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Published: 2015-07-18 17:26:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 2868; Favourites: 258; Downloads: 31
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The other night, when our power was out, I took advantage of the dark and moonless night to capture a photo of the heavens, facing south. The lens, a 24mm F3.5, and the exposure was 30 seconds, ISO 100. ("When life gives you lemons" July 15th, 2015.)The next night, I got serious to improve the image. I changed to my ultra wide 17mm F2.8 lens, upped the ISO to 6400, shortened the time to 15 seconds, to reduce star trailing, and selected this image, facing south/east. With the increased speed and larger aperture I was able to capture more stars and a bit more of the milky way. The sky was over illuminated greatly, so much that I deepened the tones, added contrast and selected a naturally pleasing color.
Feel free to download, just give me photo credit.
eugene spiegel
*Note...If you were to count the individual stars, don't get distracted half way through.
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13-septembre [2015-07-27 06:22:22 +0000 UTC]
*Note...If you were to count the individual stars, don't get distracted half way through.
Half way is a looooong long way
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mazdaspeed3 [2015-07-19 18:04:42 +0000 UTC]
Hilarious playful title!!
and a fantastical picture.
Humbling and encouraging at the same time
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TrueCanad1an [2015-07-19 17:03:03 +0000 UTC]
! reason why I like going camping the amount of light pollution is very low and you get to see a great sky
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Reyichu [2015-07-19 10:09:22 +0000 UTC]
noa if those could be wishes ~ that would be perfect<3 i love the thought of this ! 10/10
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kohlsen [2015-07-19 05:28:11 +0000 UTC]
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SinsValentine [2015-07-18 22:42:02 +0000 UTC]
this is beautiful and inspiring, now I want to paint stars
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Kirasel [2015-07-18 21:29:15 +0000 UTC]
Oh, wow, that's beautiful...
*You speaking from experience there?
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harrietsfriend In reply to Kirasel [2015-07-18 21:41:52 +0000 UTC]
let's just say, I not going to try counting anymore.
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Kirasel In reply to harrietsfriend [2015-07-21 06:10:14 +0000 UTC]
Haha, yeah, that's probably for the best.
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musicintrees [2015-07-18 21:22:27 +0000 UTC]
Oh wow, what a beautiful photograph. I enjoy this picture and am really glad to have crossed it ^~^
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BubblegumW [2015-07-18 19:40:06 +0000 UTC]
Simply gorgeous! I am amazed on how you managed to capture as many stars as possible! This is a truly breath-taking image.
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professorwagstaff [2015-07-18 19:01:18 +0000 UTC]
This is gorgeous. What a view. I can't believe you can see the Milky Way. The color is so blue. That was one great glass of lemonade.
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