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This is a combination of a 30 sec exposure and an approximately 85 min exposure. Layering and levels adjustments were made in photoshop.Related content
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Hmm... I very much like this technique. I must say the MilkyWay standing out amongst the trails really makes this shot.
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Thank you. Ya I would like to try this again sometime, have you experimented with astrophotography before? It's fun!
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Indeed I have. I can attest to the joy of making images like this one, though I have yet to make one with as much detail. 
Someday I need to go out and do an all-night exposure of the stars. Still not sure if I have the patience for it though. Four hours was bad enough...
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Thats awesome and very original. I don't think I've ever seen this done before. Awesome work.
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thank you very much, i really appreciate it
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thank you very much!! i'm glad you like it
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thank you very much, i'm glad you like it!
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thank you very much, i'm glad you like it
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What's that vertical streak just above the trees? A shooting star? Airplane? Hair on the negative?
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I guess a shooting star would be too faint on such a long exposure. Maybe it's a UFO!
I've always wondered how you set a camera for an 85 minute exposure. Mine goes up to 30 seconds, my old manual camera went up to 2 seconds but had a manual function where the shutter would stay open for as long as you held down the release. Once I hooked up a shutter release cable to it and pointed it at the sky for about 15 minutes while I drank a few beers but it was a tedious business. The exposure came out with the stars performing a small jump across the sky but nothing like your picture. How do you keep the shutter open for so long?
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i use a shutter realease cable as well, but i just left the camera on my back deck and sat inside for awhile 
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I see. My camera was very old and the shutter release cable didn't have anything to hold it down without keeping it pressed down manually. Hence the tediousness. I experimented with trying to wedge it or tape it closed but it turned out to be more trouble than it was worth.
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ah i see, ya mine locks in place and then i don't have to worry about it
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Beautiful picture, love the concept
I love how the colours come out in long exposures.
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thank you very much! ya colours in long exposure are always different, and i love to see how they turn out.
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That is so wierd, I was actually thinking about trying something similar to this yesterday. Very nicely done my friend. This came out really well
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thank you very much, it wasn't my initial plan but i like how it turned out. i'm really glad you like it
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actually i thought 30sec exposure stars was noise at first, but then i took a closer look and was like "dude thats bad ass"
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haha, right on! ya there was a fair bit of noise in it afterwards, but i tried to get most of it out
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fantastic! i love how you combined night and day...
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thank you! it's actually all taken at night, but the long exposure brightens everything up quite well.
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yeah, i realized that from the exposure time after i sent the comment. lol.
its still a beautiful shot though!
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haha that's fine, thanks again
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