Dance of Stars

My first attempt at astro photography. Comments welcome.

First try... humm... I do not believe you. I can not wait to see the second. Great shot

Let me revise that statement. This was my first serious attempt at astro photography. The first "attempt" was just taken off of the back porch to get an idea of how long I could go before noise destroyed the pic.

 

Thanks for the comment :D

 

Chris

Very nice result. I'd like to hear more on the how thought... Regards.

Really nice start. Aimed a bit higher and you would have been able to get Polaris as the center of the "wheel".

 

Mike

 

Beautiful colours, impressive foreground and a superb composition. Well done!

This is a composite of two images. For the first exposure (at sunset) I black carded the sky for most of the exposure. In the second exposure (15 min star trail), I black carded the land. This allowed me to easily merge the two frames and avoid unnecessary edge noise. On film, the same effect could be achieved my exposing the same frame twice. Right now I have some ideas bouncing around in my head. They would REQUIRE the use of film (kinda) and would be somewhat along these lines, only much, much more intense.

Wow. I just looked at the ratings. If you're going to give the picture a 3, at least have the balls to stand behind your rating. How about you get out in the field and practice, rather than bombing everyone else's successes.