The Stars of Covadonga

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 5, 2013224 views8 comments

This imagen was taken in the Lago Ercina inside the Picos de Europa National Park in Spain. Is a blending of two exposures of five minutos using the Polarie to tracking the stars in one of them. In the other exposure the camera is fixed. The side rocks are lighting with a led flashlight
Canon 5DII, Samyang 14 mm f2.8 at f4, ISO 800, 2x5 min, no filters, please see the larger version

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8 comments

Comment posted by Joel Hazelton on July 5, 2013 at 1:44 PM

Very peaceful, makes me wish I was camping. Nice capture.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on July 5, 2013 at 3:12 PM

Nice natural look, Jose, i like it. it kind of throws me seeing the crisp MW along with the smooth water (sans reflection) but it's a bit different and i apreciate that.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on July 5, 2013 at 4:41 PM

I'm with Stan. This is like a quiet window to the stars, a darkened auditorium during a magnificent light show.

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Comment posted by Tom Hilton on July 5, 2013 at 8:13 PM

Love it...
nice work

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on July 5, 2013 at 11:42 PM

This definitely needs to be viewed in a dark room to appreciate it fully. Beautiful image Jose.

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Comment posted by Daniel Rappaport on July 6, 2013 at 1:29 AM

Wow. Beautiful composition. I guess the Polarie really works. Must be a bit difficult to merge one moving and one stable capture.

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Comment posted by Jose Fernandez on July 6, 2013 at 3:46 AM

Many thanks to all for the comments. Daniel, if in the composition you can see the Polaris star then with the free transform utility of PS set the rotation point over the Polaris and use an angle rotation equal to Earth movement during the exposure. For example, five minutes = 1.25º. If not possible see the Polaris then is bit difficult, error and trial with the free transform

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Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on July 6, 2013 at 3:02 PM

nice capture Jose, i hoped there was more details in FG

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