
Ben Canales (35 months ago | reply)
Ivan- I agree, it has more of an artsy, abstract appeal than realistic photograpy
Don Pyle (35 months ago | reply)
It certainly has a painterly quality. Very cool.
Have you tried startrails for stacking?
Lance Rudge (35 months ago | reply)
Awesome job Ben!
sundevilstormin (35 months ago | reply)
stack them , but then convert the layers to Video like this
www.flickr.com/photos/sundevilstormin/4362200 356/
Miles Proctor (35 months ago | reply)
Cool image :)
AndWhyNot (35 months ago | reply)
Superb. Never seen the colour variation so vividly. Also like how the longer focal length has narrowed the field of view and left the stars going pretty much the same direction rather than the typical spiral
DanB. (35 months ago | reply)
Nice one! Those are some intensely colorful trails!
tackyshack (35 months ago | reply)
Redonkulous!
Gary Randall (35 months ago | reply)
I've stacked a few of these in my day, and although really groovy, the over exposed shots are too much. I like to stack shots that are a bit underexposed with less stars.
Killer cool shot though Ben.
Kelly Finnamore (35 months ago | reply)
That's amazing!! How long did you set each exposure for?
Madi.S (35 months ago | reply)
Wow that is amazing!!!!!!!! :)
michael zuhorski (35 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called I AM THE NIGHT, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
This photo was invited and added to the I AM THE NIGHT group.
icecubephoto - trying to catch up (35 months ago | reply)
I see nothing wrong with an abstract treatment. From a purist point of view, by shooting at 6400 and f/1.4 we don't really capture the night sky as our eyes see it anyway.
.Bala (34 months ago | reply)
wow! I've always wondered if shots like this was possible - this is *incredible*.
What advantages does stacking offer over single exposures?
Ben Canales (34 months ago | reply)
Bala- thank you :-) you can crank the exposure and max out the stars per 30 sec exposure as opposed to trying to balance it all for a 45 min exposure
Poynors Images - Chris Poynor (28 months ago | reply)
I like this shoot! Lost Lake is a vacation spot every year for my family. I have got a few shots of my own from that same position and some where I was on the lake with our boat and taken some right at water level. Oh and you got it on a clear night, sometimes there is always that one cloud that likes to hang around. Keep up the good work......Excellent capture!
little m:) (22 months ago | reply)
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh holy hecks yeah~!