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Star Trails Over Hood

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Posted by Zack Schnepf on August 7, 2007 at 1:06 AM
Star Trails Over Hood
This is just for fun, I was just fooling around last night, the mountain finally came out from behind the clouds of course well after sunset. Anyway with a moonless night and the fog over Government Camp I thought I would try some star trails, usually don't try these because of the long exposure noise but I thought what the heck. I was able to get away with 15 minute exposures with no noise at ISO 100.

Anyway, just some fun.

5D
17-40L
15 minutes, f/5, ISO 100
Posted by Trevor Anderson on August 7, 2007 at 1:47 AM
I like it. Nice variation of dark and light. You'll need to give it another go with a longer exposure next time to really exaggerate the trail.
Posted by Ian Camp on August 7, 2007 at 2:00 AM
Is that glow from the highway and Government Camp?
Posted by Rick Lundh on August 7, 2007 at 2:38 AM
Cool & fun image, pretty amazing 'bout the noise. Canon sure has that over Nikon's head...
Posted by Zack Schnepf on August 7, 2007 at 2:46 AM
The lights are from government camp and the highway, yes. I'll definitely try some longer exposures next time.
Posted by John Lehmkuhl on August 7, 2007 at 3:47 AM
Sweet Shot, Zack... I'm thinking of going up there Sat or Sunday night to try to catch some meteor showers....
Posted by Adrian Klein on August 7, 2007 at 9:14 AM
That is a fun shot. I have done a few long exposure images for star trails in the 15 min timeframe. They came out ok, but I did have some noise.
Posted by Marc Adamus on August 7, 2007 at 10:05 AM
I'm amazed that you had enough light for such an exposure at ISO100, with no moon. I've done 6 hours on Provia 100 with no moon, at F4. The image is nice, but I do find the lights below on the mountain a bit strong. Good experiment shot none the less.