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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Starry Night


This observation tower is in one of the state parks in Iowa. I had my astrotrac for more than 2 months but this is the first time I had time to test it out in the field.
Next time I will try to get a lower perpective to avoid the distant city lights and get more of the foreground. The light painting was done with Max million II brinkman. I found the light to be too powerful for this particular scene.
The foreground image- no tracking. ISO 100, F4 and 30 seconds.
For stars I used ISO 1000, F8 and 105 seconds with tracking.



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May 19, 2013 at 03:55 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Starry Night


I think this is very nice with pleasant light painting. The sky has a nice color. I am eager to see your next shot in this series! Diffraction spikes are a personal taste thing. For my viewing, I think a few stars would be fine, but not this many as it detracts from your main subject. Is there a subtle halo on the left of the tower edge?


May 20, 2013 at 11:21 AM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Starry Night


Fantastic!

Great star color also. If this is a first try, I can't wait to see what you can do on later shots.

Thanks for sharing your first results.

Eric



May 20, 2013 at 11:31 AM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Starry Night


Just when i was starting to forget about the astrotrac...boom there it is. I like this one very much. You can probably clone out those city lights


May 20, 2013 at 01:02 PM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Starry Night


This is great in every way Harsha! Love the celestial feel to it.


May 20, 2013 at 01:35 PM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Starry Night


dgdg wrote:
I think this is very nice with pleasant light painting. The sky has a nice color. I am eager to see your next shot in this series! Diffraction spikes are a personal taste thing. For my viewing, I think a few stars would be fine, but not this many as it detracts from your main subject. Is there a subtle halo on the left of the tower edge?

Thanks. I agree with you on diffraction spikes. I may have overdone it. This was done with an action set that I downloaded from internet.
The halo on the left side of the tower is from poor blending technique.( It was a quick test shot) I will try to do a better job next time.
Harsha



May 23, 2013 at 01:44 PM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Starry Night


astro-ep wrote:
Fantastic!

Great star color also. If this is a first try, I can't wait to see what you can do on later shots.

Thanks for sharing your first results.

Eric

Thanks Eric. Really appreciate all the advice.
harsha



May 23, 2013 at 01:46 PM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Starry Night


nice photo and thanks for the discussion, i'm trying to get into it as well


May 23, 2013 at 02:12 PM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Starry Night


Sunny Sra wrote:
----------------------- I like this one very much. You can probably clone out those city lights


+1) with my humble suggestion that the tower maybe somewhat toned down?
Kee



May 23, 2013 at 05:42 PM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Starry Night


Very nice Harsha! I like the diffraction spikes. I'd like to know more...


May 23, 2013 at 07:39 PM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Starry Night


The diffraction spikes are a bit distracting, but I otherwise like the image.


May 23, 2013 at 08:56 PM
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Starry Night


rhee wrote:
+1) with my humble suggestion that the tower maybe somewhat toned down?
Kee


I don't know, I kinda like the tower as it is... Just my 2 cents



May 24, 2013 at 09:53 AM
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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Starry Night


Hey Harsha,

Very nicely done with this star shot. I do agree with Sunny, if it was mine, I would clone out all of the city lights in fact. But I would leave the lighting on the tower alone, maybe tone down the light on the grass and ground in front of it though.

Jim



May 24, 2013 at 12:37 PM
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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Starry Night


Nice colors, great ghot..


Jul 01, 2014 at 03:36 AM





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