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That is very nicely done.

Jul 29, 2013 at 03:20 PM

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Another stunning shot Jim!!!!

Jul 29, 2013 at 03:27 PM

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Jim, that's a very interesting mix of events ....I like it! YNP is a great place at night, last time I shot some star trails there, I was well off the road and a coyote found me and just curled up beside me for a couple hours - needed company I guess.

Jim

Jul 29, 2013 at 05:07 PM

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p.2 #4 · p.2 #4 · White Dome Geyser Star Trails

Awesome! Wish I was there!

Jul 29, 2013 at 05:13 PM

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p.2 #5 · p.2 #5 · White Dome Geyser Star Trails

Wow that's so cool! Amazing shot

Jul 29, 2013 at 06:39 PM

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p.2 #6 · p.2 #6 · White Dome Geyser Star Trails

Amazing photo. Amazing vision.

Jul 29, 2013 at 08:30 PM

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p.2 #7 · p.2 #7 · White Dome Geyser Star Trails

Jim: Absolutely amazing. Very nicely done. And I suppose you got up for sunrise?

Bart

Jul 29, 2013 at 10:01 PM

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p.2 #8 · p.2 #8 · White Dome Geyser Star Trails

Wow. A super star trail. You kinda blow Old Ben's, "Early to bed . . . ." to smithereens.

Chuck

Jul 29, 2013 at 10:16 PM

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blueimage wrote:
Jim, that's a very interesting mix of events ....I like it! YNP is a great place at night, last time I shot some star trails there, I was well off the road and a coyote found me and just curled up beside me for a couple hours - needed company I guess.

Jim

Hey Jim,

Now isn't that the way it should be?

I am glad you liked the shot, thanks!

Jim

Jul 29, 2013 at 10:55 PM

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roguecoolman wrote:
Wow. amazing shot Jim. I should try my hand on star stacking. I like the composition of the foreground lines, really pulls you into the geyser. I think what really makes this shot is the venting of the geyser. The trails are cool but that wisps of water makes it shine.

Jason

Hey Jason,

Thanks so much! Yeah, you ought to do it! I always shoot these in 30 sec increments, so that way I can have the best of both worlds. I can try star trails and see if I like the look, but I also can just use a single frame for still star shots if I want. The program I use is Startrails, it's free, and works really well.

I am glad you liked the shot.

Jim

Jul 29, 2013 at 10:57 PM

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boingyman wrote:
Really cool shot Jim. I always enjoy viewing night astro stuff, but I rarely get a chance to do it myself. Just curious what are you doing while you wait? Or do you have another camera setup to shoot other things?

Thanks! I am glad you liked it.

What I do while waiting just depends. In this case I did set up my backup camera and shot some star shots with it too. When I was at the Great Fountain geyser shooting the star trails there if I remember right I went back to my jeep and made a jelly sandwich while the cameras were firing away. Most often though I just hang out around the camera, depending on the area I will sit down on a nice comfy rock and just enjoy the seat and the beauty unfolding around me... It's a great time to be out and alive...

Jim

Jul 29, 2013 at 11:01 PM

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uintaangler wrote:
Jim, this is an outstanding image.
Great visualization, great execution, perfect processing

By the way, I am getting a strong feeling that you may be a complete wild man
Roaming through our National Parks ALL night creating these fantastic images.
Never sleeping, only eating the poor animals that have the misfortune to wander across your path at 3am while all other humans in the park are safe and warm in their sleeping bags

Bob

Ha ha... thanks Bob! Some might call me a bit of a wild man at that...

You know... it's just too beautiful out there at night to be sleeping... I figure I can always sleep when I get back...

Jim

Jul 29, 2013 at 11:03 PM

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p.2 #13 · p.2 #13 · White Dome Geyser Star Trails

No idea how you got to stack the geyser back in...but very cool. Nice stuff!

Jul 30, 2013 at 01:42 AM

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aFeinberg wrote:
No idea how you got to stack the geyser back in...but very cool. Nice stuff!

Hey Aaron,

I didn't stack the geyser back in... The Star Trails program that stacks the stars, averages out the non star areas, so in this case, I had the geyser errupt twice for 2 mins for a total of 4 minutes with the normal slow steam rising from it anyway, and so it did it for me.

Now, I didn't post it, but I did stack about 45 mins of star trails through the program and with that one, the geyser was just barely seen when it came out of the Startrail stacker program. With that I did take one of the 30 sec geyser erruptions that looked good, and simply laid it on top and reduced the opacity of it until it let the star trails behind it somewhat ghost through. But I was really happy that when I tried this shorter one, that with it technically having more time with the geyser errupting that I didn't have to do any of that.

Thanks!

Jim

Jul 30, 2013 at 03:06 AM

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p.2 #15 · p.2 #15 · White Dome Geyser Star Trails

This is really sweet Jim. My only nit pick is the star trails themselves. The north star is just outside the frame and I feel that it would really help the overall comp. if you included it in the frame. Otherwise it's great, I really like the way the geyser is lit.

Jul 30, 2013 at 03:00 PM

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p.2 #16 · p.2 #16 · White Dome Geyser Star Trails

Jim,
Love the combination of the Geyser and the star trails. Winner!

Jul 30, 2013 at 04:11 PM

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p.2 #17 · p.2 #17 · White Dome Geyser Star Trails

Great Shot, this is an absolute winner.

Jul 30, 2013 at 06:52 PM

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p.2 #18 · p.2 #18 · White Dome Geyser Star Trails

You picked a great foreground subject for this star trail shot. Well done.
Harsha

Jul 30, 2013 at 08:27 PM

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p.2 #19 · p.2 #19 · White Dome Geyser Star Trails

Hi Jim,

For me the stars are too intense and take away from the wonderful landscape.

Morris

Jul 30, 2013 at 09:30 PM

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p.2 #20 · p.2 #20 · White Dome Geyser Star Trails

Well-executed image with great timing. I like that the foreground is a bit pulled back to give a nice blend to the image. Excellent.

Jul 30, 2013 at 11:10 PM

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