Walnut Stars

It's a shame to only see this as a tiny jpg since to much of the detail is lost, but I guess 10% of the original is better than nothing. This is a 90-minute exposure early this morning in a grove of walnut trees that have already lost their leaves - but not their nuts! At ISO 200 there is no noise - pretty amazing for digital with an exposure that long. I shot some at ISO 6400 of the Milky Way and will post one of those later.

By the way, the glow you see across the horizon is the lights from northwest Arkansas - you guys are using up too much electricity! This was taken from midnight-1:30am. The Milky Way is the "milky" part that is blurred...

Tim,

This is a great image - I have to get out and try this!

Why do you feel that the star trails appear elliptically shaped in this image? I've typically seen circular star trails, so the elliptical shape is a new view for me...

Thanks,

Tim!

14mm fullframe lens...

Great image, Tim. Interesting effect with the wide lens.

Another fine image. I never thought the digital sensors could handle this type of exposure.

Tim, I really like the golds & blues that came out of this long exposure. The ring effect of the star trails is great. Did you purposely orient your camera position for this exposure to put the "center" of the rings in a power point? Knowing your attention to detail I'd say yes.

This is another cool shot Tim. I assuming like Wayne asked, you knew where the north star was and composed this purposely. It has nice interest to it. The effects of the 14mm is neat.

Hi Tim this is one of my favorites of your night shots. The star trails are great.